Frank Bowling OBE RA writes opinion piece in support of The Smart Fund for The Times
30th June 2021
Famed British artist Frank Bowling has called The Smart Fund a lifeline for British creatives in The Times newspaper today.
Bowling, along with over 100 other creatives including artists and performers, wrote a letter to The Times newspaper this week calling for the implementation of The Smart Fund, a scheme proposing a collaboration between the creative industries, tech manufacturers and the government to invest in, grow, empower, and enrich the cultural DNA of our society.
Frank Bowling, Photograph by Nicholas Sinclair
Frank Bowling is an influential British painter. His paintings are closely associated with Abstract Expressionism. In 2005 Bowling became the first black British Royal Academician and in 2008 he was awarded an OBE. He has exhibited worldwide and his work is in numerous private and public collections including the Tate collection.
In his comment piece, Bowling argues that artists are able ‘to enhance the reputation of an outward-looking Global Britain’ and that ‘the next new wave’ of artists ‘will really benefit from this innovative scheme.’
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Frank Bowling OBE RA writes opinion piece in support of The Smart Fund for The Times
30th June 2021
Famed British artist Frank Bowling has called The Smart Fund a lifeline for British creatives in The Times newspaper today.
Bowling, along with over 100 other creatives including artists and performers, wrote a letter to The Times newspaper this week calling for the implementation of The Smart Fund, a scheme proposing a collaboration between the creative industries, tech manufacturers and the government to invest in, grow, empower, and enrich the cultural DNA of our society.
Frank Bowling, Photograph by Nicholas Sinclair
Frank Bowling is an influential British painter. His paintings are closely associated with Abstract Expressionism. In 2005 Bowling became the first black British Royal Academician and in 2008 he was awarded an OBE. He has exhibited worldwide and his work is in numerous private and public collections including the Tate collection.
In his comment piece, Bowling argues that artists are able ‘to enhance the reputation of an outward-looking Global Britain’ and that ‘the next new wave’ of artists ‘will really benefit from this innovative scheme.’