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Author:
David Hockney, Martin Gayford
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson
Date:
May 25, 2021
David Hockney reflects upon life and art as he experiences lockdown in rural Normandy in conversation and correspondence with art critic Martin Gayford, his long-time friend and collaborator.
What The Reviewers Say
Spring Cannot be Cancelled is Mr. Gayford’s warm, intelligent and quietly inspiring report on what Mr. Hockney has been up to. It’s also a memoir of love in the time of Covid: of friendship and a shared passion for art.
Gayford has been a friend and sort of Boswell to Hockney for a quarter of a century and has written two previous books that were both with and on the artist.
Hockney and Gayford, collaborators on two previous books, make a good double act: Hockney’s questing vision, Gayford’s clear-eyed prose. They share an irrepressible interest in just about everything. You need a notebook handy to jot down all the books you want to buy, all the paintings to look up later..
