Opening on September 3, 2024, Gagosian and the estate of the artist will showcase a takeover of its gallery and store in Burlington Arcade honouring Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017). Hodgkin’s wide interest in painting, antiques, design, food, literature, and travel will be explored in this presentation.

One of the most well-known modern painters and printmakers in Britain, Hodgkin created powerful pieces that, despite their apparent abstraction, brought gesture and emotion together. A selection of items from the Howard Hodgkin Home range, including crockery, rugs, and soft furnishings, is available for purchase. Howard Hodgkin Home is a new initiative designed to celebrate Hodgkin’s work and to help fund the ambitions of the Howard Hodgkin Legacy Trust. In addition to ensuring that the artist’s work reaches audiences globally, the organization aims to collaborate with existing institutions on converting the artist’s studio into a museum. The Howard Hodgkin Home range includes plates based on Hodgkin’s 1981 print Souvenir and a limited-edition rug based on his painting Red Sky in the Morning (2016) that was produced by Christopher Farr and is on view in the basement space.

Among other material for sale is Indian Leaves (1982), a lithograph produced for the cover of a proposed limited-edition version of the catalogue documenting the Tate’s exhibition of the eponymous series, and a selection of prints by Hodgkin and books on the artist. These include catalogues published to accompany exhibitions of his work at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas (1995); National Portrait Gallery, London (2017); Hepworth Wakefield, England (2017); and Gagosian galleries internationally. The many posters on view include several published to accompany various exhibitions. The basement also functions as a reading room with a selection of books and catalogues available for perusal.

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Image: Howard Hodgkin, Always Afternoon, 2016. Oil on wood, 27 3/8 x 36 5/8 inches (69.5 x 93 cm) © The Estate of Howard Hodgkin. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd. Courtesy Gagosian.