David Hockney – walking his own road

David Hockney regarded as among the world’s greatest living artists is opening his biggest ever show in Paris, filling 11 room across four floors. Two years ago, when they started planning the exhibition, “I just thought I probably wouldn’t be here”, he says. “I’m still a smoker, a happy smoker fed up of bossy people telling you what to do.” He is in poor health, having two full-time carers but still paints for four to six hours every day.He was a signif