In this artwork, how is the Donation discussed?
In April 2008 Hockney donated the painting to the Tate, saying, "I thought if I'm going to give something to the Tate I want to give them something really good. It's going to be here for a while. I don't want to give things I'm not too proud of."He also said, "I feel loyal to the Tate. More artists should donate. They should think about it. You can’t quite trust collectors who say they’ll give to the Tate and often don’t."The Tate's director, Nicholas Serota, said, "It is an astonishing gift. Notwithstanding its size, this painting could have been sold to many buyers around the world. Simply to give with no tax benefit to himself is a remarkable gesture."The painting found a permanent home at Tate Britain in November 2009, where it was displayed along with a pair of digital renderings of the painting.The copse can be found approximately 3/4 mile south of Warter.  A group of trees near Warter which had been painted by Hockney was cut down in March 2009, but these were not the trees in the painting described in this article.
Tate Tate Britain Nicholas Serota Warter