Rita Pynoos (detail; 1st, 2nd March 2014), David Hockney.
After his monumental landscape exhibition burst to life at the Royal Academy in 2012, Hockney turned away from painting and from his Yorkshire home, returning to Los Angeles. Slowly he began to return to the quiet contemplation of portraiture, beginning with a depiction of his studio manager. Over the months that followed, he became absorbed by the genre and invited sitters from all areas of his life into his studio. Read more.