Published on the occasion of the exhibition "David Hockney RA: a bigger picture" held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 21 Jan.-9 Apr. 2012, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, 14 May-30 Sept. 2012, and Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 27 Oct. 2012-4 Feb. 2013.
Marco Livingstone is an art historian and independent curator and the author of numerous books about postwar art. Margaret Drabble is an English novelist, biographer, and critic. Tim Barringer is the Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. Xavier Salomon is the curator of Southern Baroque paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Martin Gayford is a writer focusing on art and jazz.