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Alice Neel, "Mercedes Arroyo," 1952, Oil on canvas, 25 × 24 1/8 inches; © The Estate of Alice Neel, courtesy of the Collection of Daryl and Steven Roth.

Alice Neel, "Thanksgiving," 1965, Oil on canvas, 34 × 30 inches; © The Estate of Alice Neel, courtesy of The Brand Family Collection.

Alice Neel, "Ninth Avenue El," 1935, Oil on canvas, 24 × 30 inches; © The Estate of Alice Neel, courtesy of Cheim and Read, New York.

Alice Neel, "The Spanish Family," 1943, Oil on canvas, 34 × 28 inches, © and courtesy the Estate of Alice Neel.

New York, Upper East Side

Alice Neel: People Come First

Alice Neel’s “People Come First” is a retrospective spanning the entirety of the late artist’s career, highlighting Neel as one of the most radical painters of the century.

March 22, 2021 - August 1, 2021

Open at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through August 1, Alice Neel’s “People Come First” is a retrospective spanning the entirety of the late artist’s career, highlighting Neel as one of the most radical painters of the century. Through around 100 paintings, watercolors, and drawings, viewers will experience Neel’s career trajectory, including her work for the W.P.A. in the 1930s, up through her late style in the years leading up to her death, in 1984. Accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, viewers can expect to find works like the turkey sitting in a kitchen sink titled Thanksgiving from 1965, or the 1943 work The Spanish Family.