Exhibitions

Bridget Riley

The Responsive Eye: Paintings and Studies 1961–1966 | New York 5 - 16 May 2025 Marking sixty years since Bridget Riley’s inclusion in the landmark 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, this exhibition features an impressive selection of early black-and-white paintings and studies from 1961–1966. The exhibition at MoMA was of huge consequence to Riley’s career and subsequent... Explore

Celia Paul

Diaries 21 Mar - 2 May 2025 Frankie Rossi Art in collaboration with Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert are delighted to announce an exhibition of work by Celia Paul. The fifty five works on paper capture poignant moments of significance between 2011 and 2024. In an intimate, diary-like manner, Paul depicts the people, landmarks and landscapes deeply connected to her... Explore

Richard Smith

Early Works 1959-1963 10 Feb - 14 Mar 2025 Richard Smith (1931-2016) was among the most original painters of his generation. Highly influential in both the British and American art scenes of the 1960s he was not only central to the development of Pop Art, of which he was a pioneer, but also instrumental in pushing abstract painting in... Explore

Patrick Heron | Victor Pasmore

VIII São Paulo Biennial 1965 Great Britain – revisited 7 Nov 2024 - 31 Jan 2025 This exhibition of work by Patrick Heron and Victor Pasmore celebrates sixty years since they both represented Britain at the VIII São Paulo Biennial in 1965. The Biennial was a significant event for both artists and, also more broadly, for Britain as a country in establishing itself as one of... Explore

Gary Hume

This Way / That Way: Paintings from the 90s 13 Sep - 26 Oct 2024 In 1999 Gary Hume was selected by the British Council to represent Britain at the 48th Venice Biennale. Twenty-five years on, and to mark this occasion, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert are presenting some of his most important early works dating from 1993 through to 1999. The year 1993 marked a radical shift... Explore

Euan Uglow

22 May - 12 Jul 2024 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert and Frankie Rossi Art are delighted to present Euan Uglow, a major loan exhibition marking the joint representation of The Estate of Euan Uglow. Curated by Catherine Lampert, this exhibition marks fifty years since the major touring retrospective she organised with the Arts Council in 1974. The twenty-five... Explore

Patrick Caulfield | Howard Hodgkin

Painter-Colleagues 21 Feb - 12 Apr 2024 This exhibition at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert brings paintings by the British artist Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), dating from the 60s and 70s, together with work by his close friend Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017), dating from the 80s on. From their first encounter in the early 1960s, the two British painters Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005)... Explore

Euan Uglow

Drawing from Life 22 Nov - 22 Dec 2023 Drawing lies at the centre of Euan Uglow’s artistic practice and the works on display demonstrate the economy of line with which the artist captured a single figure’s mass and volume. Uglow was notoriously technical and disciplined with his practice. The precise placement of heads and limbs were accurately recorded... Explore

Maggi Hambling

Maelstrom 5 Oct - 24 Nov 2023 Maelstrom comprises a new series of paintings by Maggi Hambling, made on her return to the studio following a near-fatal heart attack in New York in March 2022, two days prior to an exhibition of her work opening there. During her six-week stay in a Manhattan hospital, the artist’s six-decade... Explore

Frank Auerbach

Twenty Self-Portraits 19 Apr - 14 Jul 2023 Self-portraits are a notably rare aspect of Frank Auerbach’s oeuvre . Known primarily for his portraits of a small but dedicated group of sitters and his urban landscapes of the neighbourhood surrounding his home in North London, he had until recently only ever captured his own likeness a handful of... Explore

Richard Smith

Shaped Canvases 1966-1972 26 Jan - 31 Mar 2023 In 1963 Kasmin Gallery held the first in a series of remarkable exhibitions showcasing monumental shaped canvases by the young British artist, Richard Smith (1931-2016). A recent graduate of the Royal College of Art, Smith had only just returned to London after two years working in New York on the... Explore

Lucian Freud

Interior Life: With photographs by David Dawson 6 Oct - 16 Dec 2022 In 1982 Lucian Freud returned to printmaking after a long break of over three decades. By this point he was fifty and had already gained significant critical acclaim for his visceral portraits, landscapes and still life paintings. In an effort to shed further light upon the often isolated understanding of... Explore

Patrick Heron

The Colour of Colour: Paintings 1965-1977 7 Oct - 17 Dec 2021 Patrick Heron (1920-99) is among the most significant artists to have emerged in Britain after the war. He was a highly articulate advocate for the European tradition of painting, a tradition which he extended through his work. A fascination with the pictorial effects of colour runs through his entire oeuvre... Explore

Howard Hodgkin

Memories: Paintings 1978-1999 1 Oct - 11 Dec 2020 This exhibition is devoted to the art of Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017), who is widely regarded as one of the leading British painters of the last fifty years. Described by the eminent art critic Robert Hughes as ‘a colourist unsurpassed among living painters’, during a seventy-year career Hodgkin forged a deeply... Explore

Eduardo Paolozzi

Hollow Gods: Sculpture and Collage 1946-1960 17 Oct - 13 Dec 2019 Announcing its representation of Eduardo Paolozzi’s (1924 - 2005) estate, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert is proud to host Eduardo Paolozzi: Hollow Gods (17 October – 13 December 2019), an exhibition focusing on the sculptures, collages and drawings that Paolozzi made in the first 15 years of his career. In collaboration with the... Explore

Barbara Hepworth | Ben Nicholson

Sculpture and Painting in the 1930s 22 May - 12 Jul 2019 ‘Barbara Hepworth | Ben Nicholson: Sculpture and Painting in the 1930s’ brings together over thirty works created by two of the most influential artists of the Twentieth Century. As the first ever loan exhibition to focus solely on this pivotal period in their careers, co-curated by their granddaughter Sophie Bowness... Explore

Richard Smith

Uptown / Downtown 1959-1963 1 Nov - 14 Dec 2018 In 2018 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert presented a survey of rare early works by the British artist Richard Smith. The exhibition showed 18 paintings, including loans from the Arts Council of England, Southampton City Art Gallery and private collections. The catalogue features an essay by Marco Livingstone as well as texts by... Explore

Peter Lanyon

Cornwall Inside Out 9 Feb - 16 Mar 2018 Peter Lanyon: Cornwall Inside Out bought together a group of Lanyon’s Cornish paintings from major private and public collections. Highlights included pictures from the David Bowie collection, The Arts Council of England and the British Council, including Bojewyan Farms , among other important works. The centenary exhibition was curated by... Explore

David Hockney

The Complete Early Etchings 1961-1964 3 Feb - 10 Mar 2017 In February 2017 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, in collaboration with Lyndsey Ingram, presented the first-ever exhibition of David Hockney’s complete early etchings (1961-1964). The show comprised of an impression of every print Hockney made from 1961, when he began working in this medium, to 1964. Highlights included a complete A Rake's Progress... Explore

Bridget Riley

Works 1960-1966 23 May - 13 Jul 2012 In 2012 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert and Karsten Schubert presented , Bridget Riley: Works 1960 –1966 , the first exhibition ever solely dedicated to the artist’s iconic black and white period. Spread over both galleries the show featured forty-five works, including major paintings from public and private collections, gouache studies as well... Explore

David Dawson

Lucian Freud: Studio Life 30 Jan - 2 Mar 2012 This exhibition marked the release of the final set of photographs by David Dawson depicting life in Lucian Freud's studio. Dawson photographed Freud exclusively since the mid 1990s and his daily contact with the painter provided a compelling insight into the life of the intensely private artist. Over the years... Explore

William Nicholson

Landscapes and Still Lifes 5 Oct - 4 Nov 2011 William Nicholson: Landscapes and Still Lifes , was held at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert from 5 October - 4 November 2011 to mark the publication of William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné o f the Oil Paintings by Patricia Reed, published by Modern Art Press and Yale University Press. The first major show since... Explore

Lucian Freud

Early Works 1940-1958 9 Oct - 12 Dec 2008 In 2008 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert presented the first exhibition in over ten years entirely devoted to Lucian Freud’s early work, focusing on the years 1940-1958. The show was made up of 35 paintings and drawings, the earliest of which was made when he was just 17. The exhibition charted the evolution... Explore

Gerald Laing

Space, Speed, Sex: Works from the early 1960s 15 Nov - 8 Dec 2006 Space, Speed, Sex was a major retrospective of work from 1962 to 1969 by pop art pioneer, Gerald Laing. Two exhibitions ran concurrently: a loan exhibition of 25 paintings and drawings was held at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, and a selling exhibition of the artist's prints to include graphic works and multiples... Explore

Bruce Bernard | David Dawson

Freud at Work 11 Oct - 3 Nov 2006 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert presented a box set of important selection of photographs of Lucian Freud in his studio. Freud was not only the most celebrated artist working in England at the time but also one of the most private and he frequently stated his reluctance to be photographed, allowing only two... Explore

Barbara Hepworth

Drawings from the 1940s 12 Oct - 18 Nov 2005 A major loan exhibition of oils, watercolours and drawings by Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), one of the leading figures in 20th century British art, was held at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert from 12 October - 18 November. This was the first exhibition devoted entirely to the artist's painting and drawing for over 50... Explore