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Howard Hodgkin - Prints

Howard Hodgkin- Prints is a retrospective of Howard Hodgkin’s career as a print maker.

This exhibition features 43 striking and beautiful crafted prints that span the artists 40 year career.

Hodgkin uses vivid colour and form to communicate the feeling and aesthetic experience of a single moment from his life.

The artist aims for his art to carry an indivisible impact that strikes the viewer immediately whether he can recognize a subject or not.

Attendance FiguresVenue

City & Country

Number of visitors

Laing Art Gallery 22 Jul – 1 Oct 06

Newcastle, UK

55,000

Abbot Hall 27 Mar – 30 Jun 07

Cumbria, UK

4,631

Victoria Art Gallery28 Jul – 30 Sept 07

Bath, UK 17,000

Ormeau Baths Gallery 2 Nov – 5 Jan 08

Belfast, UK 4,817

Winchester Discovery Centre15 May – 27 Aug 08

Winchester, UK

3,044

Turnpike Gallery13 Oct 08 – 7 Jan 09

Leigh, UK 2,552

PM Gallery, Ealing15 Jan – 28 Feb 09

London, UK 4,516

Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK

22 July -1 October 2006

Abbot Hall, Cumbria, UK 27 March – 30 June 2007

Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK

28 July - 30 September 2007

Winchester Discovery Centre, Winchester, UK

15 May – 27 August 2008

Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, UK

13 October 2008- 7 January 2009