David Hockney has unveiled a major exhibition at London’s Serpentine North, featuring the UK debut of his nearly 300-foot-long iPad frieze, 'A Year in Normandie'. The exhibition also showcases ten brand-new paintings from 2025, including intimate portraits of his inner circle and a series of abstract compositions that playfully reference the styles of Mark Rothko and Gerhard Richter.
This exhibition highlights Hockney’s relentless technical experimentation and his ability to bridge medieval narrative traditions with modern digital tools. By engaging with abstraction—a movement he famously critiqued in the past—and focusing on the 'deep pleasure' of art, the 87-year-old artist continues to challenge the boundaries of figurative painting while maintaining his status as a central figure in contemporary British art.