Centre Pompidou, Paris
October 2022
October 5, 2022–January 16, 2023
An Engaged Eye, at the Centre Pompidou, is the first solo exhibition in Paris dedicated to Alice Neel. Through more than sixty-five paintings and drawings, the show, curated by Angela Lampe, emphasizes Neel’s political and social activism. The exhibition is divided into two parts loosely conceived, around notions of class struggle and the fight for gender equality. Each section is presented as a thematic retrospective, starting with her earliest works in the late 1920s, which were painted in Cuba, and finishing with the final paintings made shortly before her death in 1984. In all, some sixty-five paintings and drawings are on view, along with two extracts from a film about the artist made by French artist Michel Auder in the late 1970s, in addition to other film productions. A selection of unpublished documents is also included in the show. The exhibition will be presented at the Barbican Centre in London from February 16, 2023 to May 21, 2023. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue of the same name, published in 2020, when the exhibition was originally scheduled but postponed due to COVID-19. To purchase the catalogue, visit Centre Pompidou’s Boutique. The exhibition coincides with Paris+ par Art Basel, which takes place from October 20–23, 2022. Learn more about the exhibition at Centre Pompidou.