Why Collectors Still Chase a Hockney

At 87, David Hockney is still working, and still counted among the most successful artists alive today. He trained the traditional way, in strict figurative painting, learning to render the world as it actually looked. It was his shift away from that toward a flatter, simplified style that made his name and set his work apart. For those who follow him closely, that distance between where he started and where he landed is the reason his paintings still draw attention.

With reporting from The Collector.