‘He Taught Us How To See’: A Tribute To David Hockney | Rebecca Salter

“You could almost feel people coming in and just breathing a huge sigh of relief of being able to get out of their homes and re-engage with the world through David Hockney's eyes.” As the global art community processes the profound loss of an icon who captured the world with “limitless curiosity,” tributes have praised him as a visionary who used vibrant color to heal a fractured nation, says the president of the Royal Academy of Arts, Rebecca Salter. Rebecca Salter was speaking to Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Sunday from 4pm–7pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/