David Hockney Claims Title for World's Most Expensive Artwork by Living Artist

David Hockney snapped up the title of world's most expensive artwork by a living artist at Christie's recent Postwar and Contemporary auction. The record-breaking $80 million USD sale of the British's artist's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) painting surpassed Jeff Koons' 2013 record of $58.4 million USD. The auction also triples Hockney's personal auction record of $28.4 million USD this past May. "David Hockney's brilliance as an artist is on full display with this monumental can...