Hockney in dig at Hirst art process

Painter David Hockney has criticised the likes of Damien Hirst, saying artists should create their own work.

Yorkshire-born Hockney, 74, whose major exhibition of landscapes opens at the Royal Academy this month, told the Radio Times that it was "insulting" for an artist to employ others to make their creations.

A poster for his show at the Royal Academy reads: "All the works here were made by the artist himself, personally."

Asked if he was having a dig at Hirst, famous for covering a human skull with 8,601 flawless diamonds and suspending a shark in formaldehyde, Hockney nodded and said: "It's a little insulting to craftsmen, skilful craftsmen."

He added: "I used to point out at art school, you can teach the craft, it's the poetry you can't teach. But now they try to teach the poetry and not the craft."

Hockney quoted a Chinese saying that to paint "you need the eye, the hand and the heart. Two won't do." "The other great thing they said - I told this to Lucian Freud - is, 'painting is an old man's art'. I like that!," Hockney said.

Hockney, who returned to his native Yorkshire after decades in California, has been working on his latest show for more than three years. "It took me three days to say, 'Yes, OK...' There was quite a lot of work, but I'm an opportunist... We rose to the occasion," he said.

David Hockney: A Bigger Picture spans a 50-year period to show the artist's long exploration and fascination with the depiction of landscape. The Royal Academy show will include a display of his iPad drawings and a series of new films produced using 18 cameras. A retrospective of Hirst's work opens at Tate Modern in April.

Hirst has defended using assistants to make his spot paintings, saying that they could do the work better as he found it boring to paint them himself.

Hockney was appointed a member of the prestigious Order of Merit by the Queen at the weekend.

Assembly of the land development plan has been adopted

The range land development plan for the period up to 2020 inclusive. The document is considered as a European region in Vojvodina, which has developed economy, an area they wish to be dynamic, which guaranteed the intellectual and cultural heritage, multi-ethnic character, traditions and respect for the environment too.

Assembly of the expected 33 year development plan to develop a range of areas - enter the southern Hungarian word. The new plan takes account of Vojvodina, in the meantime occurred in the historical, economic, cultural and regional changes.

The representatives of the ruling coalition a clear way to display a modern perspective, the opposition and electoral propaganda material were called to the document.

The Provincial House of Representatives meeting Vojvodina more important decision was the right school founders of the Hungarian National Council (MNT) for a partial transfer of the well. The School of Senta, Senta Economics and Commercial High School, Technical School in Ada, Topolya the Agricultural School, the Senta Medical School and Joseph telling Magyarkanizsa Agricultural and Technical College Center belongs to this category.

National cooperation in the cukorgyárért?

The last session is already Rábaköz cukorbizottság Highlands, southern Plains and Komárom County farmers also attended the meeting. Begun to assess the potential arable land and the organization of the association.

Csorna on Monday called the meeting cukorbizottság Rábaköz highland smallholders have, Komárom County and South Plains producers can join. Ákos Zentai, Inc. representative, said the Agri Szentes, Hungary, all of today's farmers are busy with you, therefore, necessary for the alliance as soon as possible. Polish Zsolt, Budapest Chamber of Agriculture representative said, the alliance has Zala is an example where the poultry producers were caught up in a factory to create. The Budapest have also expressed their intention of Accession.
Komarno is more interested in wine. - No matter what they produce and where to set up a cooperative, but the Hungarian farmers have to stand out in their own feet - he said.Komarno is more interested in wine. - No matter what they produce and where to set up a cooperative, but the Hungarian farmers have to stand out in their own feet - he said.

The meeting is one of the biggest surprises was the appearance of the Rye Chamber of Agriculture representative. The association president, said Blackhoofed Helen, a once seen better days Dunaszerdahely leveled a sugar factory, the quota is returned to the union. - They have created conditions for EU accession, that is no longer vote for upland farmers in Europe - said the President of the Upper Chamber of Agriculture, who added that the local sugar beet growers Rábaköz like to join the initiative. He stressed the importance of cross-border cooperation and the alliance of interests vis-à co-see.

The county Komárom appeared in a number of wine-grower was, who stated: not matter what they produce and where to set up a cooperative, but the Hungarian farmers have to stand out in their own feet.Kővágó falugazdász George said, the county government department head, Wide Alexander was at the explicit request that the falugazdász network - making it embraced the goals - all provide support for the making of the cooperative.
Bela deer, the Crown Property Management Co, said a representative of the speaking opportunities of the next two years, about three billion forints own strength should show a cooperative formed in order to enable the tízszázalékos deductibles to cut into a nearly harmincmilliárdos sugar development. - Do you have an idea, there is a possibility that the financial előteremtsük funds, but it is also a prerequisite for the cooperative - Deer Bela said.

Bookfest opened its doors

Special guest at the Bookfest, Hungary with approximately 1,000 books future Romanian-Hungarian relations, and the printed book, are hot topics on which he proposes to highlight Bookfest Salon, the book's main annual event in the capital of Romania, arrived this year at the sixth edition, with special guest Hungary.
"Over the past 20 years, everything was read in Romania has been produced to the fair", see, among others, president of the Publishers of Romania, Mr Mihai Penescu ... The official opening was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Marko Bela, Minister of Culture and National Heritage Kelemen Hunor Szocs Geza - Secretary of State for Culture, Ministry of National Resources in Hungary, Zoltan Bretter, director of the Hungarian Cultural Centre Bucurseti, and Zenta Laszlo Peter, Director Publishers and Booksellers Foundation in Hungary. The latter came with information about Romania particiaprea Book Fair in Budapest, in 2009, with no more than 30 authors translated into Hungarian.
Minister of Culture, Kelemen Hunor, assured that the Ministry of Culture has been and will remain with the guild publishers and the legislative will try to find solutions to assist them to survive. "We must take care not to go away any major publisher, the written word not go away," he said.
Book Fair this year - solemnly opened by Deputy Prime Minister Marko Bela and Hunor Kelemen, and the Secretary of State flag of Hungary Zsolt Nemeth - present 150 houses, compared to 120 last year, a notable speakers, led by the main organizer of the Fair, president of AIR Grigore Arsene. Was crowned the inaugural day of a conference "Danube Forum, led by Geza Szocs.
A Fair attraction today is the launch of the book "Saving in Hell" by Tvrtko Vujity, appeared at the Old Court Publishing. Special guests stated yesterday at the opening, the presence of about 1,000 works published in Hungary at the stand is a result of rigorous selection Bookfest.