{"id":6604,"date":"2021-02-18T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/van-gogh-and-hockney-in-houston-a-collision-of-superstars\/"},"modified":"2021-02-18T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:43:08","slug":"van-gogh-and-hockney-in-houston-a-collision-of-superstars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/van-gogh-and-hockney-in-houston-a-collision-of-superstars\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Gogh and Hockney in Houston: a collision of superstars"},"content":{"rendered":"
David Hockney was 16 when he first came across the work of Vincent Van Gogh at Manchester Art Gallery. \u201cI do remember thinking he must have been quite a rich artist. He could use two whole tubes of blue to paint the sky in one painting,\u201d he remarked during an interview with Hans den Hartog Jager. Ironically, Hockney goes on to become the world\u2019s most expensive<\/a> living artist and one who is inspired by the work of Van Gogh.<\/p>\n After a well-received show at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam last year, Hockney-Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature<\/em><\/a> makes its way to Houston, Texas, marking the first exhibition for the two visionary artists together in the US. The initial exhibition was highly praised for the way it drew comparisons between both artists\u2019 rich use of color and fascination with the changing of the seasons, despite the fact that Hockney\u2019s scale often dwarfs Van Gogh\u2019s studies.<\/p>\n