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David Hockney and Matthias Weischer

Looking forward to a year of privileged access to Hockney through the offices of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, Matthias Weischer – a 32-year-old painter from Germany who specialises in deceptively realistic interior – had no clear-cut expectations.