{"id":679781,"date":"2026-07-08T04:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/679781\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:57:24","slug":"david-hockneys-birthday-marked-with-special-charity-screening-in-kings-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/679781\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hockney\u2019s birthday marked with special charity screening in King\u2019s Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a special charity screening of the immersive David Hockney art show at the Lightroom in King\u2019s Cross this week \u2013 on what would have been the artist\u2019s 89th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Photo-by-Justin-Sutcliffe-c-David-Hockney.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90970 leaderimagetop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Photo-by-Justin-Sutcliffe-c-David-Hockney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/a>Photo by Justin Sutcliffe (c) David Hockney<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the event will be donated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/venues\/the-royal-drawing-school\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Drawing School<\/a>, a charity which Hockney supported.<\/p>\n<p>Bigger &amp; Closer (not smaller &amp; further away) gives audiences a unique opportunity to travel on a personal journey with Hockney through his art and see the world through his eyes. In a cycle of six themed chapters, alongside a musical score by Nico Muhly, Hockney reveals his process to us.<\/p>\n<p>The special showings will take place on Thursday 9th July with shows on the hour from 7pm to 10pm. Tickets are \u00a325 with proceeds going to the Royal Drawing School.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/lightroom.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There will be a special charity screening of the immersive David Hockney art show at the Lightroom in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679782,"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-679781","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\/679781","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=679781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}