Spring Cannot be Cancelled

'This book is not so much a celebration of spring as a springboard for ideas about art, space, time and light. It is scholarly, thoughtful and provoking' - The Times

'This book is not so much a celebration of spring as a springboard for ideas about art, space, time and light. It is scholarly, thoughtful and provoking' - The Times

'A burst of springtime joy' - Daily Telegraph

'Lavishly illustrated… Gayford is a thoughtfully attentive critic with a capacious frame of reference' - Guardian

'Gloriously illustrated … It’s a book about many things – Hockney’s love of France and French painting, his reflections on many other artists among them. But at its heart is this octogenarian’s adoration of nature, his belief that art is rooted in love, and a restless gusto for life ' - Andrew Marr, The Spectator

David Hockney is perhaps the most critically acclaimed artist of our age. He has produced work in almost every medium and has stretched the boundaries of all of them. His bestselling Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters is also published by Thames & Hudson, as are his previous books in partnership with Martin Gayford: A Bigger Message and A History of Pictures . Martin Gayford is art critic for The Spectator . His books include Modernists & Mavericks , Man with a Blue Scarf , A Bigger Message , Rendez-vous with Art (with Philippe de Montebello), A History of Pictures (with David Hockney), and, most recently, The Pursuit of Art , all published by Thames & Hudson.