{"id":734666,"date":"2026-06-13T20:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/734666\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T20:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:20:10","slug":"how-i-bonded-with-david-hockney-over-cigarettes-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/734666\/","title":{"rendered":"How I bonded with David Hockney over cigarettes &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQWVhkMEJmeWdhSEdPYy1zS0V3SGk4aXBKSmdYQkF3dlJIaWtKdFV4LVcwbjZNQ0xzc214STI0QnhreUdKbWdXVXhZc09KZXZYZlRWTjRibWNvdUowdXBRSk1oQ0UydXdxQ2xGNlZnMTVWVTVmdDdzdW55UDZSQUtVRS1BNHgyS0wtOHA1T24wbzBGLUhiUHU3VWpR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How I bonded with David Hockney over cigarettes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNNjJ1bHhrQW9YQkVUVm95R1NvZHdibFp0Q2pocGpUR2lfQ3ZRQXlBMFBKVmZOamMzNHAxM25XaUJYRHBYUmpSYWFxZVpveFNXWVgyS0J1SGZaYVNGdksxSEFJdGxtTkR0WWhzU29hOFcwb0RrM3pmWjJxYmlPVjl1ZWZibHRrR05Hd010dnhxMjBVWHVfYm5Wd2lST3d1eHlFWTl1UVJuRzU3Rzg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Hyper-stylised, ultra-cool visions\u2019: 10 ways David Hockney changed art<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTFBRcHlQRW5nZ3oxZWZUc1VXcTVVV08xZ2VPcTR2UlVYQ0NBcy1VbkdrWVFESWlTd2tXYmxNblJpeFRlOGZUT0NxVDk3T0NDU2tfbWJFbUhRSVdwUGFMb2pVX2tudEY5dzZKQzVZSExESnFsaVgtWGk4VlJB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VIDEO: David Hockney in 2017<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxOZjhXTEZPWVM1dC1neWhPdGtRV0JvZnlRN2xEU280c1VUNGdWeUM3cWZxYWxsQjQtdlFPdzBrWkwtcWJJMkp4MFNRS0d3eWoteWdma2hURjZLWjRDb1FCOVRxb1Y3MjZicU44SFJzQlpoQlpzREktYklQWWVEU2ZFbXZRa1lXdHMyVUVvTE83dUpYYlJLODJyTkV2OWhjaE1mTmVoNzlpa1BRSkNKV3NXd0ZNaTJGTUFqdXE5YWE5N2Ntc1dHaHZGb2FoVmJSb211QUdHSVhFeHF4Y3kwdjdnLW1CUlRJZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Hockney said he would keep painting until the very end. He was true to his word<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNem1abHFzdWxWaTVwbFAyNGZkeXhkazVtS1Iwc083YXh3ODVscGhPVmtQMHoxc3d1RFFFel84OUVMRFNaSnNPM3VZOFpmbk9UWnpHVDUyc3B5djNvREpDeHRCLWktOGptN0UzTzNJVW1FLTk0SGJSNWlyMXRhNEduUm85TFAxRFp3aVFGMGIwQzg5eEJHejZlbnN2NXFzTE1qTE9PQkVrQTNwLU5YWkpqWnFPSWE5RjZ6?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;The vibrant proof of a presence slipped away&#8217;: Why David Hockney&#8217;s 1967 masterpiece is newly poignant after his death<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How I bonded with David Hockney over cigarettes&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times\u2018Hyper-stylised, ultra-cool visions\u2019: 10 ways David Hockney changed art&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianVIDEO:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-734666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}