Step 1 - Listening

David Hockney

You are going to watch a video about the painter David Hockney.

Assignment 1

Download the worksheet and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.

Questions

  1. What is special about the painting “Portrait of an Artist” (Pool with Two Figures)?
  2. What do they think it will be sold for in auction?
  3. How old is David Hockney?
  4. Who holds the record of most expensive artist alive since 2013?
  5. Where did the interview with David Hockney take place?
  6. When did this interview take place?
  7. When did Hockney's fascination with pools begin?
  8. What is “A Bigger Splash”?
  9. Who is the figure by the pool in the painting?
  10. For how much was a painting by Hockney sold at Sotheby’s?