David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life – an introductory talk with STAGETEXT and BSL interpretation
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Friday 12 August 2016 6.30 - 7.30pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
£3. Carers and Friends of the RA go free.
David Hockney RA: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life
Supported by Robin Hambro
Art historian Susie Hodge introduces David Hockney: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life, giving attention to this particular series of work within the context of his practice and in relation to the wider genre of portraiture.
Susie Hodge, MA, FRSA, is an art historian, author, artist and journalist with more than 100 books in print on art history, practical art and history, including several best-sellers, such as Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That, How to Survive Modern Art, 50 Art Ideas You Really Need to Know and The Children's Interactive Story of Art. She also writes magazine articles, web resources and booklets for museums and galleries, and provides workshops and lectures for schools, universities, museums, galleries, businesses, festivals and societies around the world. A regular contributor to radio and TV news programmes and documentaries, she has been named several times by a number of British newspapers as their number one art writer.
This talk will be accompanied with speech-to-text transcription by STAGETEXT and BSL (British Sign Language) interpretation.
The talk will be followed by entry to the exhibition.