Britain’s greatest living artist David Hockney creates dazzling new logo for The Sun
The newspaper's famous 'masthead' will be replaced by Hockney’s design tomorrow
BRITAIN'S greatest living artist David Hockney has redesigned the logo of the nation’s favourite newspaper.
The world-famous ‘masthead’ of The Sun will be replaced by Hockney’s redesign tomorrow on the front page of every printed copy.
Hockney, 79, created the updated design on his iPad for this special one-off edition of The Sun.
The Yorkshire-born artist, whose paintings sell for millions of pounds, decided to do the artwork because he considers The Sun to be a great British icon.
He said: “I was delighted to be asked. Once I thought about the idea it didn’t take me long. The sun and The Sun. I love it.”
Tomorrow’s edition will also feature Hockney’s first-ever in-depth interview with The Sun.
He invited The Sun’s legendary royal photographer Arthur Edwards to his studio in California for a photo shoot.
In the interview Hockney reveals that although he turns 80 this summer he is still a rebel.
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Next Thursday the biggest-ever exhibition of art from Hockey’s 60-year career opens at Tate Britain in London.
Visitors will see more than 250 artworks, starting with his early ‘pop art’ pictures of young men and Hollywood housewives.
It will include paintings of the Yorkshire countryside near Bridlington and ultra-bright images he did only last year of his garden in Los Angeles.
The exhibition will also feature his famous photo and video collages plus paintings he created on the iPhone and tablet, including The Supper, made up of four iPad pictures.
Hockney’s last big show, in 2012, was seen by an astonishing 1.2million people.
His most famous works include A Bigger Splash and A Bigger Grand Canyon.
Don’t forget to buy your copy of The Sun tomorrow – a masterpiece for 50p.
David Hockney exhibition opens at Tate Britain in London on Thursday, February 9 until May 29. Adults £17.50.
Under 12s free – up to four per family adult. Family tickets available.
We previously wrote about how The Sun has saved readers more than half a million pounds with energy deals.