Step 1 - Listening

David Hockney
You are going to watch a video about the painter David Hockney.
- Watch the video and do assignment 1.
- Read the questions.
- Watch the video again and do assignment 2.
Assignment 1
Download the worksheet and fill in the grid (on your own) and discuss the answers in your group.
Questions
- What is special about the painting “Portrait of an Artist” (Pool with Two Figures)?
- What do they think it will be sold for in auction?
- How old is David Hockney?
- Who holds the record of most expensive artist alive since 2013?
- Where did the interview with David Hockney take place?
- When did this interview take place?
- When did Hockney's fascination with pools begin?
- What is “A Bigger Splash”?
- Who is the figure by the pool in the painting?
- For how much was a painting by Hockney sold at Sotheby’s?