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Radical Figuration in the Spirit of Alice Neel and Robert Henri

A conversation with David Antonio Cruz on the occasion of the exhibition Alice Neel: People Come First.
David Antonio Cruz
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Watch a conversation with David Antonio Cruz on the occasion of the exhibition Alice Neel: People Come First, which features a comparative painting by Robert Henri (1865–1929), who taught at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, where Neel herself studied decades later.

Recorded on May 19, 2021

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