Laura Gascoigne

Humanity, clarity and warmth: Alice Neel, at the Barbican Art Gallery, reviewed

Plus: lovers of paint will be disappointed by Peter Doig's show at the Courtauld

Warhol even submitted to posing stripped to the waist, exposing the scar left by Valerie Solanas’s shooting: ‘Andy Warhol’, 1970, by Alice Neel. Credit: © The Estate of Alice Neel. Courtesy The Estate of Alice Neel
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  • Peter Doig

    Courtauld Gallery, until 29 May

  • Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle

    Barbican Art Gallery, until 21 May

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