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How David Hockney Taught Los Angeles to See Itself
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How David Hockney Taught Los Angeles to See Itself

NY Times · Jun 13, 2026, 5:26 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

A Brit, he became a symbol of the city’s culture, stylish and alienating, with his vivid swimming pool paintings and embrace of SoCal light, hedonism and gay liberation.

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