A gallery assistant poses at a photocall for 'David Hockney: The Arrival Of Spring, Normandy, 2020' at the Royal Academy in London. Photo: AFP
Artist David Hockney has described living in near isolation in Normandy during the first coronavirus lockdown as "marvellous" - and the inspiration for his new exhibition.
The 83-year-old said living for the last two years in a "higgledy-piggledy" house in the middle of the northern French countryside meant he had no interruptions and allowed him to paint without distraction.
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