Tate Britain banks on David Hockney retrospective to pull in the crowds

An extensive David Hockney retrospective opens this week at Tate Britain to celebrate the career of the British artist, who turns 80 in the summer. It is pretty much the largest show we have done at Tate Britain, Chris Stephens, the exhibitions co-curator, says. Were showing paintings and drawings, photographic works, videos, iPhone and iPad drawings.
There will be more than 150 works, from a self-portrait of 1954 to ones that are only just being completed. We were warned that one of the painti