The Royal Opera House sold a painting by British artist David Hockney for 12.8 million pounds at an auction in London on Thursday (October 22) amid efforts to survive the coronavirus crisis.

Royal Opera House sells Hockney for £12.8 million amid crisis

London's Royal Opera House is to sell a 1970s painting by David Hockney as it seeks to raise cash to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst crisis in its history.

London's Royal Opera House to sell Hockney painting to survive COVID crisis

Seminal pop art painting "The Splash" by David Hockney sold for £23.1 million at an auction in Sotheby's London on Tuesday. This is the third-highest price paid for a work by the British artist.

David Hockney's pop art icon 'The Splash' fetches £23.1 million

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Royal Opera House sells Hockney for £12.8 million amid crisis

London's Royal Opera House to sell Hockney painting to survive COVID crisis

David Hockney's pop art icon 'The Splash' fetches £23.1 million