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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

David Hockney joins immersive art trend with new London show

David Hockney, pictured in front of his painting A year in Normandy in 2021,
David Hockney, in front of his painting A Year in Normandy in 2021, has had a ‘lifelong fascination with the possibilities of new media’. Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty

A David Hockney immersive experience is to open in London with the launch of a new, four-storey-high space that aspires to be “visually astonishing, alive with sound and rich in new perspectives”.

Hockney, one of the world’s most acclaimed and popular living artists, has collaborated for three years with the team behind the new venue, Lightroom, which opens in King’s Cross in January. He is the latest artist whose work will receive the immersive treatment, as installation art – which uses augmented and virtual reality – continues to grow in popularity in the UK.

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