Gloriously illustrated, this fully updated edition tells the story of one of the most significant artists of our time. Hockney’s art is a celebration of what it is to be alive. All his pictures – sometimes tender, as when he draws friends and family, sometimes playful, as in his paintings of lazy, care-free days by the pool, sometimes awe-inspiring, as with his monumental images of the Grand Canyon – convey what it means to be in the world and to love it.

Charting almost 60 years of extraordinary creativity and celebrating the artist’s life-long experiments in ways of looking, seeing and depicting, the book is arranged thematically to show the evolution and diversity of Hockney’s prolific paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints and photography. Quotes from the artist illuminate the thought behind his work, while a new final chapter focuses on his recent output, including his various pioneering series created on the iPad.