David Hockney's Jewish friendship and 'dangerous perfection'

Think of the British painter David Hockney, who died Thursday at 88, and you think of color. 1967’s “A Bigger Splash,” almost certainly his most famous work, is a study in blue so profound that it’s nearly synesthetic: The pool is such a saturated cool that you can feel the water lap your feet, and... The post The Jewish friendship that let David Hockney experience ‘dangerous perfection’ appeared first on The Forward.