Essays, articles and books. 1959 – present.
Types
1997
Hockney to Hodgkin: British master prints 1960-1980 (2 works). New Orleans Museum of Art, 1997; text by Pat Gilmour. Contemporary prints (2 works; illus, 1 in col.). Yvonne Andrews, Thomas Dane, London, [1997 ?]. Masterpieces of modern printmaking (1 work; illus. in col.). Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 23 June – 1 Aug. 1997; text, p.30. British art: a selection from Waddington Galleries (2 works; illus. in col.). Waddington Galleries, London, exhib. at FIAC, Paris, 1 – 6 Oct. 1997; Tokyo International Art Festival, 30 Oct. – 3 Nov. 1997; Art Cologne, 9 – 16 Nov. 1997; Art Miami ‘98, 8 – 13 Jan. 1998; TEFAF, Maastricht, 7 – 15 Mar. 1998.
India: miniature e dipinti dal XVI al XIX secolo: la collezione di Howard Hodgkin ; a cura di Gian Giuseppe Filippi. Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, 30 Apr. – 3 Aug. 1997; publ. Milan: Electa, 1997; incl. text by HH, ‘Riflessioni sulla collezione’, pp.13-16, tr.from Andrew Topsfield, Milo Cleveland Beach: Indian paintings and drawings from the collection of Howard Hodgkin, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991; repr. 1992 (Thames and Hudson, London) & 1994 (British Museum Press); text by Andrew Topsfield, ‘La pittura mugal a rajput nella collezione di Howard Hodgkin’, pp.17-27; Gian Giuseppe Filippi: ‘Alcune note introduttive sulla pittura indiana’, pp.28-37; catalogo, a cura di Gian Giuseppe Filippi, pp.38-147; bibliografia, pp.149-150; ISBN: 8843561022.
[Howard Hodgkin]. Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York, 1997. Howard Hodgkin: recent work (12 works). Galerie Lawrence Rubin, Zurich, 29 Apr. – 31 May 1997; 32p, 14 works (13 col.); introd. by Georg Imdahl, Howard Hodgkin: Autobiographische Abstraktionen, pp.6-7; ISBN: 395208686X.
1996
David Sweet: ‘Issues in architecture’, in Art and Design, 1996, vol.4 no.2, pp.182-192. Richard Shiff, A.M. Homes: ‘The subject in question: Richard Shiff reviews “Howard Hodgkin: paintings”’ [review of New York exhib.; & untitled interview with A.M. Homes], in Artforum, Jan. 1996, vol.34 no.5, pp.62-67. Mario Naves: ‘The pleasure trade: Howard Hodgkin at the Met’ [review of New York exhib.], in The New Criterion, Jan. 1996, vol.14 no.5, pp.49-51. Robert Hughes: ‘Delight for its own sake’ [review of New York exhib.], in Time, 22 Jan. 1996, vol.147 no.4. Frank Kermode: ‘A likely story’ [review of Fort Worth exhib. Catalogue & Graham-Dixon monograph], in London Review of Books, 25 Jan. 1996, p.11. David Anfam: ‘New York and Fort Worth: Howard Hodgkin’ [review of exhib.], in Burlington Magazine, vol.138, pp.151-152. Janet Tyson: ‘Painting the town’ [review of Fort Worth exhib.], in Star (Fort Worth), 29 Mar. 1996. William Boyd: ‘Abstract with memories’ [review of Fort Worth exhib.], in Modern Painters, Spring 1996, vol.9 no.2, pp.36-39 (repr. in Writers on Howard Hodgkin, 2006, pp.119-130). Drew Milne: ‘Whose line is it anyway?’ [on contemporary poems responding to modern paintings, incl. Wendy Mulford’s poem on HH’s ‘The Bay of Naples’], in Tate: the art magazine, Spring 1996, no.8, pp.48-53 (ref. pp.51-52). Brooks Adams: ‘Hodgkin’s subtexts’ [review of Fort Worth exhib.], in Art in America, May 1996, vol.84, pp.90-97, 125. NR [= Nan Rosenthal]: ‘Howard Hodgkin: “Venice, evening”’, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Fall 1996, vol.54 no.2 (‘Recent acquisitions: a selection: 1995-1996’), pp.64-65. Carmela Thiele: ‘Sconer Abend, klarer Morgen’, in Art: das Kunstmagazin, Sept. 1996, no.9, pp.100-101. ‘Howard’s way’, in Elle Decoration, Nov. 1996. Martin Gayford: ‘The lonely artist’ [interview], in Daily Telegraph, 23 Nov. 1996. Peter Parker: ‘The secret world concealed inside the paintings of Britain’s greatest colourist: Interview: Howard Hodgkin’, in The New Statesman, 29 Nov. 1996, vol.125 no.4312, pp.39, 41. James Cary Parkes: ‘Abstractly fabulous’, in Gay Times, Dec. 1996, pp.28-30 Martin Gayford: ‘Is that a guest or a gun turret?’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Harpers & Queen, Dec. 1996. Celia Lyttleton: ‘Knowing me, knowing hue’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Tatler, Dec. 1996, p.42. Andrew Graham-Dixon: ‘Portrait of the artist as an older man’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Vogue, Dec. 1996, p.196. Tim Hilton: ‘In the coded realm of the senses’, in The Independent on Sunday, 1 Dec. 1996, p.14. Adrian Searle: ‘Remembrance of sunsets past’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Guardian, 3 Dec. 1996, p.10. Isabel Carlisle: ‘Don’t look at me askance’ [review of Hayward exhibs.], in The Times, 3 Dec. 1996, p.44. Charlie Porter: ‘Abstracts have perfect line of vision’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Express, 6 Dec. 1996. William Packer: ‘Loaded brushstrokes’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Financial Times, 7-8 Dec. 1996. Tim Hilton: ‘A world of his own’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Independent on Sunday, 8 Dec. 1996, p.24. Philip Hensher: ‘A passionate, colourful past’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Mail on Sunday, 8 Dec. 1996. William Feaver: ‘Howard Hodgkin shows his colours (but not in a black and white newspaper, he doesn’t’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Observer Review, 8 Dec. 1996. X.B.: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Big Issue, 9-15 Dec. 1996, pp.29-30. Bryan Robertson: ‘Light fantastic’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Independent, 10 Dec. 1996, pp.4-5. Richard Cork: ‘The master and all he surveys’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Times, 10 Dec. 1996, p.33. Richard Dorment: ‘When colour makes life sweet’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Daily Telegraph, 11 Dec. 1996, p.19. Alasdair Steven: [review of Hayward exhib.], in Hammersmith Chronicle, 12 Dec. 1996. Martin Gayford: ‘Colour conundrum’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Spectator, 14-21 Dec. 1996, vol.277 no.8787, pp.80, 82. Ian Ellis: ‘Howard Hodgkin deserves to be given some space’ [letter in response to review of 8 Dec. 1996], in The Independent on Sunday, 15 Dec. 1996, p.18. John McEwen: ‘Tortoise outruns soulless hare’ [incl. review of Hayward exhib.], in Sunday Telegraph, 15 Dec. 1996, p.9. Waldemar Januszczak: ‘Too bright for his own good’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Sunday Times, 15 Dec. 1996, Arts pp.8-9. Sarah Kent: ‘Framed!’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Time Out, 18 Dec. 1996 – 1 Jan. 1997, no.1374, p.53. Brian Sewell: ‘Stop me if you’ve seen this one before’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Evening Standard, 19 Dec. 1996, p.45. ‘Propelling the past into the present’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Highbury and Islington Express, 20 Dec. 1996, p.30. ‘Exhibition of the week: Howard Hodgkin’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Week, 21 Dec. 1996, p.22. Adam Nicolson: ‘Howard’s way’ [revew of Hayward exhib.], in Sunday Telegraph Magazine, 29 Dec. 1996, p.46.
Portrait of the artist. Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, 1996. Brancusi to Beuys: works from the Ted Power Collection (3 works; illus, 1 in col.). Tate Gallery, London, 19 Nov. 1996 – 16 Feb. 1997. Colour etching: Jim Dine, John Hoyland, Robert Motherwell, Mimmo Paladino, Howard Hodgkin, Joe Tilson. Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 4 Dec. 1996 – 18 Jan. 1997 (no catalogue; PV card).
Susan Sontag [text], Howard Hodgkin [illustrations]: The way we live now. London: Karsten Schubert, 1991; limited edition of 200 copies signed by the author & the artist; 4 hand-coloured etchings & hand-coloured endpapers; selling at £1800; text originally publ. in The New Yorker, 1986.
Susan Sontag [text], Howard Hodgkin [illustrations]: The way we live now. London: Jonathan Cape, 1991; 32p, 5 col. Illus. Fasimile commercial edition of Karsten Schubert limited edition (“All royalties from this edition of The Way We Live Now are being given to AIDS charities in the United Kingdom and the United States” – p.5); ISBN: 0224029169.
Julian Barnes: Evermore ; pictures by Howard Hodgkin, text by Julian Barnes. London: Palawan Press, 1996; 1) standard edition of 150 signed & numbered copies, with 6 original etchings, in hand painted blue wrappers, enclosed in cardboard box & sleeve, selling at £750; 2) special blue edition of 50 signed & numbered copies, comprising the etchings of the standard edition, with each page of the book hand-painted, & 2 individual prints, signed by the artist; enclosed in sleeve and portfolio box in silver bookcloth; selling at £1500.
Howard Hodgkin. London: Phaidon, [1996 ?]; VHS/PAL col. videocasette, 52 mins; broadcast on ‘The South Bank Show’, London Weekend Television, 1996; edited & presented by Melvyn Bragg; directed & produced by Melissa Raimes; ISBN: 071486062X.
Howard Hodgkin: prints (c.25 works). Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, 24 Feb. – 28 Mar. 1996. Howard Hodgkin: paintings 1975-1996. Hayward Gallery, London, 5 Dec. 1996 – 23 Feb. 1997 (previously in New York, Fort Worth & Düsseldorf, from Oct. 1995); 6p, 6 col. illus.; text by Bruce Bernard (repr. in Writers on Howard Hodgkin, 2006, pp.111-117).
1995
Where you were even now. Kunsthalle Winterthur, 1995. The Boltons Collection of British contemporary art (4 works). The Boltons Collection of British Contemporary Art, [1995 ?]. Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, Howard Hodgkin: paintings from the 60’s and 70’s (5 works; illus. in col.). Waddington Galleries, London, 22 Feb. – 25 Mar. 1995. Group show: Diebenkorn, Hodgkin, Lichtenstein, Motherwell, Rauschenberg, Stella, Sultan and Winters. Galerie Lawrence Rubin, Zürich, 1995-1996.
Howard Hodgkin: prints 1977-95. Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, 1995. Howard Hodgkin: graphics. Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto (CA), 1995 (no catalogue) Carborundum etchings (1987-1994) by Howard Hodgkin. Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago, 25 May 1995 – ; folded card, 6p, 4 col. Illus.; biog., exhibs. Howard Hodgkin paintings (80 works illustrated). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 30 Oct. 1995 – 28 Jan. 1996; travelling to Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (TX), 31 Mar. – 14 July 1996; Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 17 Aug. – 13 Oct. 1996; [Hayward Gallery, London, 5 Dec. 1996 – 23 Feb. 1997]. Fort Worth (TX): Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; London: Thames and Hudson, 1995; 216p, 354 illus (81 col.); biog., bibl.; text by Michael Auping, A long view, pp.9-32; text of correspondence between John Elderfield & the artist, An exchange, pp.65-80; text by Susan Sontag, About Hodgkin, pp.105-112 (repr. in Writers on Howard Hodgkin, 2006, pp.97-109); catalogue raisonné of oil paintings, edited by Marla Price, pp.137-200; ISBN (Thames & Hudson ed.): 0500092567. Howard Hodgkin: Venetian views 1995 (4 prints; illus. in col.). Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 22 Nov. – 22 Dec. 1995; 24p, 9 illus (5 col.); biog., exhibs.; text by Craig Hartley, Venetian views, pp.3-8.
Siri Huntoon: ‘Translating past into painting’ [review of Graham-Dixon monograph], in Art News, Feb. 1995, vol.94, p.75. Lynn Barber: ‘An abstraction of opposites’, in Art Review, Mar. 1995, vol.47, pp.28-29. Andrew Deacker: ‘Art from the heart: Howard Hodgkin’s intimate, luminous paintings turn heads at the Met’ [review of New York exhib.], in Diversion, Oct. 1995, pp.170-172, 175-176. George Melrod: ‘Post-Pop pizzazz’, in Art and Antiques, Nov. 1985, vol.18 no.10, pp.39-40. Joanna Pitman: ‘Showing his colours’ [interview], in The Times Magazine, 4 Nov. 1995, pp.8-9, 11, 13, 15.
1994
Howard Hodgkin. BBC Radio 4 (Desert Island Discs), 27 Nov. & 2 Dec. 1994; interviewed by Sue Lawley.
