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David Hockney to unveil new portrait of Harry Styles

David Hockney's portrait of Harry Styles which will go on display as part of David Hockney: Drawing from Life, which opens on 2 November at the National Portrait Gallery in London
David Hockney's portrait of Harry Styles which will go on display as part of David Hockney: Drawing from Life, which opens on 2 November at the National Portrait Gallery in London

A new portrait of singer Harry Styles by British artist David Hockney has been unveiled as part of a major exhibition from the painter due to go on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Hockney, 86, painted Styles, 29, in his art studio in Normandy, France.

The painting of Styles depicts the singer wearing an orange and red cardigan with a pearl necklace and blue jeans.

The exhibition, David Hockney: Drawing From Life, will see more than 30 new portraits, painted at the artist's Normandy studio between 2021 and 2022, go on display for the first time from 2 November.

The exhibition was previously staged at the gallery but cut short in March 2020 due to the onset of the pandemic.

When it returns later this year it will feature some of Hockney’s most-recent portraits, seen for the first time, the gallery said.

The National Portrait Gallery reopened in June following a three-year, £41.3 million refurbishment.

Source: Press Association

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