Earlier this week, Bravo announced that all six actors had signed up for the reboot The Real Housewives of New York City he would return for the second season (the 15th of the franchise), as reported by him The varietyleading to rumors that the network would add two new members, including one with ties to the art world.
Now the rumor is that that cast member could be Racquel Chevremont, the collector and curator who is the ex-partner of artist Mickalene Thomas. Chevremont is also friends with current cast member Jenna Lyons, the former creative director of J. Crew. (Bravo blog Bravo and Cocktails first published a blind item on the news on March 19; Artnet NewsThe Wet Paint column picked up the story on Friday.)
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Chevremont has amassed a modest collection of around 70-80 works by artists such as Lorna Simpson, Glenn Ligon, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Deborah Roberts and Toyin Ojih Odutola. He also previously served as director of the Studio Museum in Harlem.
He recently consulted on the art-filled set design for the Netflix film Leave the World Behind. Beyond the art world, she has modelled, most recently walking Batsheva Hay’s show at New York Fashion Week in February.
Before the spill, Thomas and Chevremont founded Deux Femmes Noires, which aimed to raise the profile of artists of color. Together, they mounted exhibitions, including one in 2022 called “Set It Off” at the Parrish Art Museum in Watermill, New York. The two also produced a performance by artist Kia LaBeija as part of the 2019 Performa Biennial in New York.
“As a collector, I collect their works; as a curator, I curate commercial and institutional shows, TV shows and films,” said Chevremont. Masterful and Dynamic in 2022 “The landscape has changed dramatically and now there are many paths one can take as an artist, so I will give advice based on their ambitions, be it institutional or commercial success.”
Chevremont’s potential spawn is on RHONY This is not the first time that Bravo has tried to reach the world of art. In 2010, the network went off the air Artwork: The Next Great Artist, who worked for two seasons. Often featured in the art press of the time, the show featured critic Jerry Saltz and dealer Bill Powers as judges, as well as artists such as Nao Bustamante and Amanda Williams.
And, in 2019, the first RHONY Co-stars Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps toured the murals in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood and took a studio tour with artist Romero Britto. Frankel and actress Sonja Morgan also visited artist Hunt Slonem’s Brooklyn studio during that season.
As with anyone housewives in the franchise, there are two tiers in which the show’s characters regularly appear: the main housewives, who appear in a single signature at the entrance, and “Friends of the Housewives”, who recur and are sometimes promoted in various episodes of the season. To the entire housewife in the following seasons.
Given his relationship with Lyons, Chevremont could qualify as a dual role. according to The variety“Regarding Internet reports of two new women joining the cast, Bravo is not commenting on new cast members.”
Before the cast’s return was confirmed, there was speculation that some cast members would not return, especially after a tense reunion. The new cast’s biggest attraction was Lyons (known in the show’s universe as Jenna “Fucking” Lyons), who had been on the New York scene for much of the 2000s. In an interview about returning to Lyons, New York Times wrote, “From the start, he wasn’t quite Bravo’s type: a sharp ex-fashion director dropped into a fishbowl of squealing and invention.”
Lyons, who has been adamant about keeping their relationship off camera, told her The times“They [Bravo] they have been very nice. I had similar problems: I have a relationship, but I would not like to name him. I want to keep it out of the press. That is my commitment to him. It’s off the table. I entered this process. He didn’t do it.”
