NEW YORK, NY.- Follow the journey of David Hockney's exceptional life in a unique graphic novel format in Hockney. From his childhood in Bradford and early years making it as an artist, to his sun-drenched Los Angeles period, his triumphal return to the UK and his recent iPad drawings that proudly exclaim that ‘spring cannot be cancelled’, this charming biography traces the captivating life and times of David Hockney. Drawn entirely on an iPad in a fun, fully illustrated style – and in homage to Hockney's own iPad drawings – this is a colorful, thought-provoking and joyous story of one of the world's best-loved artists. Hockney: A Graphic Life publishes October 3, 2023.

Simon Elliott is a criminal barrister, art obsessive and standup comedian. Inspired by Hockney’s message ‘spring cannot be cancelled’, and with time to fill (thanks to Covid), Simon engrossed himself in all things Hockney, learned how to paint on an iPad and began a journey to create this colorful, joyous and thought provoking biography with a twist.

Renzo Piano is one of the world’s greatest living architects and creator of a host of iconic modern buildings, including the Pompidou in Paris, the Menil Collection in Texas, Kansai Airport in Japan, the Shard in London and the new Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Written and created in collaboration with the Piano Foundation in Genoa, Renzo Piano this richly illustrated volume covers the early work as well as the most recent designs, making a complete survey of his career to date. Starting with his beginnings with the Pompidou Centre in the 1970s (in collaboration with Richard Rogers) the story continues up to construction of one of his latest works, a spectacular new bridge in Genoa in 2020.

The book explores all of the studio’s main projects: the public spaces and museums, airports, theatres, and libraries. As well as giving unique insights into the creative process of Piano himself, the book includes numerous unpublished designs and photographs. In the process the book reveals Piano’s unique way of handling light and space, as well as his particular attention to the social implications of the profession of architect and the relationship of buildings to their urban environment and landscape. Renzo Piano publishes October 19, 2023.

Lorenzo Ciccarelli, architect, is a researcher in the History of Architecture at the University of Florence and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Renzo Piano Foundation. In the last eight years he has been regularly consulting the archives of the Renzo Piano Foundation and the RPBW offices in Genoa and Paris, and on various occasions, interviewing Renzo Piano, his collaborators and studio Partners.