2018 Spencer, Richards A., Benkowski, Page, 'Frank Bowling: Make it New', New York: Alexander Gray Associates, 2018, ill. (exh. cat.)

2017 Bunker, John, Gerson, Georgia, Schwarz, Gabrielle (et al.), 'Frank Bowling. Fishes, Wishes in Summertime Blue', London: Hales Gallery, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)
Enwezor, Okwui (ed.), 'Frank Bowling. Mappa Mundi' London and New York: Prestel, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)

2016 Bunker, John, 'Frank Bowling. New White Paintings', London: Hampstead School of Art, 2016, ill. (exh. cat.)

2015 Gooding, Mel, 'Frank Bowling', London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011, ill. (2nd edition, 2015)
Gooding, Mel, 'Frank Bowling. The Map Paintings 1967-1971', London: Hales Gallery, 2013 [2nd revised edition, 2015] ill. (exh. cat.)
Bunker, John, 'Frank Bowling. Right Here. Right Now', London: Chelsea College of Arts, 2015, ill. (exh. cat.)
Martin, J. Courtney, 'Frank Bowling. The Poured Paintings', London: Hales Gallery, 2015 [Reprint of conversation from 2012] ill. (exh. cat.)
Gooding, Mel, Whitley, Zoe, 'Frank Bowling. Traingone', Stockholm: Art and Theory Publishing, 2014, ill. (exh. cat.)

2014 Hunter, Jim, 'Frank Bowling at Eighty', New York: Spanierman Modern, 2014, ill. (exh. cat.)

2012 Hazlewood, Carl E., 'Frank Bowling. Recent Paintings', New York: Spanierman Modern, 2012, ill. (exh. cat.)

2011 Bowling, Frank, Johnson, Emily, 'Journeyings. Recent Works on Paper by Frank Bowling RA', London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011, ill. (exh. cat.)

2010 Gooding, Mel, 'Frank Bowling OBE, RA: Paintings 1974-2010', New York: Spanierman Modern, 2010, ill. (exh. cat.)

2009 Hunter, Jim, Bowling, Frank, 'Frank Bowling OBE RA, Paintings', Winchester: The Gallery at Winchester Discovery Centre, 2009, ill. (exh. cat.)

2008 Greenwood, Robin, Gayford, Martin, 'Pondlife and Other Paintings. New Work by Frank Bowling', London: Poussin Gallery, 2008, ill. (exh. cat.)
Hunter, Jim, 'Frank Bowling. Big Paintings', Bournemouth: text+work \ Arts Institute at Bournemouth (and touring), 2008, ill. (exh. cat.)

2006 Gillespie, Simon R., Segal, Mark, Collings, Matthew (et al.), 'Frank Bowling RA', London: Rollo Contemporary Art \ Sway: ArtSway, 2006, ill. (exh. cat.)
Spencer, Richards A., 'Frank Bowling RA. Full of Light', Chicago, Detroit, New York: G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, 2006, ill. (exh. cat.)

2004 Spencer, Richards A., Bowling, Frank, 'Frank Bowling. 4 Decades with Color', Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College, 2004, ill. (exh. cat.)

2003 Mercer, Kobena, 'Frank Bowling’s Map Paintings', in Tawadros, Gilane, Campbell, Sarah (eds.),'Fault Lines. Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes',
London: INIVA, 2003, pp.139-149, ill. (exh. cat.)
Hines, Winston, 'Answer? The Question – Bowling Em! Over', 1998, ill.

1997 Hazlewood, Carl E., Pryor, Eric, Spencer, A. Richards, 'Frank Bowling. 1997 Contemporary Masters Exhibition', Brooklyn: The Skylight Gallery, 1997, ill. (exh. cat)
Locke, Donald, 'Frank Bowling Paintings', Atlanta: Camille Love Gallery, 1997, ill. (exh. brochure)
Pryor, Eric, Spencer, A. Richards, Hazlewood, Carl E., 'Frank Bowling. 1997 Contemporary Masters Exhibition', Brooklyn: Skylight Gallery at Restoration Plaza, 1997, ill. (exh. cat.)
Chambers, Eddie, Collier, Caroline, Gayford, Martin (et al.), 'Frank Bowling. Bowling on Through the Century', Leicester: City Gallery (and touring), 1996, ill. (exh. cat.)

1995 de Caires, Dennis, 'Frank Bowling', London: The Cut Gallery, 1995, ill. (exh. cat.)

1989 Raynor, Vivien, Seigel, Jean, Gooding, Mel (et al.), 'Frank Bowling & Dennis de Caires Recent Paintings', Georgetown: The Umana, Yana, British Council and the Department of Culture in Guyana, 1989, ill. (exh. cat.)

1988 Eccles, Christine, 'Frank Bowling', Manchester: Castlefield Gallery (and touring), 1988, ill. (exh. cat.)

1987 Nonn, Thomas, 'Variations in Matter Painting', New York: Anita Shapolsky Gallery (and touring), 1987, ill. (exh. cat.)

1986 Alley, Ronald, 'Frank Bowling', London: Serpentine Gallery, 1986, ill. (exh. cat.)
Nicholson, Julia, 'Caribbean Expressions in Britain', Leicester: Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service (and touring), 1986, ill. (exh. cat.)

1979 Packer, William, 'The British Art Show. Recent Paintings and Sculpture by 112 Artists', London: Arts Council of Great Britain (and touring), 1979, ill. (exh. cat.)

1971 Doty, Robert M., 'Frank Bowling', New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971, ill. (exh. brochure)

1969 Alloway, Lawrence, 'Sam Hunter and Frank Bowling. 5+1', New York: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1969, ill. (exh. cat)

2009 Bowling, Frank, 'Artist Frank Bowling on How he Paints', The Guardian, September 20, 2009

2002 Essay for exhibition catalogue, in Mileson, Graham, London: Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich Galleries, 2002

1992 'Postscript', in Daley, Anthony, Somerville, David, Bolton, Sylbert (et al.), 'The Dub Factor', London: Tribe Design, 1992

1991 Bowling, Frank, 'Some Notes Toward an Exhibition of African-American Abstract Art', in 'The Search for Freedom. African American Abstract Painting 1945-1975', New York: Kenkeleba Gallery, 1991, pp.125-8

1988 Bowling, Frank, 'Formalist Art and the Black Experience', in Third Text, vol. 2, issue 5, Winter 1988, pp. 78-82

1981 Bowling, Frank, 'Formalism, A Selective View', in Cover, no. 6, Winter 1981, pp. 38-41
Bowling, Frank, 'Untitled', in Cover, no. 5, Spring-Summer 1981, pp. 50-51

1973 Bowling, Frank, 'A Modest Proposal', in Arts Magazine, vol. 47, no. 4, February 1973, pp. 55-9

1972 Bowling, Frank, 'New York Classicism', in Arts Magazine, December 1972-January 1973, pp. 63-5
Bowling, Frank, 'Problems of Criticism I-II-III-IV-V-VI', in Arts Magazine, vol. 46, no. 7, May 1972, pp. 34-8
Bowling, Frank, 'Revisions. Color and Recent Paintings, Part 2', in Arts Magazine, vol. 46, no. 5, March 1972, pp. 47-50
Bowling, Frank, 'Revisions. Color and Recent Paintings', in Arts Magazine, vol. 46, no. 4, February 1972, pp. 45-50

1971 Bowling, Frank, 'Fluid Structures', in Arts Magazine, vol. 46, no. 1, September-October 1971, pp.30-3
Bowling, Frank, 'It’s Not Enough To Say “Black is Beautiful', in Arts Magazine, April 1971 Bowling, Frank, 'Structure of Color at the Whitney', in Arts Magazine, vol. 45, no. 6, April 1971, p. 79
Bowling, Frank, 'If You Can’t Draw, Trace. Frank Bowling Talks with Larry Rivers', in Arts Magazine, vol. 45, no. 4, February 1971, pp. 19-21
Bowling, Frank, 'Is Black Art About Color?', in Rhoda Goldstein, Rhoda Lois Blumberg, Black Life and Culture in the United States, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1971, pp. 302-21
Bowling, Frank, 'Another Map Problem', in Arts Magazine, vol. 45, no. 3, December 1970-January 1971, pp. 27-29

1970 Bowling, Frank, 'Outside the Galleries. Four Artists', in Arts Magazine, vol. 45, no. 2, November 1970, pp. 30-31
Bowling, Frank, 'Silence. People Die Crying When They Should Love', in Arts Magazine, vol.45, no.1, September-October 1970, pp. 31-32
Bowling, Frank, 'The Rupture. Ancestor Worship, Revival, Confusion or Disguise? ' in Arts Magazine, vol. 44, no. 8, Summer 1970, pp. 31-34
Bowling, Frank, 'Discussion on Black Art III', in Arts Magazine, vol. 44, no. 3, December 1969-January 1970, pp. 20-22
Bowling, Frank, 'Joe Overstreet exhibition at The Studio Museum in Harlem 1969/70', in Arts Magazine, vol. 44, no. 3, December 1969-January 1970, p. 55

1969 Bowling, Frank, 'Notes from a Work in Progress', in '5+1', New York: State University of New York at Stony Brook,1969
Bowling, Frank, 'X to the Fourth Power', in Arts Magazine, September-October 1969
Bowling, Frank, 'A Shift in Perspective', in Arts Magazine, vol. 43, no. 8, Summer 1969, pp. 24-27
Bowling, Frank, 'Discussion on Black Art II', in Arts Magazine, vol. 43, no. 7, May 1969, pp. 20-23
Bowling, Frank, 'Discussion on Black Art I', in Arts Magazine, vol. 43, no. 6, April 1969, pp. 16-20
Bowling, Frank, 'De Stijl and After', in Arts Magazine, vol. 43, no. 6, April 1969, p. 14. [Review of Mondrian by Frank Elgar]
Bowling, Frank, 'Letter from London. Caro at The Hayward', in Arts Magazine, vol. 43, no. 5, March 1969, p. 20
Bowling, Frank, 'Review of Two Books on African Art', in Arts Magazine, December 1968-January 1969

2017 Godfrey, Mark, Whitley, Zoe (eds.), 'Soul of a Nation. Art in the Age of Black Power', London: Tate Publishing, 2017, ill. (exh. cat.)

2016 English, Darby, '1971. A Year in the Life of Color', Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2016, ill.
Martin, Courtney J. (ed.), 'Four Generations. The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art', New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2016, ill.

2014 Chambers, Eddie, 'Black Artists in British Art. A History from 1950 to the Present', London: I.B.Tauris & Co., 2014, ill.

2010 Martin, Courtney J., 'They’ve All Got Painting. Frank Bowling’s Modernity and the Post-1960 Atlantic', in Barson, Tanya, Gorschlüter, Peter (eds.) 'Afro Modern. Journeys through the Black Atlantic', London: Tate Publishing, 2010, ill. (exh. cat.)

2006 Jones, Kellie, 'It’s Not Enough to Say “Black is Beautiful”. Abstraction at the Whitney, 1969-1974', in Mercer, Kobena, (ed.), 'Discrepant Abstraction', Cambridge: MIT Press; London: INIVA, 2006, pp.154-181, ill.
Mercer, Kobena, 'Black Atlantic Abstraction. Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling', in Mercer, Kobena, 'Discrepant Abstraction', Cambridge: MIT Press \ London: INIVA, 2006. pp. 182-205, ill.

2003 Désir, Dorothy, Spencer A. Richards, 'Bending the Grid. Black Identity and Resistance in the art of Frank Bowling', Newark: Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, 2003, Ill. (exh. cat.)
Camille Love Gallery, 'Dimensions of Guyana' [with Donald Locke], Atlanta: Camille Love Gallery, 1994, ill. (exh. cat.)

1992 Jennings, Corrine, 'A Cross Currents, Synthesis in African American Abstract Painting', New York: Kenkeleba House, Inc. \ Dakar: Dakar Biennale, 1992, ill. (exh. cat.)

1991 Kenkeleba Gallery (ed.), 'The Search for Freedom. African American Abstract Painting 1945-75', New York: Kenkeleba Gallery, 1991, ill. (exh. cat.)

1989 Davies, Peter, 'My Generation. 10 Contemporary Abstract Artists', Southport: Atkinson Art Gallery, 1989 (exh. brochure)
Gooding, Mel, 'Frank Bowling. Soundings Towards the Definition of an Individual Talent', in Araeen, Rasheed, 'The Other Story. Afro-Asian Artists in Post War Britain', London: Hayward Gallery (and touring), 1989, pp. 120-21, ill. (exh. cat.)

1988 Huxley, Paul, 'Exhibition Road. Painters at the Royal College of Art', London: Royal College of Art, 1988, ill. (exh. cat.)

1982 Doty, M. Robert, 'Color, Material, Form. Bowling, Loving, Mohr', Manchester, New Hampshire: The Currier Gallery of Art (and touring), 1982, ill. (exh. cat.)

1980 Hoyland, John, Hilton, Tim, 'Hayward Annual', London: Hayward Gallery; Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980, ill. (exh. cat.)

1979 The Studio Museum in Harlem, 'Another Generation', New York, 1979, ill. (exh. cat.)

1977 Kardon, Janet, 'Artists’ Maps', Philadelphia: Philadelphia College of Art, 1977, ill. (exh. cat.)

1976 Jaffee McCabe, Cynthia, Boorstin, Daniel J., 'The Golden Door, Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976', Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 1976, ill. (exh. cat.)

1975 Elderfield, John, 'Studio International', Summer 1975
CAPS, 'Painters Catalog', New York: Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center Gallery, State University of New York, 1975, ill. (exh. cat.)

1971 Childs, Charles, 'Some American History', Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971, ill. (exh. cat.)
Doty M., Robert, 'Contemporary Black Artists in America', New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1971, ill. (exh. cat.)
Hampton, Henry, Pollard, Sam, Heather, Tracy (et al.), 'Strain and Denise Greene, producers. I'll on PBS. Painting featured: Where is Lucienne?', 1971

1969 Moores, John, 'Liverpool Exhibition', Liverpool: Walker Art Gallery, 1969, ill. (exh. cat.)

1968 Amaya, Mario, 'The Obsessive Image 1960-1968', London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1968, ill. (exh. cat.)
Hunter, Sam, 'Critics Choice 1968-69', New York: New York State Council on the Arts & State University of New York, 1968-1969, ill. (exh. cat.)

1965 Robertson, Bryan, Russell, John, Lord Snowdon, 'Private View. The Lively World of British Art', London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1965

1962 Grabowski Gallery, 'Image in Revolt [with Derek Boshier] ', London: Grabowski Gallery, 1962 (exh. cat.)

2019 Apollo Magazine, 'Artist of the year. The Shortlists', November 15, 2019
Artdaily.com, 'Tate Britain Opens the First Major Retrospective of Work by Frank Bowling', May 30, 2019
The Arts Society, 'Frank Bowling. Breaking Boundaries', June 18, 2019
Artsy, 'The Artsy Vanguard 2019' Artsy, September 16, 2019
Brady, Anna, Carrigan, Margaret, 'Object Lessons. From an Ancient Roman Mosaic to an Art Deco Icon of the LGBTQ+ Movement', The Art Newspaper, June 17, 2019
Cahill, James, 'At Tate Britain. Frank Bowling', London Review of Books, August 15, 2019
Bajekal, Naina, 'How Artists of All Ages Keep Their Creative Spirit Alive', Time Magazine, February 7, 2019
Campbell, Joel, 'Frank Bowling. Living in Colour', The Voice, May 26, 2019
Campbell, Joel, 'Frank Bowling’s Work is Focus of New Tate Britain Exhibit', The Voice, May 5, 2019
Carey-Kent, Paul, 'Frank Bowling, Full of Colour and Tactility, Chance and Control', FAD Magazine, August 7, 2019
Choudhury, A. Indie, 'Frank Bowling’s White Paintings', Nka, Journal of Contemporary African Art, Issue 45, 2019, pp. 34-47
Collings, Matthew, 'Frank Bowling. Awash with the Colour of Life', Tate Etc., Issue 46 May 28, 2019
Collings, Matthew, 'How Painting Saved Frank Bowling’s Life', The Telegraph, May 26, 2019
Cornish, Sam, 'Equivalents to Life. Frank Bowling at Tate Britain', Instantloveland, June 20, 2019
Coxhead, Gabriel, 'Frank Bowling’s Delirious Conflagrations of Form, Color, and Texture', Art in America, September 20, 2019
Cox, Juanita, Westmaas, Rod, 'Guyana SPEAKS. Celebrates the work of Frank Bowling', Guyanese Online. Guyana News and news from Guyanese Associations worldwide, June 30, 2019
Crippa, Elena, 'Frank Bowling', Voices of Art, The British Library,
Curtis, Alastair, 'At the Age of 85, Frank Bowling is Having a Moment', The Economist 1843 Magazine, June 5, 2019
Desmarais, Charles, 'Progress and Missteps Marked 2019 in Bay Area Art', Datebook, December 10, 2019
Durrant, Nancy, 'All Things Bright and Beautiful. Frank Bowling at Tate Britain Review', The Times, May 31, 2019
ARTnews, 'Spring Preview. The Most Promising Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World' March 4, 2019
Evans, Hannah, 'Relative Values. The Artist Frank Bowling and his Grandson Frederik, his Web and Social Media Manager', The Sunday Times, June 9, 2019
Evison, David, 'Frank Bowling Retrospective Exhibition at Tate Britain', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep, June 29, 2019 [report from the front]
Farago, Jason, 'A Trans-Atlantic Artist, Recognized at Home, at Last', The New York Times, July 10, 2019
Figes, Lydia, 'Frank Bowling. 60 Years of Pioneering Colourful Abstraction', Art UK, June 14, 2019
Flock, Elizabeth, 'With Heart and Soul, This Exhibit Expands how we See Civil Rights-Era America', PBS News Hour, April 2, 2019
Fullerton, Elizabeth, ''I’m almost enjoying myself!'—Frank Bowling’s Six-Decade Journey to Success', The Guardian, May 29, 2019
Gayford, Martin, 'Virtuosic Exploration of Paint. Frank Bowling at Tate Britain Reviewed', The Spectator, June 8, 2019
Gerlis, Melanie, 'Highlights from the 50th Edition of Art Basel', Apollo Magazine, June 6, 2019
Golledge, Rob, 'Previously Unseen Frank Bowling Painting Unveiled Ahead of the Tate Britain’s Retrospective on the Artist', The Evening Standard, May 30, 2019
Greer, Robert, 'Review. Frank Bowling at Tate Britain', The London Magazine, July 4, 2019
Gleadell, Colin, 'From Windrush, via New York and Back Again. Black British Artists Finally Enjoy Recognition at Home', The Telegraph, May 7, 2019
Gleadell, Colin, 'Late Picasso Works Save an Otherwise Lackluster $46 Million Impressionist and Modern Art Sale at Christie’s London', Artnet News, June 18, 2019
Hallet, Florence, 'Best of 2019. Visual Arts', The Arts Desk, December 31, 2019
Hatfield, Zack, 'Frank Bowling', Artforum, May 2019
Homer, Laura, 'Frank Bowling. Material Explorations', Tate Papers, no. 3, Spring 2019
Hubbard, Sue, 'Frank Bowling. In the Presence of a Significant Painter', Artlyst, June 2, 2019
Jaggi, Maya, 'Frank Bowling. the British-Guyanese Artist on his 60-Year Transatlantic
Career', Financial Times, May 24, 2019
Jhala, Kabir, Brady, Anna, 'Object Lessons. From Lucian Freud’s Tender Portrait of a Friend to El Lissitzky’s Pivotal Self-Portrait', The Art Newspaper, March 4, 2019
Jones, Jonathan, 'Apocalyptic Visions from a Shunned Giant of British art—Frank Bowling Review', The Guardian, May 30, 2019
Judah, Hettie, 'Frank Bowling at Tate Britain. 'The Effect is, Frankly, Emotional'', iNews, June 10, 2019
Kane, Ashleigh, 'Art Shows to Leave the House for This Month', Dazed, June 20, 2019
Khan, Tabish, '14 Exhibitions That’ll Blow You Away This Summer', Londonist, June 21, 2019
Khan, Tabish, 'The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in August', FAD Magazine, August 4, 2019
Kpade, Sabo, 'Frank Bowling at London’s Tate Modern', The Guardian Nigeria, July 28, 2019
Lack, Jessica, 'Is Frank Bowling Britain’s Greatest Living Abstractionist?', Christies.com, September 6, 2019
Lloyd-Smith, Harriet, 'Frank Bowling Cements his Status as a Modern Master with Tate Britain Retrospective', Wallpaper, June 6, 2019
Ludel, Wallace, 'SFMOMA Revealed the Works it Acquired with Proceeds from Selling a
Rothko for $50 million', Artsy, June 27, 2019
Malby, Poppy, 'Frank Bowling on the Most Random Object that has Ended up in his Paintings', GQ Magazine, August 4, 2019
McLean, Sarah, 'An Interview with Frank Bowling', Chelsea College of Arts, May 29, 2019
Micchelli, Thomas, 'The Colors of the Sixties', Hyperallergic, April 6, 2019
Michalska, Julia, Abrams, Amah-Rose, ''Not Good Enough'. Oscar Murillo Criticises Tate Over Frank Bowling Exhibition', The Art Newspaper, June 5, 2019
Patel, Alpesh Kantilal, 'Gauging the Potential of Abstraction at Art Basel Miami Beach', Hyperallergic, December 6, 2019
Pes, Javier, 'After Decades of 'Appalling' Institutional Neglect, Museums Are Now Clamoring for Artist Frank Bowling’s Work' Artnet News, June 11, 2019
Petersson, Josef, 'The Painter of Bare Life', Kunstkritikk, August 14, 2019
Primrose, Alice, 'Frank Bowling. 'I Realised that Girls Liked Me at Art School'' Royal
Academy, June 5, 2019
Prodger, Michael, 'Frank Bowling, an Overlooked Star of British Art’s Golden Generation', New Statesman, May 22, 2019

2018 Regan, Sheila, 'Art in Bloom and More', Southwest Journal, Southwest Minneapolis, Community Newspaper, April 3, 2019
Assheton, Richard, 'The London Scene. Recalling 60s Soho With Bacon, Freud, & Kossoff', The Quietus, April 20, 2018
Cascone, Sarah, Goldstein, Caroline, 'From Joan Mitchell’s Early Works to Daniel Arsham’s Dystopian Future: 45 Can’t-Miss Gallery Shows in New York This September', Artnet News, August 30, 2018
Bunker, John, 'Painting Beyond Binaries. John Bunker on ‘Frank Bowling Mappa Mundi’ at IMMA', Instantloveland, September 7, 2018
Bunker, John, 'Spencer Richards in Conversation with John Bunker', Instantloveland, September 22, 2018
Dunne, Aidan, 'Frank Bowling: An Exemplary Artist for Our Time', The Irish Times, April 10, 2018
ARTnews, '9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week', September 4, 2018
Gronlund, Melissa, 'Frank Bowling. Beyond an Expression of Identity', The National, October 20, 2018
Halasz, Piri, 'At Alexander Gray. Frank Bowling' in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep, September 28, 2018, [report from the front]
Miller, Nicole, 'Frank Bowling. Make It New', The Brooklyn Rail, November 1, 2018
Reyburn, Scott, 'A Landmark Achievement for a Painting by a Woman, Upstaged by a Man', The New York Times, October 12, 2018

2017 Barnard, Imelda, 'My Life Has Always Been About Painting', Apollo Magazine, July 1, 2017
Cooper, Ashton, 'Frank Bowling. Metropolitanblooms', ArtReview, December 13, 2017
Halasz, Piri, 'L’Angleterre, I love You', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep', February 2, 2017, [report from the front]
Halasz, Piri, 'Second, the Octogenarian. Bowling', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep', September 29, 2017, [report from the front]
Moore, Nick, 'Nick Moore Writes on Frank Bowling at Hales, London', Abcrit, no. 85, November 19, 2017

2016 Galton, Bridget, 'Frank Bowling’s New White Paintings Reflect the Thames and New Housing Complexes', Ham & High, October 28, 2016
Keefe, Alexander, 'Frank Bowling. Marc Selwyn Fine Art', Artforum, vol. 54, no. 5, January 2016, p. 251
Rodney, Seph, 'Gathering the Work of Guyanese Artists Far from Home', Hyperallergic, September 14, 2016

2015 Godfrey, Mark, 'Reciprocal Gestures. Melvin Edwards and Frank Bowling in Dallas', Artforum, vol. 53, no. 9, May 2015, pp. 99-104
Pagel, David, 'Review. Frank Bowling at Marc Selwyn Fine Art. Discipline meets Delight', Los Angeles Times, September 29, 2015

2014 Halasz, Piri, 'Bowling at Spanierman. Still Going Strong', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep, June 2, 2014, [report from the front]
Halperin, Julia, Pobric, Pac, 'It’s Never Too Late... to Build a Market', The Art Newspaper, April 2014
Macpherson, Amy, '10 Minutes with... Frank Bowling RA', RA Blog, September 22, 2014

2013 Artsy Editors, 'Frank Bowling’s Forgotten Painting', Artsy, March 8, 2013
Bunker, John, 'The Map Paintings. Frank Bowling Interview', Abstract Critical, October 10, 2013
Gleadell, Colin, 'Art Market News', The Telegraph, October 2013
Halasz, Piri, '4 Definite Plusses', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep, April 15, 2013, [report from the front]

2012 147, May 1, 2012
Barnett, Laura, 'Frank Bowling and the Politics of Abstract Painting', The Guardian, July 2, 2012
Bonham-Carter, Charlotte, 'Frank Bowling. Drop, Roll, Slide, Drip', Time Out London, July 12-18, 2012
Gooding, Mel, 'Coffee Break. Frank Bowling RA', RA Magazine, no.115, July 2012, p. 28.
Greenwood, Robin, 'Frank Bowling. In Conversation with Robin Greenwood', Abstract Critical, August 29, 2012, Video, 18:35.
Halasz, Piri, 'Caribbean. Crossroads of the World', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep', August 16, 2012 [report from the front]
Halasz, Piri, 'Here, Then & Now', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep, April 13, 2012, [report from the front]
Laughlin, Nicholas, 'Let it Come Down: Nicholas Laughlin Visits an Exhibition of Frank Bowling’s Poured Paintings', Caribbean Beat, Issue 118, November / December 2012, Word of Mouth.

2011 Greenwood, Robin, 'Bowling’s Cru', [produced by Stephen Gammond, featuring Frank Bowling, John Bunker, Clifford Charles, Tim Harris, Tom Price, Marcia Scott, Ying Shen, and Jacqueline Williams], Abstract Critical, July 2011
Video, 29:53
Video, 30:49
Video, 39:29
Halasz, Piri, 'A Beautiful Book', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep', October 31, 2011 [report from the front]

2010 Halasz, Piri, 'September Song', in (An Appropriate Distance) from the Mayor’s Doorstep', September 26, 2010 [report from the front]
Halasz, Piri, 'The Ultimate Proof of his Freedom: Frank Bowling’s Abstract Painting', artcritical. the online magazine of art and ideas, October 16, 2010

2007 Jaggi, Maya, 'The Weight of Colour', The Guardian, February 24, 2007
Kreimer, Julian, 'Frank Bowling at G.R. N’Namdi', Art in America, April 2007

2006 Ammirati, Domenick, 'Energy/Experimentation. Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964-1980', Artforum, vol. 44, no.10, Summer 2006, on:
Collings, Matthew, 'Frank Bowling at Rollo Contemporary art, London', Modern Painters, May 2006, p. 115.
Cork, Richard, 'In Conversation. Frank Bowling & Richard Cork', Discussion for the exhibition, Frank Bowling RA. The White Paintings, ArtSway, Sway, June 24, 2006
Cotter, Holland, 'Energy and Abstraction at the Studio Museum in Harlem', New York Times, April 7, 2006
Gascoigne, Laura, 'To be perfectly Frank', RA Magazine, no. 90, Spring 2006

2005 Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, 'Shining Through, Frank Bowling Paints Light', Detroit Metro Times, December 7, 2005

2004 Bedell, Geraldine, 'Tuned in, Turned Out, Still Far Out', The Observer, June 6, 2004
Brown, Jonathan, ''Neglected' Black Artist Recognised at Last', The Independent, August 28, 2004
Camper, Fred, 'The Slick and the Sloppy. Frank Bowling at G.R. N’Namdi Gallery', Chicago Reader, February 26, 2004
Gilmore, Jonathan, 'Frank Bowling at Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, and Skoto', Art in America, March 2004
Glueck, Grace, 'Art in Review, Frank Bowling [Heidi Cho Gallery]' The New York Times, November 5, 2004
Mair, John, 'Guyanese Artist Frank Bowling, Part of Major Tate Exhibition in London',
Guyana Stabroek News, July 21, 2004

2003 Bischoff, Dan, 'A career in color', New Jersey Sunday Star Ledger, 2003, Spotlight Section 4

2002 Cotter, Holland, 'Art Review, Six American Masters – Sugar Hill Art Center' New York Times, June 14, 2002
Hazlewood, Carl E, 'Joe Overstreet: Silverscreens, Frank Bowling: New Pictures', Nka. Journal of Contemporary African Art, Issue 16-17, Fall/Winter 2002, p. 109

2001 Dawson, Jessica, 'No Longer Cast in Bronze', The Washington Post, June 28, 2001
Gayford, Martin, 'Artists on Art: Frank Bowling on Titian’s Death of Actaeon [1555-76]', The Daily Telegraph, July 28, 2001

2000 Byrd, Cathy, 'Color Play. Contemporary Abstractions at City Gallery East [Atlanta]', Creative Loafing, July 1, 2000

1999 Cullum, Jerry, 'African American Abstraction – Black Artists Pursue Universality in Myriad Provocative Ways', The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, June 2000, Weekend Review.
Modern Painters, 'Images of a Lifetime', Winter 1999

1998 Michael, Amy, 'Frank Bowling at Skylight and Christiane Nienaber', Art in America, May, 1998

1997 Cullum, Jerry, '17 Frank Bowling’s Subtle Acrylics', The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 1997
Gayford, Martin, 'The Sunday Telegraph', January 5, 1997
Locke, Donald, 'Master Colorist [subdued]', Creative Loafing, October 25, 1997

1996 Enwezor, Okwui, Oguibe, Olu, 'Frank Bowling. A Conversation', Nka. Journal of Contemporary African Art, Issue 4, 1996, pp. 18-23
Hunt, Ian, “Frank Bowling at the Cut Gallery, London.” Art Monthly, no.192 (December 1995- January 1996)

1995 Dorsey, John, 'Latin America Literature and Arts, Spring', Baltimore Sun, February 10, 1995
Gayford, Martin, 'Frank Bowling', Modern Painters, Autumn 1995, pp. 100-1
Gooding, Mel, 'Grace Abounding. Bowling’s Progress', Third Text, vol.9, issue 31, no. 31, Summer 1995, pp. 37-46

1994 Hazlewood, Carl, 'Frank Bowling. Recent Paintings and Richard Baye: Recent Sculptures', Nka. Journal of Contemporary African Art, Issue 1, Fall/Winter 1994, pp. 59-60

1992 Gayford, Martin, The Daily Telegraph, July 15, 1992

1991 Gayford, Martin, 'First Strike to the Russians', The Sunday Telegraph, August 18, 1991

1990 Archer, Michael, 'Artscribe International', March-April 1990

1988 Barker, Tommy, 'Bowled Over by the Light', Cork Examiner, April 9, 1988
Garlake, Margaret, 'Frank Bowling. Clifford Myerson', Art Monthly, no. 119, September 1988, pp. 20-1
Clark, Robert, 'Frank Bowling at the Castlefield, Manchester', The Guardian, July 6, 1988
Pyle, Hilary, 'The Irish Times', September 7, 1988

1986 Axarlis, Nick, 'Artrage' Summer 1986
Gerrit, Henry, 'Frank Bowling at Tibor de Nagy', Art in America, October 1986
de Caires, Dennis, 'In Search of an El Dorado. The Paintings of Frank Bowling', Artscribe International, no. 57, April–May 1986, pp. 44-5
Davies, Peter, 'Abstract Art in Britain Today', Art & Artist, 1986
Gooding, Mel, 'Chris Baker, Michael Upton, Frank Bowling', Art Monthly, no. 94, March 1986, pp. 16-18
Vivien, Raynor, 'Art. Gary Stephan Show at Boone and Werner [Frank Bowling, Tibor de Nagy] ', The New York Times, May 23, 1986

1983 Collings, Matthew, 'Artscribe', July 1983
Glueck, Grace, 'Whitney Museum Offers a 2D Look at Grant Wood [Frank Bowling, Tibor de Nagy] ', The New York Times, June 17, 1983
Bowling, Frank, Harrison, Paul, Thomas, Jeremy, 'Formalism Versus New Art. A Conversation Between Frank Bowling, Paul Harrison and Jeremy Thomas', Artscribe, no. 44, December 1983, pp. 54-7

1979 Rickey, Carrie, 'Frank Bowling, Tibor de Nagy Gallery', Artforum, vol.18, no.1, September 1979, p. 76

1976 Bowling, Frank, William Thomson, 'Frank Bowling and Bill Thomson. A Conversation between Two Painters', Art International, vol.20, no.10, 1976, pp. 61-7

1974 Bell, Jane, 'Frank Bowling', Arts Magazine, vol. 48, no. 5, February 1974, p. 62
Masheck, Joseph, 'Frank Bowling', Artforum, vol. 12, no. 6, February 1974, p. 72

1973 Hilton, Kramer, 'Many Small Grotesques In Sculpture by King…Frank Bowling. Center for Inter‐American Relations', New York Times, December 1, 1973

1971-1972 Hafif, Marcia, 'Frank Bowling', Arts Magazine, vol. 46, no. 3, December 1971-January 1972, p. 58

1969 Bloom, Janet, '5+1', Arts Magazine, December 1969-January 1970

1966 Lynton, Norbert, 'Grooves of Academe', The Guardian, May 11, 1966

1962 Elliott, Janice, 'The Reality Behind the Art Student Image', The Sunday Times, July 1, 1962
Forge, Andrew, 'Alternatives', New Statesman, October 14, 1962
Lynton, Norbert, 'London Letter', Art International, December 1962

2011 Richie, Ian, 'Frank Bowling in conversation with the architect Ian Ritchie RA', Talk given at The Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 28, 2011

2007 Gooding, Mel, 'BP Artist Talk. Frank Bowling', Talk given at Tate Britain, London, May 9, 2007

2006 Hunter, Jim, 'Gallery Talk: Abstraction, Expressionism and the Paintings of Frank Bowling RA' Talk given for the exhibition, 'Frank Bowling RA. The White Paintings', ArtSway, Sway, May 22, 2006

1994 Bowling, Frank, 'Picking Winners', Talk given at the College Art Association Conference, 'Internationalism and the Kreole Abyss', New York, 1994. (Chair: Dorothy Désir-Davis. Panel: Frank Bowling, Fred Wei-Han Ho, Martina Attile, Lorraine O’Grady)