Retrospective of Yorkshire-born painter broke pre-sales records and is one of most popular exhibitions in gallery’s historyTate Britain will be opening its doors until midnight for the first time to cope with demand for the David Hockney exhibition. The midnight openings will be held on the last weekend of the exhibition at the end of May. Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain, said: “We are delighted with the overwhelming public response to our David Hockney exhibition at Tate Britain so far. “I do want to make a picture that has meaning for a lot of people,” he said in 1988. “I think the idea of making pictures for 25 people in the art world is crazy and ridiculous.”

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2017 18:56 UTC