Howard Hodgkin, After Samuel Palmer, 2003–5, oil on wood, 10 5/8 x12 1/8 in, courtesy Gagosian Gallery, ©Howard Hodgkin

NEW HAVEN, CT.- Howard Hodgkin (b. 1932) is among the most important artists working in Britain today. Nominally abstract, his paintings are, in his words, “representational pictures of emotional situations.” Layering paint on his surfaces and frames (sometimes over the course of years), Hodgkin creates—and recreates—intense experiences for his viewers. This spring, the Yale Center for British Art will be the only U.S. venue to present an exhibition of works by Hodgkin from the last fi fteen years. Howard Hodgkin: 1992—2007 will feature nearly 50 works from private collections and museums in the United States and Great Britain. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)