HE WORK OF Pop master painter David Hockney has been much celebrated in recent years. A 2017 blockbuster retrospective at Tate Britain remains the institution’s most visited exhibition. In late 2023, London’s National Portrait Gallery featured examines sixteen rarely-seen works and sheds light on the artist’s development and spirited experimentation in a range of media. Of the longterm loan, patron and Greenwich native Edith J. Simpson notes, “We never believed it was ours to keep forever, so it gives me great joy to share this special collection.”
