Inspired by India: The Howard Hodgkin Story

Monday, 19 November 2018 to Friday, 30 November 2018

Venues: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, and Ahmedabad

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As part of British Council’s 70th anniversary celebrations we are pleased to announce a special exhibition and series of talks by Antony Peattie about the iconic banyan tree mural on the British Council Delhi building’s façade, created by Howard Hodgkin.

Inspired by India: The Howard Hodgkin Story tells the story of Howard Hodgkin’s India inspiration, and explores the relationship between him and architect Charles Correa who designed the British Council Delhi building. It also showcase how Hodgkin and Correa’s work made a statement about UK and India collaboration by bringing art and architecture together, and went on to be regarded as a source of inspiration for both UK and India.

About the event

The heavily illustrated talk by Antony Peattie will explore the origins of the mural, how Howard Hodgkin and Charles Correa worked together, the journey from proposed design to final realization, the technique and its origin in pietra dura inlay on Moghul buildings, its relation to Howard’s work in theatre design and his paintings and prints on the theme of trees, as well as the inspiration of India.

About Antony Peattie

Antony Peattie is a distinguished music writer from the UK. He was publications editor at Welsh National Opera, before leaving to help launch Opera Now magazine, and then going freelance, creating Opera Bites for Glyndebourne, surtitles for Scottish Opera and supertitles for the Royal Opera. Antony Peattie was Howard Hodgkin’s partner for 33 years, and has lectured on Howard’s work in Romania, on opera on BBC Radio 3 and on Byron at the National Portrait Gallery and Tate Britain. He has written extensively on opera and his book The Private Life of Lord Byron will be published by Unbound in 2019.

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