David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts

Often, when we want to tell or write appreciatively about an art documentary film that describes an exhibition or a museum, we use the expression - 'watching the film is similar / second best to the experience of visiting the exhibition or the museum'. In the case of the documentary 'David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts' which is part of the 'Exhibition on Screen' series coordinated and directed (most of the films) by Phil Grabsky, I think this comparison says too little. In fact, by choosing to focus on two exhibitions with a well-defined theme as artistic genres (one of landscapes, the other of portraits), Grabsky offers us in this documentary not only the opportunity to see the works in perfect visual conditions, without the crowds, without physical or financial efforts, but also an in-depth critical approach to a stage in the evolution of one of the leading contemporary artists of the United Kingdom and the world, still in full physical and creative form more than half a cent