Personal Digest: David Hockney, 88, leaves a transformed visual world
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Jul 10, 2026
Personal Digest: David Hockney, 88, leaves a transformed visual world
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David Hockney died at 88 — His death closes a career that reinvented color, perspective and the painted selfie, a major loss for visual culture.
 | PhotographyMoMA hires a new photo boss as tech, law and archives collide Museum of Modern Art (culturetype.com) · Digital Photography (diyphotography.net) · Conceptual Art (independent.com) |
| ArtHockney dies; quiet artistry gets a shout-out |
 | ProcessingTungsten roars back and food processing splits off Underground Mining (finance.yahoo.com) · Food Engineering (foodengineeringmag.com) |
 | The artsHospitals and theaters team up: art becomes part of the healing toolkit Art Therapy (pbs.org) · Disability in the arts (newsroom.ocde.us) |