Walt Disney is Dead, David Hockney is Not

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"Walt Disney is Dead, David Hockney is Not."

In December 1937, the world was introduced to Walt Disney's cinematic masterpiece, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. That same year in July, the world also welcomed David Hockney, a seminal force behind the 1960s Pop Art movement. By the time of Walt Disney's passing in 1966, Hockney had already had his first solo exhibition at the Kasmin Gallery in 1963. It's conceivable that Disney never knew of Hockney, though the reverse is unlikely. Today, Walt Disney's legacy is fortified with a record 22 Oscars out of 59 nominations, while David Hockney shares the spotlight with Jeff Koons as the world's most prized living artists. Such is the essence of pop: vibrant, iconic, timeless.