AN article in The Guardian reports that the Tate Britain gallery in London will be opening its doors until midnight for the first time in order to cope with demand for an exhibition of work by Yorkshire-born painter David Hockney.

The event sold more than 350,000 tickets before the doors opened in February, and has gone on to become one of the most popular shows in Tate Britain’s history.

The midnight openings will be held on the last weekend of the exhibition at the end of May.