1980

[Howard Hodgkin: prints]. Waddington Galleries, London, 1980. [Howard Hodgkin: prints]. Bernard Jacobson, New York, 1980.

William Feaver: ‘The state of British art: “It’s a bewilderment”’, in Art News, Jan. 1980, vol.79 no.1, pp.62-68 (ref. p.67). Adrian Searle: ‘London’ [incl. review of Bristol exhib.], in Artforum, Jan. 1980, vol.18 no.5, pp.76-77. ‘Prints & photographs published’, in The Print Collector’s Newsletter, Jan. – Feb. 1980, vol.10 no.6, pp.196, 201-203 (ref. p.201). Roger Berthoud: ‘Howard Hodgkin behind the enemy lines’, in The Times, 17 Apr. 1980, p.11. Marina Vaizey: [incl. review of Waddington exhib.], in Sunday Times, 27 Apr. 1980, p.40. Fenella Crichton: ‘London’ [incl. review of Waddington exhib.], in Art and Artists, June 1980, vol.15 no.2, pp.40-43. John Russell Taylor: ‘Temperament vividly revealed in abstract’ [incl. review of Hayward exhib.], in The Times, 2 Sept. 1980, p.7. John McEwen: ‘Pastiches’ [ibncl. review of Hayward exhib.], in The Spectator, 13 Sept. 1980, vol.245 no.7940, pp.27-28. William Feaver: ‘The Liverpool lottery’ [review of Liverpool exhib.], in The Observer, 30 Nov. 1980. John McEwen: ‘Provincial’ [review of Liverpool exhib.], in The Spectator, 6 Dec. 1980, vol.245 no.7952, p.27. Roman Piechocinski: ‘John Moores Liverpool Exhibition XII’ [review], in Arts Alive Merseyside, Dec. 1980 – Jan. 1981, p.4.

1979

Works of the early 60s. M Knoedler Gallery, London, 1979. To-day: Brittiskt 60- och 70-tal (3 works). Lunds Konsthall, 7 Apr. – 6 May 1979. European dialogue: The Third Biennale of Sydney (2 works). Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 Apr. – 27 May 1979. Contemporary art for 17 Charterhouse Street [Central Selling Organisation, De Beers Consolidated Mines; works selected by the Contemporary Art Society] (1 work; illus.). Mall Galleries, London, 21 – 25 May 1979. Narrative paintings: figurative art of two generations (1 work). Arnolfini, Bristol, 1 Sept. – 20 Oct. 1979; travelling to Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 26 Oct. – 25 Nov. 1979; City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 5 Jan. – 2 Feb. 1980; Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, 9 Feb. – 29 Mar. 1980; text by Timothy Hyman, ref. pp.7-8. This knot of life: paintings and drawings by British artists (3 works). L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice (CA), (part I:) 23 Oct. – 17 Nov. 1979. Peter Moores Liverpool Project 5: The craft of art (9 works). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 3 Nov. 1979 – 13 Feb. 1980. The British art show: recent paintings and sculpture by 112 artists, selected by William Packer (2 works; 2 illus., 1 in col.). Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1 Dec. 1979 – 27 Jan. 1980; travelling to Laing Art Gallery & Hatton Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 Feb. – 23 Mar. 1980; Arnolfini Gallery & Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 18 Apr. – 24 May 1980; organised by Arts Council of Great Britain.

The artist’s eye: an exhibition selected by Howard Hodgkin at the National Gallery (incl. 2 works by HH; illus.). National Gallery, London, 20 June – 19 Aug. 1979; introd. by HH, p.3; commentaries by HH on the 14 selected works; 24p, 16 illus.

‘News desk: The artist’s eye’, in Art and Antiques, 19 May 1979, vol.36, p.11. William Packer: ‘Hodgkin’s eye at the National Gallery’ [review of exhib.], in Financial Times, 23 June 1979, p.14. John Spurling: ‘Hangmen’ [incl. review of National Gallery exhib.], in New Statesman, 29 June 1979, vol.97 no.2519, pp.963-964. Noel Riley: ‘Highlights: Hodgkin’s eye’, in Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide, July 1979, p.63, Richard Shone: ‘Current and forthcoming exhibitions: London’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in Burlington Magazine, July 1979, vol.121 no.916, pp.455-459 (ref. p.456). Emmanuel Cooper: ‘A personal choice’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in Morning Star, 2 July 1979, p.4. Edward Lucie-Smith: ‘Getting it all together’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in Evening Standard, 4 July 1979, p.32. Francis Watson: ‘London reviews: The artist’s eye’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in Arts Review, 6 July 1979, vol.31, p.357. Waldemar Januszczak: ‘The artist’s eye’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in The Guardian, 6 July 1979, p.8. John McEwen: ‘Artist’s eye’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in The Spectator, 7 July 1979, vol.243 no.7877, p.25. Andrew McKenzie: ‘Painter’s view of his work’, in Sheffield Morning Telegraph, 10 July 1979, p.4. Louis Collis & Lavinia Learmont: ‘London’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in Art and Artists, Aug. 1979, vol.14 no.4 (no.159), pp.42-48 (ref. p.42). Michael Shepherd: ‘Hodgkin’s eye’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in What’s On in London, 10 Aug. 1979. Suzanne Boorsch: ‘New editions’, in Art News, Sept. 1979, vol.78 no.7, pp.42-43. William Feaver: ‘Loitering with deep intent’, in The Observer, 16 Sept. 1979, p.15. Glenn Sujo: ‘Narrative painting, 2: at Arnolfini’ [review of Bristol exhib.], in Art Monthly, Oct. 1979, no.30, pp.19-21. Fenella Crichton: ‘England: London’ [review of National Gallery exhib.], in Pantheon, Oct.-Dec. 1979, vol.37 no.4, p.326. Suzanne Muchnic: ‘British artists painting the town’, in Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 1979, section IV, pp.1, 10.

1978

[Howard Hodgkin: Indian views: exhibition of prints]. British Council touring exhibition, in India, Malaysia & Columbia, 1978. Howard Hodgkin: prints. Riverside Studios, London, 4 – 29 Oct. 1978 (PV card).

Robert Chambers: ‘Why the art market nurtures its own star system’, in Financial Times, 12 May 1978. Tim Hilton: ‘Anthologist’ [review of ICA exhib.], in The Spectator, 16 Sept. 1978, vol.241 no.7837, p.25. Linda Lee Bolton: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [incl. review of Riverside exhib.], in Arts Review, 13 Oct. 1978, vol.30 no.20, p.551. Waldemar Januszczak: ‘A train that has run out of steam but refuses to stop for more coal’, in The Guardian, 29 Nov. 1978, p.12. John McEwen: ‘Four British painters’ [i.e. John Hoyland, John Walker, Stephen Buckley & HH], in Artforum, Dec. 1978, vol.17 no.4, pp.50-55. Timothy Hyman: ‘Howard Hodgkin interviewed by Timothy Hyman’, in Artscribe, Dec. 1978, no.15, pp.25-28. William Feaver: ‘A matter of ways and means’, in The Observer, 3 Dec. 1978. John McEwen: ‘Abstract prizes’ [incl. review of Liverpool exhib.], in The Spectator, 9 Dec. 1978, vol.241 no.7849, pp.36-37. William Packer: ‘Critics choice at the ICA’, in Financial Times, 16 Dec. 1978.

Mixed exhibition (3 works). Knoedler Gallery, London, Mar. 1978. Groups (HH’s name listed, but no works specified or illus.). Waddington and Tooth Galleries, London, 4 – 28 Apr. 1978. Critic’s choice: an exhibition of contemporary art selected by John McEwen (1 work). Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 7 Sept. – 7 Oct. 1978. Howard Hodgkin: hand-coloured lithographs; Alistair Crawford: paintings & etchings (4 works by HH). Ian Birksted Gallery, London, 25 Nov. – 14 Dec. 1978. John Moores Liverpool Exhibition XI (1 work). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 30 Nov. 1978 – 25 Feb. 1979.

1977

Howard Hodgkin: complete prints (31 works). Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 12 June – 10 July 1977; 5p, 3 illus; exhibs.; introd. by Penelope Marcus. Howard Hodgkin: new paintings. André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 15 Sept. – 5 Oct. 1977. Howard Hodgkin: neue Bilder / new paintings. Galerie André Emmerich, Zürich, 2 Dec. 1977 – 7 Jan. 1978; 6p, 2 illus (1 col); biog., bibl.

John McEwen: ‘A letter from London’, in Arts Canada, May-June 1977, vol.34 no.2, pp.31-32. Richard Cork: ‘The fresh emerges which may help to change British art …’, in The Guardian, 20 July 1977, p.10. Norbert Lynton, Francis Golding, Paul Overy: ‘How newspaper critics paint art’, in The Guardian, 23 July 1977, p.6. William Feaver: ‘Full house’, in The Observer, 24 July 1977, p.24. Michael Shepherd: ‘The better half’, in Sunday Telegraph, 24 July 1977, p.14. Edward Lucie-Smith: ‘Squeaks from the South Bank’, in Evening Standard, 28 July 1977, p.16. John McEwen: ‘Hardy annual’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in The Spectator, 30 July 1977, vol.239 no.7778, p.28. Marina Vaizey: ‘The best of British’, in Sunday Times, 31 July 1977, p.39. Malcolm Quantrill: ‘London letter’ [incl. review of Tate exhib.], in Art International, July – Aug. 1977, vol.21 no.4, pp.68-72 (ref. p.69). Frances Spalding, Janey Daley: ‘Hayward Annual part II: two views’ [reviews of exhib.], in Arts Review, 5 Aug. 1977, vol.29 no.16, pp.508-509. Tim Hilton: ‘South Bank-ruptcy’ [review of Hayward exhib.], in Times Literary Supplement, 5 Aug. 1977, no.3934, p.960. Richard Shone: ‘Gallery: painting and performance’ [incl. review of Hayward exhib.], in Architectural Review, Sept. 1977, vol.162 no.967, pp.184-186 (ref. p.184). James Faure Walker: ‘Ways of disclosing: mapping the Hayward Annual’ [review of exhib.], in Artscribe, Sept. 1977, no.8, pp.20-26. Bruce Bernard: ‘Personalities of British painting’, in Sunday Times Magazine, 4 Sept. 1977, pp.34-41. John Russell: ‘Tenacity keeps British art alive’, in The New York Times, 25 Sept. 1977, p.D33. Noel Frackman: ‘Howard Hodgkin / Stanley Boxer [et al.]’ [incl. review of New York exhib.], in Arts Magazine, Nov. 1977, vol.52 no.3, p.29. Donald B. Kuspit: ‘Howard Hodgkin at Emmerich’ [review of exhib.], in Art in America, Nov.-Dec. 1977, vol.65 no.6, pp.134-135. Leo Rubinfein: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of New York exhib.], in Artforum, Dec. 1977, vol.16, p.68. ‘Emmerich in Zürich: Hodgkin und Hockney’, in Basler Zeitung, 31 Dec. 1977, vol.30 no.327.

Hayward Annual: current British art selected by Michael Compton, Howard Hodgkin and William Turnbull (6 works in part 2; 4 illus.). Hayward Gallery, London, 25 May – 4 July 1977 (part one) & 20 July – 4 Sept. 1977 (part two). British artists of the Sixties, from the collections of the Tate Gallery (1 work). Tate Gallery, London, 1 June 1977 – . British painting 1952-1977 (2 works; illus.). Royal Academy of Arts, London, 24 Sept. – 20 Nov. 1977. [Howard Hodgkin & Stanley Boxer]. André Emmerich Gallery, New York, c.Nov. 1977.

1976

Mark Haworth-Booth: ‘Salon and workshop’ [review of Oxford exhib.], in Times Literary Supplement, 19 Mar. 1976, no.3862, p.318. William Feaver: ‘Hodgkin’s intelligence tests’ [review of Oxford exxhib.], in The Observer, 21 Mar. 1976, p.30. William Packer: ‘Keith Vaughan and Howard Hodgkin’ [incl. review of Oxford exhib.], in Financial Times, 30 Mar. 1976, p.3. Paul Overy: ‘Josef Albers: round and round the square’ [incl. review of Oxford exhib.], in The Times, 30 Mar. 1976, p.14. Lynda Morris: ‘Hodgkin and Caulfield’ [incl. review of Oxford exhib.], in The Listener, 1 Apr. 1976, vol.95 no.2451, p.417. Marina Vaizey: ‘Kaleidoscopes’ [incl. review of Oxford exhib.], in Sunday Times, 4 Apr. 1976, p.39. James Burr: ‘Round the galleries: bold banalities’ [review of Serpentine exhib.], in Apollo, May. 1976, vol.103 no.171, p.444. Bryan Robertson: ‘Art’ [incl. review of Serpentine & Waddington exhibs.], in Harpers & Queen, May 1976, p.76. William Feaver: ‘Arte Milanese’ [incl. review of Oxford exhib.], in Vogue (UK), May 1976, vol.133 no.7 (no.2130), p.16. William Feaver: ‘Over and out’, in Observer, 9 May 1976, p.27. Paul Overy: ‘Moores the pity: time to change the rules?’ [review of Liverpool exhib.], in The Times, 11 May 1976, p.13. Jane Clifford: ‘Exhibition shows patrons generosity’, in Daily Telegraph, 13 May 1976, p.6. Harold Osborne: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of Serpentine exhib.], in Arts Review, 14 May 1976, vol.28 no.10, p.239. John McEwen: ‘Winning’ [incl. review of Waddington, Serpentine & Liverpool exhibs.], in The Spectator, 15 May 1976, vol.236 no.7716, p.29. Richard Cork: ‘Every blob counts!’ [review of Serpentine exhib.], in Evening Standard, 20 May 1976; repr. as ‘Howard Hodgkin’ in Richard Cork: Everything seemed possible: art in the 1970s’, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2003, pp.221-224. Marina Vaizey: ‘British understatement’, in Sunday Times, 23 May 1976, p.35. Caroline Tisdall: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of Serpentine exhib.], in The Guardian, 27 May 1976. Barbara Wright: ‘John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 10’, in Arts Review, 28 May 1976, vol.28 no.11, p.264. Richard Morphet: ‘Howard Hodgkin’ [review of Oxford exhib.], in Studio International, May/June 1976, vol.191 no.981, p.297. Bernard Denvir & Lavinia Learmont: ‘London’ [review of Serpentine exhib.], in Art and Artists, June 1976, vol.11 no.3, pp.40-41. Fenella Crichton: ‘London letter’, in Art International, Summer 1976, vol.20 no.6, p.14. Jasia Reichardt: ‘Howard Hodgkin and portraiture’ [review of Newcastle exhib.], in Architectural Design, July 1976, vol.46 no.7, p.444. John McEwen: ‘Howard Hodgkin at the Serpentine Gallery’ [review of London exhib.], in Art in America, July/Aug. 1976, vol.64 no.4, pp.110, 113. Toni del Renzio: ‘Pop’, in Art and Artists, Aug. 1976, vol.11 no.5, pp.14-19 (ref. pp.18-19). William Feaver: ‘The view from Europe: England: Involvement, assiduity and an openness of mind’, in Art News, Oct. 1976, vol.75 no.8, pp.33-35.