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Installation view, Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 6–June 9, 2024. Photo: Hyla Skopitz

Lecture

Howard Hodgkin and India
Reflections on Art Making and Collecting

Friday, March 15, 2024, 6pm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
www.metmuseum.org

Join experts close to Howard Hodgkin, including his partner of thirty-three years, Antony Peattie, for a personal look at the artist’s lifetime engagement with India and Indian painting. Over the course of sixty years, Hodgkin formed a collection of Indian paintings and drawings that is recognized as one of the finest of its kind. This lecture brings together Peattie along with Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Met curators John Guy and Navina Haidar to discuss Hodgkin’s artistic practice and his collection. It is organized as part of the Annual Distinguished Lecture on the Arts of South and Southeast Asia series in conjunction with the exhibition Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, through June 9.

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Installation view, Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 6–June 9, 2024. Photo: Hyla Skopitz

Howard Hodgkin: Last Paintings (New York: Gagosian, 2018)

Online Reading

Howard Hodgkin
Last Paintings

Howard Hodgkin: Last Paintings is available for online reading from September 6 through October 5 as part of the From the Library series. Published on the occasion of his 2018 exhibition at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, the catalogue celebrates Hodgkin’s final works, many of which had never been previously published. His brushstrokes, set against wooden supports, often continue beyond the picture plane and onto the frame, breaking from traditional confines. Embracing time as a compositional element, his work is testament to his immersion in the intangibility of thoughts, feelings, and fleeting private moments. A new essay by Paul Hills is included along with a biography by Antony Peattie and poem by Stevie Smith.

Howard Hodgkin: Last Paintings (New York: Gagosian, 2018)

Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now (London: Gagosian, 2020)

Book Launch

Visions of the Self
Rembrandt and Now

Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 6:30–8:30pm
Kenwood House, London
www.english-heritage.org.uk

In the interest of public health, this event has been postponed until further notice.

Gagosian is pleased to host a drinks reception to celebrate the release of Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now, published on the occasion of the recent eponymous exhibition at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. Organized in partnership with English Heritage, the exhibition places Rembrandt’s masterpiece Self-Portrait with Two Circles (c. 1665) in dialogue with self-portraits by Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucian Freud, and Pablo Picasso, as well as leading contemporary artists such as Georg Baselitz, Glenn Brown, Urs Fischer, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Giuseppe Penone, Richard Prince, Jenny Saville, Cindy Sherman, and Rudolf Stingel, among others. The catalogue includes an introduction by Wendy Monkhouse, senior curator at English Heritage, and a text by art historian David Freedberg. To attend the free event, RSVP to londonevents@gagosian.com. Space is limited.

Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now (London: Gagosian, 2020)

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait with Two Circles, c. 1665, English Heritage, The Iveagh Bequest (Kenwood, London). Photo: Historic England Photo Library

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Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now
In partnership with English Heritage

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 6pm
Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London

Gagosian director and art historian Richard Calvocoressi will lead a tour of the exhibition Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. Calvocoressi will take a look at postwar and contemporary masters of self-representation, anchoring the conversation to an important Rembrandt masterpiece included in the exhibition, Self-Portrait with Two Circles (c. 1665). The event has reached capacity. To join the wait list, contact londontours@gagosian.com.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait with Two Circles, c. 1665, English Heritage, The Iveagh Bequest (Kenwood, London). Photo: Historic England Photo Library

Artwork © Howard Hodgkin

Performance

Layla and Majnun

November 13–17, 2018
Sadler’s Wells, London
www.sadlerswells.com

In this inspired adaptation of Layla and Majnun, the ancient Persian narrative poem of star-crossed lovers, contemporary choreographer Mark Morris has collaborated with the late Howard Hodgkin, who designed the bold costumes and set, and the Silkroad Ensemble. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.sadlerswells.com.

To learn more about the collaboration read the interview with Hodgkin by Nancy Dalva in the Summer 2017 issue of Gagosian Quarterly.

Artwork © Howard Hodgkin

Howard Hodgkin: Last Paintings (New York: Gagosian, 2018)

Visit

Mayfair Art Weekend
Howard Hodgkin Pop-up Bookshop

June 29–July 1, 2018
Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London
www.mayfairartweekend.com

Throughout Mayfair Art Weekend, Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, will host a pop-up bookshop in conjunction with the exhibition Howard Hodgkin: Last Paintings. It will feature a selection of illustrated exhibition catalogues and books on the artist. Visitors will also be able to see the exhibition through the weekend, alongside Franz West: Sisyphos Sculptures at Gagosian, Davies Street, London.


Howard Hodgkin: Last Paintings (New York: Gagosian, 2018)

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TateShots

Video

TateShots
Howard Hodgkin

In this episode of TateShots Howard Hodgkin discusses his most recent paintings, his delight in his success at the age of eighty-two, and how he prefers to keep his source material a “professional secret.”

Gagosian App for iPad

New Release

Gagosian App for iPad
Issue 3

Gagosian announces the release of issue 3 of the Gagosian App for iPad on January 22, 2012. Artists featured in this issue include Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Paul Noble, Richard Prince, Jenny Saville, Richard Serra, Andy Warhol, and Zeng Fanzhi.

In issue 3 we feature a Damien Hirst “art board” that explores more than ninety spot paintings, offer a 360˚ full-motion interactive experience of Richard Serra sculptures Junction (2011) and Cycle (2010), and display a worldwide map of the Jeff Koons’s Celebration series exhibition history. We also explore a recent essay by Olivier Zahm on the exhibition Warhol: Bardot with interactive “pop-up” images, audio, and video content, show you an exclusive video of Richard Prince: Bel-Air installed at a private residence in 2011, and give you an in-depth look at Roy Lichtenstein’s working process and his series Landscapes in the Chinese Style.

Museum Exhibitions

Installation view, Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 6–June 9, 2024. Photo: Hyla Skopitz

On View

Indian Skies
The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting

Through June 9, 2024
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
www.metmuseum.org

Over the course of sixty years, Howard Hodgkin formed a collection of Indian paintings and drawings that is recognized as one of the finest of its kind. The artist collected works from the Mughal, Deccani, Rajput, and Pahari courts dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. This exhibition presents over 120 of these works, many of which the Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired, alongside loans from the Howard Hodgkin Indian Collection Trust.

Installation view, Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 6–June 9, 2024. Photo: Hyla Skopitz

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Textiles de Artistas

March 12–June 19, 2022
Fundacíon Barrié, A Coruña, Spain
fundacionbarrie.org

This exhibition explores the history of twentieth-century art through fabrics designed by artists, with unique examples from artistic movements such as Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop art. Comprised of more than one hundred works, the show presents an important overview of weaving as a popular art form in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe. Work by Alexander Calder, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Sterling Ruby, and Andy Warhol is included.

Albert Oehlen, Untitled, 1989, Museum of Modern Art, New York © Albert Oehlen 

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Artist’s Choice
Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape

October 21, 2019–April 12, 2020
Museum of Modern Art, New York
www.moma.org

In The Shape of Shape, Amy Sillman—an artist who has helped redefine contemporary painting, pushing the medium into drawing, installations, video, and zines—has created a revelatory Artist’s Choice installation drawn from the museum’s collection. The exhibition features works, many rarely seen, spanning vastly different time periods, places, and mediums. Work by Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Howard Hodgkin, Henry Moore, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool is included.

Albert Oehlen, Untitled, 1989, Museum of Modern Art, New York © Albert Oehlen 

Installation view, Hodgkin & Creed: Inside Out, Kistefos, Jevnaker, Norway, September 18–November 17, 2019. Artwork, left to right: © Howard Hodgkin Estate; © Martin Creed. Photo: Timothy Chase

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Hodgkin & Creed
Inside Out

September 18–November 17, 2019
Kistefos, Jevnaker, Norway
www.kistefosmuseum.com

Inside Out finds a series of relationships that take us beyond a lyrical reading of Howard Hodgkin’s paintings and radically rethinks his oeuvre. At the same time, the exhibition approaches Martin Creed’s Minimalist work through Hodgkin’s expressionism, drawing on a number of themes including: Minimalist seriality, concepts around objects and language, emotional reparation, the performative body (with its relation to time), and the work of art itself.

Installation view, Hodgkin & Creed: Inside Out, Kistefos, Jevnaker, Norway, September 18–November 17, 2019. Artwork, left to right: © Howard Hodgkin Estate; © Martin Creed. Photo: Timothy Chase

Howard Hodgkin, Mumbai Wedding, 1990–91© Howard Hodgkin

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Howard Hodgkin
India on Paper

October 14, 2017–January 7, 2018
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England
www.victoriagal.org.uk

This unique exhibition celebrates the artist’s love affair with India, which he visited for the first time in 1964. The trip was a revelation, and he returned almost every year thereafter. This exhibition features a range of Hodgkin’s Indian-themed works on paper, including gouache paintings, editioned prints, and hand-colored impressions made over half a century.

Howard Hodgkin, Mumbai Wedding, 1990–91
© Howard Hodgkin

Howard Hodgkin, Hello, Bombay, 2016 © Howard Hodgkin. Photo by Prudence Cuming Associates LTD

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Howard Hodgkin
Painting India

July 1–October 8, 2017
Hepworth Wakefield, England
www.hepworthwakefield.org

The Hepworth Wakefield stages the first comprehensive exhibition to explore the enduring influence of India on Hodgkin’s work, a place the artist returned to almost annually following his first trip there in 1964. On display are more than thirty-five works, rarely seen photographs from his personal archive, and journals Hodgkin kept documenting his journeys in India.

Howard Hodgkin, Hello, Bombay, 2016 © Howard Hodgkin. Photo by Prudence Cuming Associates LTD

Howard Hodgkin, Portrait of the Artist Listening to Music, 2011–16 © Howard Hodgkin

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Howard Hodgkin
Absent Friends

March 23–June 18, 2017
National Portrait Gallery, London
www.npg.org.uk

Hodgkin’s paintings are characterized by rich color, complex illusionistic space, and sensuous brushwork. By emphasizing these pictorial elements, his work frequently appears entirely abstract. However, over the course of sixty-five years, a principal concern of Hodgkin’s art has been to evoke a human presence. The role of memory, the expression of emotion, and the exploration of relationships between people and places are all preoccupations. The exhibition explores Hodgkin’s development of a personal visual language of portraiture, one that challenges traditional forms of representation.

Howard Hodgkin, Portrait of the Artist Listening to Music, 2011–16 © Howard Hodgkin

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