Celebrated British artist David Hockney dies at 88
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
We look back on the life of David Hockney - one of the world's most influential modern artists and one of the best-known British contributors to Pop Art. Unlike artists such as Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney's art often focused more on personal experiences, portraits, landscapes and intimate scenes.
Also: SpaceX is making its stock market debut in New York, setting Elon Musk on course to be the world's first trillionaire. Iran says major parts of an agreement to end the war with the US have almost been finalised after President Trump claimed a deal was ready to be signed. The UN's top official on HIV and AIDS says massive international aid cuts have left the world's response to the disease "in peril". The number of Palestinians forced from their homes in Occupied East Jerusalem is on the rise. And the American singer Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever to be inducted into the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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| 0:36.4 | One of the world's best known and loved contemporary artists, David Hockney, has died at the age of 88. |
| 0:43.6 | SpaceX is making its stock market debut in New York, setting Elon Musk on course to be the world's first trillionaire. |
| 0:51.9 | Iran says major parts of an agreement to end the war with the U.S. |
| 0:55.5 | have almost been finalized after President Trump claimed a deal was ready to be signed. |
| 1:02.0 | Also in this podcast, the UN agency tasked with countering aides says its work has been put in peril |
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| 1:11.3 | caused by global funding cuts. |
| 1:14.2 | And the number of Palestinians |
| 1:15.3 | forced from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem |
| 1:17.8 | is on the rise. |
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| 1:26.9 | They brought us back to zero again, me and my children. |
| 1:34.2 | One of the world's best known and loved contemporary artists, David Hockney, has died at the age of 88. |
| 1:41.6 | David Hockney was born in Yorkshire in northern England. |
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