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.
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Around 1966
- The Beatles (1960)
- Sputnik launch (1957)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- The Rolling Stones (1962)
- The Beatles release Please Please Me (1963)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Construction of Berlin Wall (1961)
- Assassination of JFK (1963)
- First moon landing (1969)