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03/29/2026

Though the exhibition "Kyoto: A Maiko Revisited" was over twenty-five years ago, the accompanying catalogue remains timeless. This publication includes an important selection of paintings by Tomiko Kato; works inspired by the peaceful, serene sensibility of traditional Japanese artwork. The academic delicacy with which these works were executed make them premier examples of the rich nihonga tradition. ⁠

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Bill Hodges Gallery welcomes you to our current exhibition showcasing the works of Wifredo Lam and his contemporaries. Please visit us at 529 West 20th Street, 10E, New York, New York, between 10th ave and 11th ave. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call 212-333-2640, or email [email protected]

03/22/2026

Come by the gallery to view our newest catalogue for Agustín Cárdenas, A Solo Exhibition. This stunning exhibition catalogue spans 38 pages, includes 35 full-color reproductions of works by master sculptor and draftsman Agustín Cárdenas (1927–2001), and is accompanied by a foreword written by Bill Hodges. ⁠
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Please visit us at 529 West 20th Street, 10E, New York, New York, between 10th ave and 11th ave. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call 212-333-2640, or email [email protected]

03/01/2026

Today we are sharing the most complete gallery catalog of the work of Merton Simpson to date, “Merton D. Simpson: Paintings From a Life in Art.” This book unites images of many of the artist’s most important works, spanning over five decades of his career. The catalog was issued to accompany a 2005 exhibition of Simpson’s work with the same title. It includes a foreword by Bill Hodges and 37 full-color reproductions in its 40 pages, and is available through our website.

02/22/2026

In the winter of 2021-22, Bill Hodges Gallery exhibited several of Lewis’ striking, large-scale black paintings in an exhibition titled “Norman Lewis: Shades of Blackness,” and published this adjoining catalog. This publication contains reproductions of 9 important paintings; the artist’s meditations on the color black. Visit our gallery to pick up a free copy, also available for purchase on our website.

Bill Hodges Gallery welcomes you to our current exhibition showcasing the works of Wifredo Lam and his contemporaries. Please visit us at 529 West 20th Street, 10E, New York, New York, between 10th ave and 11th ave. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call 212-333-2640, or email [email protected]

02/18/2026

Felipe Castañeda’s Meditation, 1976 is a moment of quiet, still sculpture. This seated figure isn’t just a body at rest, it’s part of a larger practice in Castañeda’s work from the 1970s where the human form is simplified to its simplified volumes, echoing both classical proportion and the timeless presence you see in pre-Columbian and Greco-Roman art. His figures from this period- like Untitled Seated Woman, 1972- express peace and inner solitude through calm gestures and closed poses that invite contemplation.

Castañeda reflected on sculpture itself as something almost miraculous, saying that when a form is “born out of a rock… the only thing lacking for them to be alive is for them to move of their own accord and speak,” (LA Modern) capturing his belief in the inherent life that sculpture carries. His work bridges Mexican heritage and modern figurative practice, showing a deep respect for material, form, and presence.

02/15/2026

In 2023, Bill Hodges Gallery hosted “Masterworks of the African Diaspora”, featuring 37 historic works from 14 significant artists. This catalog stands as a testament to the gallery’s ongoing advocacy on behalf of underrepresented artists of the Black art genre. Visit our gallery to pick up a free copy, also available for purchase on our website.

Bill Hodges Gallery is open Tue - Fri 10 - 6 and Sat by appointment. Please visit us at 529 West 20th Street, 10E, New York, New York. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call 212-333-2640, or email [email protected]

02/12/2026

Take a closer look at Wifredo Lam’s The Guardian of Paradise, on view in our current exhibition, Wifredo Lam and Company.

Visit us Tuesday–Friday, 10 AM–6 PM or Saturday by appointment at 529 West 20th Street, Suite 10E.

The Guardian Of Paradise, 1982
Green Patinated Bronze
19 ¾ x 20 ¼ in.
Edition of 92

02/10/2026

Retrato de Maria Dolores y Josefa, 1927, belongs to an early phase of Wifredo Lam’s career, when his practice was shaped by academic training and sustained engagement with European modernism.

Painted during his years in Spain, the work reflects Lam’s encounter with Catalan modernist painting, including artists such as Hermen Anglada Camarasa, as well as his close study of Cézanne. As the Centre Pompidou has noted, Lam’s subjects between 1923 and 1928 were largely conventional, encompassing commissioned portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.

Within those conventions, however, this portrait reveals a young artist attentive to structure, surface, and psychological presence. Flattened planes and angular contours give the figures a quiet monumentality, while softened brushwork tempers the severity of form. The emphasis is not on likeness alone, but on compositional balance and interior mood, concerns that would remain central as Lam’s visual language evolved.

Though created well before his celebrated works of the 1940s, Retrato de Maria Dolores y Josefa offers an important view into Lam’s early discipline and ambitions, grounding his later innovations in careful observation and painterly control.

This work is currently on view at the gallery as part of Wifredo Lam & Company. Visit us Tuesday–Friday, 10 AM–6 PM, at 529 West 20th Street, Suite 10E.

Retrato de Maria Dolores y Josefa, 1927
Oil on canvas
39 ⅜ × 39 ⅜ inches

02/08/2026

Happy Sunday!

For this week’s publication feature, the gallery is pleased to share the exhibition survey for our 2022 exhibition, “Masters of Sculpture: African Americans, et. al.”, a comprehensive, full-color, 62-page publication. This catalogue measures 11 x 8 ½ inches. A total of 64 full-color images are put together to show each work from different angles, and highlight their beautiful details. There are 12 artists showcased in the catalogue including Elizabeth Catlett, Agustín Cárdenas, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Willie Cole, Melvin Edwards, and Richard Hunt. Visit our gallery to pick up a free copy, also available for purchase on our website.

Bill Hodges Gallery welcomes you to our current exhibition, Wilfredo Lam & Company. We are open Tue - Fri 10 - 6 and Sat on appointment. Please visit us at 529 West 20th Street, 10E, New York, New York, between 10th ave and 11th ave. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call 212-333-2640, or email [email protected]

02/06/2026

The Guardian of Paradise captures the visual language Wifredo Lam spent decades refining. Lam was working beyond painting, bringing his hybrid, surrealist figures into his work. Cast in a medium rarely used in his practice, the work reflects Lam’s time in Albissola Marina, Italy, where a deep tradition of craft encouraged his exploration of three-dimensional form. Its upright, emblematic presence echoes earlier bronze works from the 1970s, while its shifting surfaces recall the layered symbolism of his paintings.

The work embodies Lam’s lifelong project of re-centering Afro-Caribbean thought within modernism and imagining worlds beyond colonial limits. As one of his final works, it reads as both summation and offering, a guardian carrying the spiritual and cultural legacies Lam built across his career.

02/05/2026

Richard Hunt’s “Pressure” is now on view through 29 March 2026 at ICA Miami. The exhibition follows the evolution of Hunt’s sculptural language, showing how his approach to form, scale, and materials expanded across more than fifty years. The exhibition features “Hero’s Head,” one of the artist’s most powerful and historically important works. Hunt created this sculpture in direct response to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. Hunt’s family was among the thousands who gathered to mourn Emmett Till during his open-casket funeral on 6 September 1955. The work honors Till’s memory while confronting the violence that defined the event.

We are incredibly proud to hold a rich and expansive collection of Richard Hunt’s work, a depth that underscores both his prolific output and his enduring significance. “Pressure” brings together monumental works in bronze and stainless steel alongside maquettes, revealing a parallel intimacy in his process and politics, connecting directly to the civil rights movement and wider conversations around social justice in America.

Image 1: Pressure Exhibition Booklet

Image 2: ICA Miami
Hero’s Head, 1956
Welded Steel and Stainless Steel base
6 x 8 x 8 in. without base.

Image 3: ICA Miami
Low Flight, 1998
Welded Stainless Steel
48 ⅛ x 73 ⅜ x 90 ⅛ in

Image 4: ICA Miami
Which Way, Points of Reference and Departure, 1997-2010
Welded Stainless Steel
108 x 80 x 96 in.

Image 5: At the gallery
Model for Flight Forms, 2003
Cast and Welded Bronze
17 ⅛ x 11 ¾ x 13 ⅞ in.

Image 6: At the gallery
Out Growth Hybrid, 2022
Welded Stainless Steel
93 x 60 x 30 in.

11/21/2025

Happy Friday from BHG!

Take a closer look at two Wifredo Lam works, one on view in MoMA’s current retrospective When I Don’t Sleep I Dream, and one here at Bill Hodges Gallery in our exhibition Wifredo Lam & Company.

The larger work, Bélial, empereur des mouches/Bélial, Emperor of the Flies 1948, shows Lam working at full scale, combining hybrid beings and spiritual symbols into an atmospheric composition. The work reflects the intensity of the artist’s return to the Caribbean, and his acquired visual language shaped by both European modernism and Afro-Caribbean thought.

The smaller drawing, Untitled (Oiseau Avec Son Oeuf/ Bird With Egg), 1945, offers an intimate expression of the same thematic traits. Even in its simplicity, it echoes the attributes found in Bélial: movement, transformation, and a merging of earthly and spiritual worlds.

Both works include two frequent Lam motifs: the bird and the egg. The bird draws from Afro-Caribbean and Yoruba imagery, symbolizing power, wisdom, vitality, and the ongoing search for meaning. The egg evokes rebirth, and the beginning of life; a reminder of renewal that appears throughout Lam’s practice.

Together, these works show the range of Lam’s aesthetic in the 1940s, guided by sybolism and spirtituality.

Untitled (Oiseau Avec Son Oeuf/ Bird With Egg), 1945 is on view in our collection through mid-April. Visit the gallery Tuesday-Friday form 10 AM-6 PM.

Untitled (Oiseau Avec Son Oeuf), 1945
Ink on Paper
9 ¾ x 9 in.
(24.8 x 22.9 cm)

Bélial, empereur des mouches/Bélial, Emperor of the Flies 1948
Oil on Canvas
60 x 50 ¼ in.
(152.4 × 127 ³⁄₅ cm)

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