🏛️ Architecture & Design Jun 15, 2026 · Rachel Paese

Observing David Hockney

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Observing David Hockney
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“I’m 82, I’m going to die. We die because we are born.” 



It was April 2020 and British artist David Hockney was writing to his friend Ruth McKenzie. The emotional correspondence later appeared in his last book, Spring Cannot Be Cancelled, part of his attempt to capture the liminal space of the COVID-19 lockdown. “The only things that matter in life are food and love, in that order, and also our little dog Ruby. I truly believe this, and for me, the basis

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