David Hockney does LA again, but differently: 'I stay in, I smoke, I feel OK'

The 78-year-old British artist is back in Los Angeles with an exhibit that explores the intersection of art and technology, but he says his fast-and-loose days are behind him: ‘I don’t go out much anymore because I’m too deaf, really’His Californian bohemia keeps changing but David Hockney tries to be philosophical about it: you win some, you lose some.
“That’s the story of my life. It used to be you couldn’t be gay. Now you can be gay but you can’t smoke. There’s always someth