COME ONE, COME ALL
Apr 23, 2019
3 minutes
BY MIKELLE STREET
IN MARCH 2018, art consultant Racquel Chevremont and her partner, multimedia artist Mickalene Thomas, jointly curated The Aesthetics of Matter exhibition at the Volta New York art fair. The groundbreaking night served as a launch of sorts for the pair’s new effort, Deux Femmes Noires, which aims to increase visibility and opportunities for artists of color, specifically women and those who are queer. Impressively, half of the show’s eight-person lineup was comprised of women artists, including Kennedy Yanko, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Christie Neptune.
“It is more difficult
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