Is optimism contagious? The law of numbers is essential with the health crisis, which still confines some, deconfines others in moderation, frightens them all. On April 16, David Hockney shook the ambient torpor by sending his friend and compatriot, Ruth Mackenzie, director of the Théâtre du Châtelet, an open letter and ten drawings celebrating spring. This epicurean profession of faith, coming from Normandy, read live on France Inter and broadcast by Le Figaro , had an echo such that it generated a following. She bets on hope, relies on the mobilization of a spontaneous group, animated by the same creative impulse. The collective to the rescue of bad times.
"Hope in spring: draw like Hockney." This call, launched on May 5, brings together the Théâtre du Châtelet, France Inter and the Center Pompidou, which celebrated the English painter with a superb retrospective in the summer of 2017. No age limit, no prerequisites, everyone is invited to slip into
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