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This episode Savona talks with Mr. Als after he won the Pulitzer, the first theater critic to win in 40 years. And we talk about the exhibition he curated for the David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea on Alice Neel. Known for her portraits of family, friends, writers, poets, artists, students, singers, salesmen, activists, neighbors, and more, Alice Neel (1900-1984) created forthright, intimate, and, at times, humorous paintings that have both overtly and quietly engaged with political and social issues. In this exhibition, Als brings together a selection of Neel\u2019s portraits of African Americans, Latinos, Asians, and other people of color. Highlighting the innate diversity of Neel\u2019s approach to portraiture, the selection looks at those often left out of the art historical canon and how the artist captured them; as Als writes, \u201cwhat fascinated her was the breadth of humanity that she encountered.\u201d