Howard Hodgkin: In a Public Garden
The largest institutional exhibition of original prints by the acclaimed British artist Howard Hodgkin to date.
This October, Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery unveils Howard Hodgkin: In A Public Garden a landmark show featuring around 60 vibrant, emotionally charged prints that span five decades of Hodgkin’s career, from 1966 to 2016.
Installed throughout Pitzhanger’s contemporary gallery and the atmospheric rooms of the historic Manor itself, this retrospective-in-print immerses visitors in Hodgkin’s world of colour, memory, and abstraction. His bold, gestural works – full of nuance and feeling – transform the building into a living canvas of moments remembered and reimagined.
As curator Richard Calvocoressi notes, “In the case of Howard Hodgkin, the term ‘prints’ is perhaps misleading. Many of them were hand-coloured by the artist or his collaborators and come close to being one-offs, like paintings; and as such, they make a powerful impact on their environment. Working from memory and imagination, Hodgkin created images of transience, in which ambiguous, dissolving forms are the pictorial equivalent of an autobiographical sensation or perception. I hope visitors will be both moved and exhilarated by this exhibition.”
Highlights include Venetian Views (1995), a rarely united series of lyrical cityscapes, and Swimming (2011), created for the London 2012 Olympics.
This marks the second time Hodgkin’s work has been exhibited at Pitzhanger. He was drawn to the building’s distinctive light and architecture for a 2009 exhibition – before the major restoration and reopening in 2019 – establishing a meaningful connection with the site that continues today.
- General Admission £12 Standard / £6 Students / FREE Under 16 / FREE for Members
- Opening hours Wednesday to Sunday 10am – 5pm, including Bank Holidays
- (First Thursday of the Month: 10am – 8pm)
Venue details
- Address:
- Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
- Ealing Green
- London
- W5 5EQ