Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
FREEDOM IS NOT GUARANTEED 📚
The freedom to read is essential to our democracy.
It is continuously under attack.
Marking the start of #BannedBooksWeek, artist @xavierasimmons' billboard "Freedom is Not Guaranteed" was installed on the exterior of DC's MLK Library.
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Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
@xavierasimmons practice spans photography, performance, video, sound, sculpture and installation to examine contemporary art practices and American life as shaped by the social histories of whiteness, structural and systemic maladies, and labor.
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Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
Discover @xavierasimmons' exhibition when it opens on October 2!
Learn more: qnsmu.se/xavierasimmons
#UpcomingExhibitions #CrisisMakesABookClub #XavieraSimmons
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Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
Scores of Jamaicans are gathered outside the British High Commission on Trafalgar Road in St Andrew protesting the official visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the island, a former British colony.
jamaicaobserver.com/latestne…
Watch more: youtu.be/a_mHHIeHQ3w #RoyalVisit
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We're thrilled to reveal our Spring 2022 cover! Art by @xavierasimmons reflects themes of past & present explored by @rebeccabengal, @BadDebutante, @imaniperry, @Kristen_Arnett, & more in this issue, which celebrates our 30th anniversary. Pre-order today!
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Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
I'm raising money for Urgent Medical Help Needed for Jayson Keeling. Click to Donate: gf.me/u/2w3v34 #GoFundMe
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Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
Thank you to Modern Luxury @Modern_Luxury & @Miamimagazine for bringing the music and craftsmanship of Steinway & Sons Spirio to @ArtBasel alongside the inspiring work of @xavierasimmons.
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I am the first person to Guest Edit @artbasel magazine so if you are headed to the fair -pick it up and read that thing. I chose 80 percent of the content ( not the adverts )— it’s real in there which is surreal because we know—-luxury and capitalism and whiteness are all there
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“We are talking about abolishing police and they are fortifying their relationship with police,” she said. Simmons said she would decline future donation requests from the institution until she saw it assess its own history of wealth, whiteness and disenfranchisement.
A mural sponsored by @DIADetroit honoring police has become a touchstone for controversy. Some (including the artist) are now calling for its removal. My report with @Graham_Bowley on the backlash.
nytimes.com/2021/06/08/arts/…
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Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
I'm moderating a conversation May 12 with artists @xavierasimmons and Dr. ZahrahAlghamdi about their @_DesertX installations. Details at desertx.org/learn/programs
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Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
Online Talk and Q&A:
Artist @xavierasimmons speaks with musicians @M_Lamar, @xMAdMx and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix about the mythologies of heavy metal, whiteness and masculinity.
Moderated by music critic @brandonstosuy. Log on @_DesertX on 15 April: bit.ly/3timmix
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Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
BBC Free Thinking: Liverpool Biennial 🧠
@annemcelvoy is joined by our curator Manuela Moscoso, historian @RoseofAcademe, artist @xavierasimmons & composer @neomuyanga to discuss how Liverpool’s past has inspired new art and commissions 🗣
Listen here: bienni.al/bbcfreethinking
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Thank you @BBCFreeThinking 🥰🥰
Using art and music to write a richer, more complicated history on @BBCRadio3 at 10pm @xavierasimmons @neomuyanga @RoseofAcademe @annemcelvoy bbc.in/39PuCyZ
Xaviera Simmons Studio retweeted
#BrandNewHeavies exhibition is now open. Reserve your ticket online. Thank you to our major sponsors @gucci and @FordFoundation. pioneerworks.org/exhibitions…
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Very honored and excited to speak with the brilliance that is @marthasjones_ today alongside the wonderful team @mica !!!! Register and link below—-
Huge honor to be at @mica with @xavierasimmons Mixed Media Lecture “Rights and Wrongs.” Tuesday at 4 ET. Join us!
Register at: lnkd.in/girbjvW.
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The #DismantleNOMA intiative took root this past June, when a group of former NOMA staff members alleged abuses at the museum including surveillance of and violence against Black, Indigenous, and people of color workers as well as wage suppression, verbal abuse and racial slurs.
News | 150 Artists, Arts Workers Sign Open Letter Calling to #DismantleNOMA artforum.com/news/150-artist…