Late Afternoon in the Museum of Art 1979

Editor: So, this is Howard Hodgkin's "Late Afternoon in the Museum of Art," held in the Tate Collections. The loose, gestural marks evoke a sense of fleeting time. How would you interpret the symbolism at play here? Curator: Notice how Hodgkin frames our view, trapping our gaze within the museum space. Those curtain-like strokes, could they represent the ephemeral nature of viewing art, how memory itself is a veil? Editor: That's a fascinating perspective. It makes you wonder what Hodgkin was trying to conceal or reveal. Curator: Indeed. And what does it say about our own experience as viewers in this space? Are we looking in, or are we trapped within its gaze? Editor: I hadn't considered the double meaning. This piece offers so much to unpack about the act of seeing itself.