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Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime review – shipwrecked Ophelia points the path to freedom

This illuminating exhibition traces the British Guyanese artist’s faltering first steps of painting with a social conscience to his escape from London to New York and abstraction

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26

Bawdy Beryl, slick Seurat, titanic Tracey and the glory of Gaudí: the best art shows and architecture in 2026

Must-sees include Beryl Cook’s postwar brilliance, Tracey Emin’s new highs, Frida Kahlo’s confessions, plus Google’s HQ and Gaudí’s finally finished fever dream

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2025

Unseen work by Frank Bowling with hidden image of late son goes on show

Abstract expressionist’s mysterious painting joins portraits by Warhol, Bacon and Hockney in Bath exhibition

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025

Exhibition revives work of anti-careerist British artist Neil Stokoe

Art school contemporary of David Hockney shunned self-promotion but is now subject of retrospective

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024

Feast your eyes, feed your soul: the 31-day art diet for January

Brighten up dark January with our one-a-day selection of works of art chosen and introduced by the Observer’s art critic

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023

‘Things that took my fancy’: Frank Bowling on his forgotten sculptures

After spending decades accumulating flotsam in his home, the abstract artist’s sculptures are being exhibited, giving us a glimpse of his unseen side

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022

Sublime seascapes, 3D Bowling, female truckers and portals to beyond – the week in art

Frank Bowling makes a switch to sculpture, Milton Avery creates ‘Rothkos with people in them’ and the Tardis opens its doors

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022

Artist Sir Frank Bowling to receive knighthood at age of 87

The painter is recognised for services to art.

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022