David Hockney's exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton will be the largest showcase of his work to date, displaying over 400 pieces from seven decades across all eleven galleries. Opening on April 9th, the exhibition has been significantly shaped by Hockney himself. However, controversy arose when promotional posters for the exhibition featuring Hockney holding a cigarette were banned from the Paris Metro due to French laws against depicting smoking. This decision has sparked a debate about artistic expression and individual freedoms, with Hockney labeling it as 'complete madness.'
While the museum was designed by Frank Gehry to evoke wind-filled sails floating in the Bois de Boulogne, its translucent forms are about to be reinterpreted by one of modern art's most freewheeling minds.
In a controversial twist, David Hockney exhibition posters intended for the Paris Metro network have been pulled - not for their art, but for what the artist is doing in a promotional photograph.
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