Explore Alice Neel’s relationship with queer culture and the vivid portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer subjects she painted in the 1970s, including artist Jackie Curtis and poet Adrienne Rich. Learn how Neel’s portraits coincided with the gay liberation movement, contributed to increasing queer visibility, and used visual puns as a means of encoding queer sexual identity and desire.
Alice Neel and Gay Liberation
Explore Alice Neel’s relationship with queer culture and her vivid portraits of LGBTQIA+ subjects, including artist Jackie Curtis and poet Adrienne Rich.
Randall Griffey
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Randall Griffey
Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
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Alice Neel
1938
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Alice Neel
1978
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Alice Neel
1970
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Alice Neel
1970
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Alice Neel
1932
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Alice Neel
1970
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Alice Neel
1972
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Alice Neel
1973
Returned to lender
Alice Neel
1977
Returned to lender
Alice Neel
1973
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