The Moon Room

Fifteen iPad paintings of the night sky created during pandemic quarantine in Normandy, capturing the moon's changing phases and their shadows on the landscape.

Why go

Hockney's meditative Moon Room series marks his first New York showing of these works, which debuted publicly in 2024 at Rouen and occupied a full gallery in his 2025 Fondation Louis Vuitton survey. The iPad paintings demonstrate his distinctive approach to light and immediacy—a medium that allowed him to draw moonlit shadows cast on grass with unp

What to expect

Fifteen framed iPad paintings printed on paper and mounted on Dibond, each approximately 27 × 39 inches, depicting nocturnal landscapes from Hockney's twelve-acre Normandy farm. The works span April to December 2020 and explore the moon's phases, tree shadows, and the interplay of natural and artificial light.

Things to know

• Created during COVID-19 lockdown at Hockney's 17th-century farmhouse in Normandy, April–December 2020.
• First New York exhibition of the Moon Room series; prior public debut at Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, 2024.
• Tenth solo exhibition with Pace Gallery since 2009.
• iPad paintings printed on paper, mounted on Dibond; works range from 27-1/8" × 39-3/16" to 28-11/16" × 40-1/2" framed.
• Hockney used the iPad's backlighting to draw moonlit tree shadows on grass—a technique he noted would have been 'virtually impossible' witho