Posts tagged "Joe Overstreet"
Installation view of “Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight,” The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas (Jan. 24-July 13, 2025). | Courtesy The Menil Collection IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, the Menil Collection is presenting some of the greatest hits of Joe Overstreet (1933–2019), whose work was influenced by jazz, African American history, and Abstract Expressionism. Nearly 30 works are...
Camille Billops (1933-2019), Joe Overstreet (1933-2019) The following review presents a snapshot of the latest news in African American art and related black culture: TWO LEGENDARY New York City artists have died. Painter Joe Overstreet passed away yesterday. He co-founded Kenkeleba House, a Lower East Side artist space in 1974. Meanwhile, Camille Billops, a singular figure...
“In My Solitude” (2018) by Billie Zangewa at Blank Projects. ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH (ABMB) opens to the public today. The 17th edition of the art fair features more than 250 galleries from 35 countries in the newly renovated Miami Beach Convention Center. The enthusiasm surrounding ABMB has infused the entire city over the...
“Untitled” (1998) by Berni Searle FRIEZE LONDON AND FRIEZE MASTERS officially open to the public today and black women are notably present. This afternoon, artist Julie Mehretu will be in conversation with Thelma Golden of the Studio Museum in Harlem. The conversation is part of Frieze Masters Talks, which is focusing on women speakers...