{"id":636245,"date":"2026-06-13T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636245\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:04:09","slug":"david-hockney-celebrated-gay-life-even-when-homosexuality-was-illegal-in-the-uk-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636245\/","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\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE14RXI5YUYyNFVkdF9SNUZ5UXpTM0F1RlVmWG16ajVWOUxVdklmYUtpazRZSGptVS1QQzF4aUxEaXFhSWVKaklHVjRPSDdLTmdIWnBseXkwWUEtLVhJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">King leads tributes to &#8216;giant of the art world&#8217; David Hockney<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<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\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE90UVVuNEpPcll6ZGhqYndOR294elo4bXE3S053bXloU016c083eVNZeFVPaTM2UEhLaGtDR3Nyb2UtOVBJUk5SSlFoMmh6eThvSnBTSVdMaEZfd2NTQUxNZEJKZUJxTHZuUzQ5MmNNTkoyWklIUnlfSHByVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">King pays tribute to Hockney and his \u2018beloved yellow Crocs\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPVDNmb0FhSW82aGxSQzdfanZGTzc5U3RQOEJWUFMyQkJsTzRYa0o0NE1RTGRmSGpnaTRzSE5yQlVRTEk5OUY2UWZkWUVEQjBsdzdpZ3RWSFM2ZGJkTXd2N081OTZPOWx2YXVPV3htMTE2TGxMTW9LT1JXbkItZUtNbnl5dnRkcWRKazlJMExDRXdMa0p5QnJIdERWd08td2RqNlRlQw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Hockney: a sublime artist \u2014 and the life and soul of every party<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Hockney celebrated gay life &#8211; even when homosexuality was illegal in the UK&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCKing leads tributes to &#8216;giant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-636245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}