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David Hockney 25

Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

2025

"Do remember they can't cancel the Spring"

59 was invited once again to work with David Hockney to collaborate on a work as part of his major new exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris. 59 was invited to adapt the section ‘David Hockney Paints the Stage’ from the Lightroom show ‘David Hockney, Bigger and Closer not Smaller and Further Away’ for Gallery 10 at the Fondation. Combining Hockney’s original set designs for a wide variety of Opera with animation, archival materials and audio, visitors are immersed in this musical and visual piece inside the Fondation’s most monumental exhibition space.

The exhibition opened on 9th April 2025 and runs until 31st August 2025.

Press images by Marc Domage. Copyright David Hockney.

Opened 9th April 2025

Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

★★★★★
I could have spent an hour in Hockney Paints the Stage, a new immersive audio-visual experience that animates the painter’s drawings and sets for various operas set to their thrilling music..

★★★★★
You enter an immersive recreation of his opera designs, which engrossed him for years before deafness reduced his enjoyment of music. As you let his intense blues cascade over you to the strains of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, you realise how deep and sustaining a love for life this man feels and can communicate. By this time I had tears in my eyes.

★★★★★
David Hockney 25 is a rousing, dopamine-unleashing celebration and summation of a brilliant, beloved artist’s work..

Credits

Head Curator

Suzanne Pagé, Artistic Director of Fondation Louis Vuitton

Guest Curator

Sir Norman Rosenthal

Associate Curator

François Michaud, Curator at Fondation Louis Vuitton

Assisted by Magdalena Gemra

With the collaboration of Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima and Jonathan Wilkinson, David Hockney studio

Created by

David Hockney & Lightroom

Designed by

59 Studio

Sound Designer

Gareth Fry

 

AV Supplier, Integrator and Install

CADMOS

Exhibition Management

Arter

59 Team

Project Directors

Nick Corrigan

Mark Grimmer

Senior Video Designer

Felix Green

Producer

Anna Jones

Senior Spatial Designer

Matthew Wreglesworth

Animators

Chris Rabet

Emily Howells

Technical Design

Morgan Cameron

Justin Anderson

Liam Daly

Technical and Production Management

Sam Jeffs for Blue-i

Programmer

Neil McDowell -Smith

Video Engineer 

Sam Diaz