Galerie Lelong
David Hockney , United Kingdom
"Impressions"
Countrejour in the French Style, 1974, Gravure, 75 exemplaires, 99,5 × 91,5 cm © David Hockney / Courtesy Galerie Lelong
In spring 2025, the Fondation Louis Vuitton invites David Hockney into all its exhibition spaces with over 400 works dating from 1955 to 2025.
In conjunction with this event, Galerie Lelong, which has represented the artist for many years, is presenting an exhibition of his prints—portraits and still lifes—in its publishing space at 13 rue de Téhéran.
This exhibition of multiple works highlights the variety of print techniques used by David Hockney : etchings, lithographs, digital prints, photographs, photo-collage, photocopies… The artist has constantly explored the new creative possibilities of production tools to show what he sees : his favorite models, Celia and Gregory, but also his parents, or the famous self-portrait of the artist in his student guise, approaching, drawing board under arm, the bust of Picasso, the revered master. And among these portraits, a few flowers, some dancing, sunflowers, a “rose for [his] mother”, and anything else worth immortalizing from his window.
Solo show of David Hockney
From May 15th to July 11th, 2025
The gallery
The creation of the gallery in 1945 in Paris by Aimé Maeght was marked, during the first thirty years, by the presentation of major artists such as Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Eduardo Chillida, Antoni Tàpies, and Francis Bacon. Upon Maeght’s passing in 1981, the gallery took its current name and was led by three equal partners: Jacques Dupin, Daniel Lelong, and Jean Frémon (J. Dupin passed away in 2012, the same year D. Lelong stepped down as president, handing over the role to J. Frémon, the current director of both the Paris and New York galleries).
From the 1980s onwards, significant artists such as Pierre Alechinsky, Louise Bourgeois, Konrad Klapheck, Jannis Kounellis, and Joan Miró, among others, joined the gallery. Galerie Lelong New York opened in 1985 and has been led since 1990 by Mary Sabbatino, expanding the program to major figures of the Latin American art scene: Alfredo Jaar, Ana Mendieta, Cildo Meireles, Hélio Oiticica, and Zilia Sánchez.
Today, the gallery continues its history, showcasing leading artists from the global art scene such as Etel Adnan, Marc Desgrandchamps, Leonardo Drew, Barry Flanagan, Günther Förg, Hyunsun Jeon, David Hockney, Nalini Malani, David Nash, Jaume Plensa, Arnulf Rainer, Paula Rego, Christine Safa, Kiki Smith, Nancy Spero, and Barthélémy Toguo.
The gallery has developed the production of monumental sculptures intended for public spaces with artists such as Jaume Plensa, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and Jean Dubuffet, thanks to a privileged relationship with the Dubuffet Foundation.
Gallery artists
Etel Adnan, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, James Brown, Eduardo Chillida, Nicola De Maria, Marc Desgrandchamps, Leonardo Drew, Jean Dubuffet, Simone Fattal, Barry Flanagan, Günther Förg, Ficre Ghebreyesus, Andy Goldsworthy, Sarah Grilo, Jane Hammond, David Hockney, Frank Horvat, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Konrad Klapheck, Jiri Kolàr, Jannis Kounellis, Nalini Malani, Ana Mendieta, Henri Michaux, Joan Miró, David Nash, Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Jaume Plensa, Arnulf Rainer, Paula Rego, Alison Saar, Christine Safa, Sean Scully, Kate Shepherd, Kiki Smith, Nancy Spero, Antoni Tàpies, Mildred Thompson, Barthélémy Toguo, Richard Tuttle, Juan Uslé, Marion Verboom, Fabienne Verdier, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Jan Voss, Wang Yan Cheng
