DAVID hockney: Drawing from Life

national Portrait gallery, London february 27 to June 28

This exhibition explores the famous English artist’s skills as a draughtsman, bringing together more than 150 works from a variety of collections across the globe. The show focuses on Hockney’s portraits of five of his most regular subjects: himself; his mother, Laura Hockney; fashion designer Celia Birtwell; printmaker Maurice Payne; and curator Gregory Evans. npg.org.uk