David Hockney wants us to see differently

Some thoughts after seeing Bigger & Closer (not smaller and farther away) in London

Today, walking around London as I rode up the escalator at Kings Cross, I noticed a poster for a David Hockney installation I had forgotten about that was still up. I made a mental note and continued upwards.

I was on my way to Sotheby’s to see the Freddie Mercury estate collection that will be up for auction next month and, I kid you not, the line was …