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Frank Bowling RA

James Hunkin, Frank Bowling R.A., 2005

Artists

> 3 years ago

Frank Bowling: the artist who put abstraction on the map

The British-Guyanese artist spent decades in New York at the forefront of experimental abstract painting. Now, at age 85, he’s finally celebrated in a retrospective show at Tate Britain. We trace how he got there.
Sir Frank Bowling RA, Wintergreens

Our Collection

< 5 years ago

How to read it: Frank Bowling’s Wintergreens

Vast and dense, Frank Bowling’s monumental Wintergreens is one of the modern masterpieces in the RA collection. It is currently on display in ‘Mappa Mundi’, a large retrospective of his work at the Sharjah Art Foundation.

Lorraine O'Grady, Art Is (Girlfriends Times Two)

RA Recommends

> 5 years ago

Bonnie Greer on black art: “we set out to discover what defined us”

Ahead of a Tate survey of Black art in America, Bonnie Greer tracks the emergence of a generation that defined itself on its own terms.
Marina Abramovic, The Hero

RA Recommends

6 years ago

Five art shows to see this week: Whitechapel Gallery, New Art Exchange and more

From fearless female characters to propaganda posters against the Franco regime, we guide you through the best art to see this week.

Georges Seurat, Bridge at Courbevoie

RA Recommends

> 7 years ago

Our pick of this week’s art events: 18 – 24 September

From Frank Bowling’s ‘Poured Paintings’ to Nollywood videos in Peckham, we guide you through our pick of this week’s art events.

Jackson Pollock, Number 5 (detail)

Opinion

< 8 years ago

Jackson Pollock: pouring his art out

Leading abstract painter Frank Bowling RA welcomes a major show that reassesses Jackson Pollock’s black pourings.
Frank Bowling RA

Artists

> 8 years ago

In conversation with Frank Bowling RA

Royal Academician Frank Bowling discusses his working practices, his desire to make “pure painting” and the changing reactions to his work throughout his lifetime.
Frank Bowling RA

Artists

> 8 years ago

10 minutes with… Frank Bowling RA

Each month, we have a quick chat with one of our Academicians to find out what they’re up to and what the RA means to them.
Frank Bowling RA, Traingone (Mahaicony Abary)

Artists

> 8 years ago

Black artists in British art

An insight into Eddie Chambers’s ‘Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present’, the first comprehensive study on the topic.