Game-Changing British Artist David Hockney Has Died At The Age Of 88

The pioneering British artist David Hockney has died at the age of 88.

On Friday morning, his publicist, Erica Bolton, announced that the legendary painter had died at his home the previous day.

Her statement read: “The celebrated British artist David Hockney, one of the most important figures in contemporary art in both the 20th and 21st centuries, passed away peacefully at home on 11 June 2026, one month short of his 89th birthday.”

Born in Bradford in the July of 1937, David studied as a young man at the Royal College of Art, before making the move to California.

First making a name for himself in the 1960s as a leading figure in the pop art movement, David became synonymous with his brightly-coloured swimming pool paintings in the ...