Mar 12 2021
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Apr 01 2021
Virtual Screening: Alice Neel

Virtual Screening: Alice Neel

Presented by Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston at Online/Virtual Space

Portrait painter Alice Neel (1900-1984) was a self-described collector of souls who recorded her sitters on canvas through six decades of the 20th century, among them Andy Warhol, Bella Abzug, Allen Ginsberg and Annie Sprinkle. Neel always sought the “authentic,” moving from Greenwich Village to Spanish Harlem just as the Village was gaining reputation in the art scene. She sacrificed almost everything for her art, delving so far into the psyches of her sitters she would almost lose herself. Yet Neel was also a dedicated mother, raising two sons in the bohemian world she inhabited. Filmmaker Andrew Neel, Alice Neel’s grandson, puts together the pieces of the painter’s life using intimate one-on-one interviews with Neel’s surviving family and personal archival video. The documentary explores the artist’s tumultuous biography and the legacy of Alice Neel’s determination to paint her era.
Alice Neel will be available to stream on March 12.

Admission Info

Phone: 617-478-3100

Email: info@icaboston.org

Dates & Times

2021/03/12 - 2021/04/01

Location Info

Online/Virtual Space

Accessibility Info

$8 per household / Free for members (streaming link available Fri, March 12)