Monopol Magazin : The end of photography?

... well it is according to David Hockney. He had a chat with Amelie von Heydebreck and Florian Illies in his Berlin hotel room for the new issue of MONOPOL magazine. The eccentric painter explains to the Magazine for Art and Life why painting will outlive digital cameras and why he’s too egoistic to teach. Hockney sees painting as avant-garde and in the extremely exciting chat he refers to art historian Henrich Schwarz, who claims, *that photography wasn’t the start of a new vision, but the end of an old one. Photography was no less than the ultimate Renaissance image, the mechanical formulation of the perspective theories of the Renaissance.* If this has made you curious to read more then you should get your hands on a copy of the latest issue as soon as possible. It has been available to buy since 1st December. Inside you can also find out why the Prada 2005 winter collection is on show in an air-tight store in a shop on Highway 90 in a small town in the Texan desert. Marfa is developing into one of the hottest meeting points of the art scene. Silke Hohmann reports on the who’s who in no mans land. Plus: why heir to the throne Richard Prince became king and how gallery names become brands.