Alice Neel
June 2024
The great women's art bulletinOne vision, 4000 artists and a country transformed: why the next British PM must copy RooseveltRoosevelt’s New Deal gave artists like Alice Neel and Lee Krasner a lifeline during a time of crisis – and it changed the face of America. Whoever wins the UK election should take heed
December 2023
April 2023
The great women's art bulletinHigh-rise heaven: the women who painted New York – by looking out of their windowsI have relocated to the Big Apple and am loving its epic skyline and endless bustle. No wonder Lois Dodd, Jane Freilicher and Alice Neel enjoyed painting the thrilling views from their apartments
March 2023
February 2023
‘She really wanted to see my labia piercing’: what was it like to be painted by Alice Neel?
A dominatrix in heels and feathers, a Warhol alumnus who whip-danced for the Velvet Underground, a feminist trailblazer … ahead of major Barbican show, three giant personalities relive sitting for the great American artist
January 2023
December 2022
May 2017
April 2017
The people of Harlem, as painted by Alice Neel – in pictures
The great US artist Alice Neel lived and painted in uptown New York when it was almost exclusively black and Hispanic. As a show of portraits of her neighbours and friends comes to London, its curator, Hilton Als, discusses some of his favourite images
July 2016
July 2010
May 2004
Heroes and wretches
For most of her life, Alice Neel was barely known - she was a figurative artist when abstract expressionism was all the rage, and being a woman didn't help, either. But full-on, psychologically and sociologically acute portraits were her strength, and she stuck with it. Eventually, says Suzie Mackenzie, the world caught up with her.