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The ten best things to do this week The 10 best things to do this week: Barber Shop Chronicles and Sundance

The role of the hairdresser in African culture is the subject of a new play, while the best new independent cinema is screened in London

Published: 26 May 2017

The people of Harlem, as painted by Alice Neel – in pictures

The great US artist Alice Neel lived and painted in uptown New York when it was almost exclusively black and Hispanic. As a show of portraits of her neighbours and friends comes to London, its curator, Hilton Als, discusses some of his favourite images

Gallery

Published: 29 Apr 2017

Anatomy of an artwork Alice Neel’s Alice And José, 1938

Unpicking the elements of the American portraitist’s famous pastel-on-paper

Published: 22 Jul 2016

Alice Neel: Painted Truths; In the Company of Alice

Published: 10 Jul 2010

Heroes and wretches

For most of her life, Alice Neel was barely known - she was a figurative artist when abstract expressionism was all the rage, and being a woman didn't help, either. But full-on, psychologically and sociologically acute portraits were her strength, and she stuck with it. Eventually, says Suzie Mackenzie, the world caught up with her.

Published: 28 May 2004