In Popular Culture
In 1974, Hockney was the subject of Jack Hazan's film, A Bigger Splash (named after one of Hockney's swimming pool paintings from 1967). He was the inspiration of artist Billy Pappas in the documentary film Waiting for Hockney, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.
A biography of Hockney David Hockney: A Rake's Progress by writer/photographer Christopher Simon Sykes covering the years 1937–1975 appeared in 2012. On 14 August 2012, he was the subject of the BBC Radio Four programme presented by James Naughtie called "The New Elizabethans".
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, a close friend, named a checked jacket after Hockney. Burberry creative director Christopher Bailey centered his entire spring/summer 2005 menswear collection around the artist. In 2011, British GQ named Hockney one of the 50 Most Stylish Men in Britain.
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