David Hockney is now on view at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum

The exhibition consists of 116 iPad paintings heralding the arrival of spring. David Hockney, one of the most inspiring artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, made them on his iPad at his home in Normandy, during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

 The iPad paintings in The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020; depict a landscape filled with fruit trees, bushes, flower beds, ponds and rivers, fields, and distant hills; capturing the annual cycle of spring from bare trees to buds, flowers, and abundant green foliage. The exhibition is a celebration of spring, reminding us of the miracles of the natural world and its constant renewal.

 The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020, opening at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum with Akbank’s support between May 11 and July 29, also heralds a return to face-to-face events within the scope of the exhibition. Spring will be experienced to the fullest at the SSM, with the children's education programs held as part of the SSM Learning Program, adult education programs under the title of Akbank Art Talks, as well as film screenings and workshops designed in collaboration with Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

 Employees and students of Sabanci University can visit Sakip Sabanci Museum free of charge.

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