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Phillips Stages Hockney’s Triumph: Icons, Seasons, and Normandy Light

Phillips Stages Hockney’s Triumph: Icons, Seasons, and Normandy Light September 3, 2025Art Auction, LondonOff

David Hockney at Phillips: A Symphony of Color and Legacy

This September, London prepares for a rendezvous with brilliance. On Thursday, 18 September 2025, at 2 PM (BST), Phillips unveils its fourth monographic sale dedicated to David Hockney—an artist who has shaped contemporary art with the force of a visionary and the sensitivity of a poet.

Among the highlights are Snow (1973), from the Weather Series, and A Bigger Fire (2020), from the My Normandy cycle—two works that capture Hockney’s genius for transforming the ordinary into the eternal.

This isn’t just an auction. It is a celebration of a living master at the peak of his influence. With his market soaring and his work basking in renewed critical light—most recently through the blockbuster retrospective “David Hockney 25” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton—the sale feels less like commerce and more like cultural canonization.

Since 2022, Phillips has boldly carved its place as the only auction house to present annual thematic sales dedicated entirely to Hockney. The results speak for themselves: an average of 98% of lots sold, with 71% surpassing estimates—a testament to both demand and devotion.

As Robert Kennan, Director of Editions at Phillips Europe, states: “Phillips remains at the forefront of this market, offering collectors unique opportunities to acquire his creations.”

To collect Hockney today is to claim a fragment of living history—an explosion of color, a meditation on nature, a dialogue between past and present. On 18 September, London will not only witness a sale. It will witness a reaffirmation: David Hockney’s art isn’t just relevant, it is timeless.

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