Co-curators Kelly Baum and Randall Griffey take us on a virtual tour of Alice Neel: People Come First, which presents Alice Neel (1900–1984) as one of the twentieth century’s most radical artists and a champion of social justice whose longstanding commitment to humanist principles inspired her art.
A Virtual Tour of Alice Neel: People Come First
Join the exhibition’s co-curators on a tour of this landmark exhibition.
Kelly Baum and Randall Griffey
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Contributors
Kelly Baum
Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary ArtRandall Griffey
Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary ArtRandall Griffey
Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
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