London's National Portrait Gallery to host major David Hockney exhibition

David Hockney's ‘Celia, Carennac, August 1971’ (coloured pencil on paper). Photos: AFP

The upcoming David Hockney: Drawings From Life will be the the first major show devoted to the British artist’s drawings in over 20 years.

The exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery will focus on Hockney’s depictions of himself and his favourite sitters - including his mother Laura Hockney, his muse Celia Birtwell, and his friends Gregory Evans and Maurice Payne.