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Iconic artist David Hockney’s takeover at London King’s Cross including a free art exhibition at King’s Cross as Bigger & Closer returns to Lightroom
Lightroom and King’s Cross will welcome you for a new and free art exhibition featuring the work of the iconic British artist, David Hockney. The exhibition will appear on the outdoor art benches across King’s Cross.
Until the end of August, this 40-part exhibition will form part of the Outside Art Project, meandering from King’s Cross & St Pancras Station north via King’s Boulevard into Granary Square, bringing some Hockney joie de vivre and a breath of Yorkshire fresh air to the heart of King’s Cross.
As David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) returns to Lightroom, art fans visiting King’s Cross are in for a treat as they discover – in one of the largest outdoor gallery spaces in London – the magic of summer through David Hockney’s eyes with his collection Midsummer: East Yorkshire (2004).
Midsummer: East Yorkshire was originally presented by Hockney as a series of 36 watercolours in the summer of 2004 near his home in Bridlington. In this rare opportunity to see the complete series again, the paintings have been reproduced at larger-than-life scale on 1.4m wide display panels.
Each painting depicts the English countryside as Hockney saw it. He says: “During my travels in the American West I was always painting views, I was sightseeing. Whereas there, around Bridlington, I was painting the land, land that I myself had worked. I had dwelt in those fields, so that out there, seeing, for me, necessarily came steeped in memory. Enjoy the pictures and LOVE LIFE!”
At Lightroom, just a two-minute walk from Granary Square, Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) affords unparalleled access to the mind of one of Britain’s most loved artists for lifelong fans and those new to Hockney alike. Hockneyuses the extraordinary capabilities of this innovative four-storey-high venue to take audiences on a personal journey through 60 years of his art. A unique and deeply personal running commentary by the artist is paired with an original score by Nico Muhly and the show is directed by Mark Grimmer of 59 Productions.
The show will run in repertory alongside The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks, which takes audiences on a very different journey as the Hollywood star tells the story of humankind’s enduring enchantment with the Moon. Lightroom’s remarkable space is used to convey the world-gripping spectacle of the first Moon landings in a show directed by 59 Productions’ Lysander Ashton and Nick Corrigan. From a room almost identical in size to NASA’s Apollo Mission Control, audiences are transported to the lunar surface by spectacular NASA footage and photography remastered by Andy Saunders. The show, co-written by Hanks and double BAFTA-nominated Christopher Riley, features an original score composed by Anne Nikitin and recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Since Lightroom opened in 2023, over 500,000 visitors have come to see Bigger & Closer and The Moonwalkers. These two hugely popular shows will alternate over the seven days of the week until mid-October. Tickets are from £25 for adults and from £15 for children and students. Discounted tickets are available for families. Additionally, a £10 schools’ ticket is available and a Universal Credit Recipient Offer of £5 per ticket can be booked directly through the ticketing team on [email protected], details of which can also be found on the website.
We’ve teamed up to offer a pair of tickets to enjoy the event (Sunday to Wednesday at noon).
To enter our prize draw, fill in the form below before 12pm on Sunday, 11th August.
