{"id":474971,"date":"2026-06-13T06:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474971\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:28:08","slug":"david-hockney-celebrated-gay-life-even-when-homosexuality-was-illegal-in-the-uk-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474971\/","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\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxOV29LQXBDNzdRUkdYTXkxSjJENFdfVmdzLWstQTFEYldQNDZXenF5QkZMMEFUSzVlTzc3ak1JUTYxLTdxREJlczd1Y3lHVkZaSkNDRnk3LUQzLUNiOFJzRjFzWXZ4Q293VEhBTFRJcEFJamtqNlEwamxyQzg5Y2NOQzRLNXp0cVB4cFJzeg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Contemporary art giant David Hockney dies aged 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQQ01jX3luRXlnN05iRUZGa0RvQXQyWnM0QVJVWVVrcm5IUW1IVkNMQk9iS2RPbGU1NmVOUTNqVXpmOFp1RWk0ajVQT1ZWNkJIc3NISzk4MnZmQ2pHMm92RmpfLTNQa2F0UGJYbjNpNHpUaE9DbmRwMFNTbEo3LS1tRlk1cEo0ODlETVEzUlFJY1NUWXpxRWpIQnFjZnU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Hockney, artist renowned for his pool scenes, has died at 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQbEJKc0o3T2ljeHEwVjFUaU1ZUGZHWFlMNW5QS1N2aV82OUkwUFdyNmZ3VGV4V3hIQW94WjByaTJudGJfY1hhNmlZTDlDVG5GNnNqMW9aOHlKeTB3Y29wN3IyUVBsQmFWTVpJbER6Q1ZxeDhJTXRLeWRzSmo4VUFMclU3eVRkWjZFRWZqY2lEYmZtZkRzNmZGZ1lydkZFcU90X1Zrb2tGZjhJZEl4LXhUakdyeWhMaTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I think about him every time I go swimming\u2019: David Hockney remembered by Rachel Whiteread, Jeremy Deller and more<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE96eXhoMld1QnpwNlFnSVFKbm1sV0RvMzhTWkk3YWFOOVBPU1VXVEg0Y3pGN2F1R25rUURMcTJHUTFqdlNzU3BvU3pveXBJaHVrRjBCWFFES3pGY0U2VTRzZDg3SHB0X1VLd2NnVW55R2xBWnpuTGhEaER5eUY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Hockney: Celebrated British artist dies at 88<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Hockney celebrated gay life &#8211; even when homosexuality was illegal in the UK&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCContemporary art giant David Hockney&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-474971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}