Alice Neel: Beautifully Imperfect at Serralves Museum, Porto, from July

The exhibition (16 July 2026–17 January 2027) celebrates the work of  Alice Neel, whose singular vision challenged the social, aesthetic and political conventions of the twentieth century. Neel viewed imperfection not as a flaw, but as essence – a raw expression of the human condition and a response to normative models of beauty, identity and visibility.

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Image: Alice Neel, Ian and Mary, 1971
Oil on canvas
116.8 x 127 cm
46 x 50 in
© The Estate of Alice Neel
Courtesy The Estate of Alice Neel and Victoria Miro
June 11 2026