David Hockney review – sunshine superman

Tate Britain, London
From sunny California to the landscapes of his native Yorkshire, Hockney’s humanity and optimism are never far away, as this sprawling retrospective showsThe morning I visited the Tate’s comprehensive David Hockney retrospective, TV crews from around the world were flitting importantly from room to room, presenters offering shorthand pieces to camera in front of A Bigger Splash or Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy. One American critic was essaying so many takes of her o