Alice Neel: Painted Truths

The Independent“An artist who's good for the soul...” The American painter Alice Neel, who died in 1984, described herself as a collector of souls, and there's no doubt that when she painted a portrait, she was painting far more than a body and face...

The Telegraph“Bringing the warmth of her vision in from the cold...” Neel keenly observed the strengths, weakness and foibles of the people she encountered, and had an eye for the extraordinary in the ordinary, the whimsical and the eccentric, the cruel and the kind...

The Observer“The revelation of the year...” My sense, looking at this exhilarating show with its exceptional range of emotional nuances, of life lessons and warnings and compassionate insights, is to learn more than one kind of truth...

Guardian“The Whitechapel gallery's exhibition is a revelation...” There is certainly something scandalous about Neel's art. Her pieces slide about, and what seem like flaws and slippages are integral to the relationships she depicts, as well as to the paintings themselves. It's exciting to look at...

Financial Times“The Whitechapel Art Gallery’s magnificent display of 60 paintings...” The life of Alice Neel, born in 1900, is a chronicle of poverty, cruelty and personal tragedy under which many less resilient artists would have sunk to oblivion...

The Scotsman“Not yet reviewed”

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