Frank Bowling’s Abstract World | What Do Artists Do All Day?

Duration: 28'32''

Synopsis

Brenda Emmanus meets abstract artist Frank Bowling, who became the first black Royal Academician in 2005, to discuss a major retrospective of his work at Tate Britain.

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