Sir Alan Bowness obituary

Accomplished director of the Tate in the 1980s who updated the gallery’s approach and expanded its reachSir Alan Bowness, who has died aged 93, was born to be director of the Tate Gallery. When he was duly appointed in 1980 he spent his eight years bringing the gallery (solely a Millbank institution at that time) into the 20th century. He was well qualified for the job: an accomplished Courtauld-trained art historian and senior academic, he held Arts Council appointments and had become ade