{"id":733888,"date":"2026-06-13T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733888\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:15:10","slug":"david-hockney-celebrated-gay-life-even-when-homosexuality-was-illegal-in-the-uk-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733888\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hockney celebrated gay life &#8211; even when homosexuality was illegal in the UK &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9ILU9JYzNxdk1wbVhFS1F5R3pGYnllS21KN0RRU3ltYkktalRSRkNDekh3LUpKQWc4ekoxSW1MWlFfVm9jSUJ6b3ktajlkOUdwVTFpRzBGZi1uQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Hockney celebrated gay life &#8211; even when homosexuality was illegal in the UK<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxPRW9aTDFBMFJTWllQbnBrV1BFcHUwTUttZ2xWeFdqeUhsZ3VXSGVQMDRjTUdYTDdrV2FpeloyUnFPaHZSVDYycXZQZ0dMeFJmSkxvRkdhVVpWd1JpU1F6YTBpdkFCbTd4ekQ2Z3NkdW9hbzlzUWhheG43YWpVb1JlS1l6cEtfSzYzaVBXbXcwTkhpYzlNZ00xdkpXVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018He outlived four of his doctors\u2019: David Hockney\u2019s lifelong love of smoking \u2013 and the 2,000 cigarettes he kept at home \u2018for emergencies\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE1CVFQ2bGJYNGFZZDNWVDNVcE40TVl1QklzNF82Mjl3NW9KSEF6UDRfWC1XeXU1QmpNbHpkOFhVQ09BLUQyVm9QZDc4Zmx6eDFqSERBbXRxWmV1Qm95SDFYdUc4YXphOFpTOWx2cmxhYUNWTGFWLXpmWVhR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxOb2xWenpjX2Z4YnpQM0lPc24xdHFPc2ZtMC1HcEhEb0xwNkNycVppUDNUdG5pQURfaXFDN2xoRjZpUEpIMkFtSHJDWUhNTTduU2IzUkVSQ0s0eDhuSjU5WHY1NzI0bWlNd1EtNUw5RjQ3bUhqelVBOGlGRnRvR1ZHOUVuWXRQOGpzd0NBM2FIY2VOTGhQOC1VTy1VOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British artist David Hockney, known for his colourful landscapes and pool scenes, dies at 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1tWHNOZW9GeWQyVHB2ZnNGV2FBdXlXM0hZbTh4ZVZkRy1LVzJTUEp1TVRwaGYzNHRySll0Q0VEZlN3bUl3Y3drNE9HRjV4eExGcjNSU1gxX2c3NENoOFZ3YTgzQ2xuSzU0NlZpV1BMRVpLSVVvbWRqTTJDOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;David Hockney the person has gone but he will live on&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Hockney celebrated gay life &#8211; even when homosexuality was illegal in the UK&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC\u2018He outlived four of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-733888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}