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The Duchess of Cornwall has hailed David Hockney s vibrant new exhibition as glorious and uplifting as she visits the reopened gallery wearing an arty face mask.
Camilla, 73, was viewing the Bradford-born artist s new works at the Royal Academy in London to celebrate its re-opening following the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions.
Alongside members of the public, the royal - wearing an appropriately arty face mask sent to her by a member of the public - marvelled at the 116 new creations on display.
They were digitally painted on an iPad by legendary artist Hockney, before being printed out and sent over to the UK to be framed.
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Museum and gallery leaders in England have expressed anger, disappointment and bafflement at why commercial art galleries – which count as non-essential shops – can open five weeks before them.
“It is just nuts,” said Rebecca Salter, the president of the Royal Academy of Arts which, like other public galleries, has been told it can reopen no sooner than 17 May. Shops, meanwhile, can open on 12 April.
Salter said it meant people would not be able to come to see the RA’s Tracey Emin exhibition but would be able to go to see works by Emin on display a two-minute walk away at White Cube gallery.