Bradford to Open Permanent David Hockney Gallery at Cartwright Hall

Bradford, the birthplace of David Hockney, has announced a permanent gallery in his honor at Cartwright Hall. The gallery will feature a permanent exhibition of Hockney's early works, sketches, drawings, prints, and photographs spanning his entire career, many rarely shown before. Highlights include 'Le Plongeur', an ironic paper pool from the late 1970s. Hockney, born in Bradford on July 9, 1937, attended Bradford Grammar School and the Bradford Regional College of Art. This coincides with Hockney's 80th birthday celebrations, which also include a stained glass window for Westminster Abbey, presented in June 2018 alongside the Queen's Jubilee Gallery. The project marks a reconciliation with the Queen, whom Hockney had previously declined a knighthood from, later telling the BBC he was 'too busy' to paint her portrait. Additionally, a major retrospective of Hockney's work will open at Tate Britain on February 9, 2017, before traveling to Paris and New York.