Autumn 2026 news
Installation shot of Intotheblue, 2026. Acrylic, acrylic gel and found objects on collaged canvas with marouflage, 384 x 1284 x 7.5 cm. Courtesy the artist. Photographed by Lucy Dawkins. © Frank Bowling. All rights reserved, DACS 2026.
Solo show announced at the Royal West of England Academy in 2027. Frank Bowling: New Work will open in Bristol on 30 January, centred on Intotheblue, 2026, his largest work to date. Read more
Frank Bowling at MoMA PS1. Bowling joins over forty artists in Hard Art, a landmark survey of abstraction by Black artists in the US since 1969, opening 5 November 2026. Read more
Upcoming art fair highlights. Watermelon Bight, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 2020, will be displayed at Frieze London with Hauser & Wirth on Booth D20 from 14–18 October 2026. Read more
New online education resources available. Our schools and teachers page is now live, with more resources for KS1–KS5 to follow over the coming months. Read more
On now exhibitions
Installation shot from Frank Bowling: Creation and Destruction at the Pera Museum, Turkey. Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Department (Uğur Ataç, Engin Şengenç).
Frank Bowling: Creation & Destruction
until 31 January 2027
Pera Museum, Turkey Read more
Installation photograph of Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime at the Fitzwilliam Octagon Room. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. Courtesy Frank Bowling Archive.
Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime
until 17 January 2027
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Read more
Green Across, 2025, by Frank Bowling installed at The Music is Black: A British Story at the V&A East, 2026. Photo: Peter Kelleher. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Courtesy Frank Bowling Archive.
The Music is Black: A British Story
until 10 January 2027
V&A East, London Read more
Press highlights
Detail of Intotheblue, 2026. Acrylic, acrylic gel and found objects on collaged canvas with marouflage, 384 x 1284 x 7.5 cm. Courtesy the artist. Photographed by Lucy Dawkins. © Frank Bowling. All rights reserved, DACS 2026.
Artforum: 'A retrospective in London shows how Bowling uses painting as a machine to make drawings' Read more
Tatler Asia: 'He shared a classroom with David Hockney - now, Frank Bowling embraces Chinese ink art for his first east Asian solo show' Read more
Euronews Turkey: 'Between color, geometry and chance: Frank Bowling at Pera Museum' Read more