Hockney's In the dull village
1966 · Resource
An etching by David Hockney illustrating a poem by C. P. Cavafy, depicting two men in bed, published as homosexuality was being decriminalised in Britain. A landmark of openly gay imagery in 1960s art.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1966
- The Beatles (1960)
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin) (1959)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)