Press BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
D’Souza, Aruna, “Six Artists on the Enduring Impact of the Harlem Renaissance," The New York Times, February 18, 2024
2023
Staff Writer “Xaviera Simmons: Challenging The Construction Of Identity,” Deutsche Bank Wealth Management Magazine, December 2023
Lordi, Emily, “The Black Artists Claiming More Space Than Ever Before,” The New York Times, March 24, 2023
Fedorova, Anastasiia, “Meet Soho House Artist Xaviera Simmons,” Soho House Magazine, January 12, 2023
2022
Simmons, Xaviera and Rakowitz, Michael, “ Xaviera Simmons and Michael Rakowitz on What It Really Means to Be in Community,” November 24, 2022
Corwin, William, “ Xaviera Simmons: Crisis Makes A Book Club,” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2022
Gyarkye, Lovia, “Artist Questionnaire: Xaviera Simmons Is Embarrassed for America,” The New York Times, November 14, 2022
D’Souza, Aruna, “Planting Seeds To Produce Real Change,” The New York Times, November 3, 2022
Tugend, Alina, “Words and Actions: Queens Museum Shows About Seeking Racial Justice,” October 2, 2022
Cotter, Holland, “ A Constellation of Stars From The Latin Art World,” The New York Times, September 2, 2022
Smith, Roberta, “New Shows That Widen The Beaten Path,” The New York Times, September 1, 2022
“Warhol Foundation Announces Fall 2021 Grantees”, Artforum, January 12, 2022.
Durón, Maximilliano. “Warhol Foundation Doles Out $4.1 M. in Grants to 49 Art Institutions”, Artnews, January 12, 2022.
2021
Wei, Lilly. “Roots/Anchors”, The Brooklyn Rail, December 4, 2021.
Kent, Charlotte. “Love, Art, And Politics Intertwined”, Hyperallergic, December 2, 2021.
Altman-yee, Riki. “In Conversation with Artists Xaviera Simmons”, Miami Magazine, December 2, 2021.
Spiegler, Marc. “Welcome to the Show”, Art Basel Miami Magazine, December 2021.
Adno, Michael, “The Long Game”, Art Basel Miami Magazine, December, 2021.
Simmons, Xaviera. “Guest Editor Letter”, Art Basel Miami Magazine, December 2021.
Beason, Tyrone. “We’re here to stay.’ Despite isolation and racism, Black Americans feel at home in California’s desert”, Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2021.
Yussuf, Aurella. “Exploring Fraught Histories at the Liverpool Biennial”, Hyperallergic, June 23, 2021.
Dafoe, Taylor. “The Detroit Institute of Arts commissioned a mural for the Local Police Department. Amid Backlash, the Artist Who Made It Wants It Gone”, ArtNet News, June 8, 2021.
Bowley, Graham, Zachary Small. “Museum’s Role in Police Mural Outside Detroit Draws Criticism”, The New York Times, June 8, 2021.
Buck, Louisa. “Slavery, stray dogs and our shared stomach: Liverpool Biennial questions port city’s imperial legacy”, The Art Newspaper, June 7, 2021.
Waddoups, Ryan. “Pioneer works Toasts “Brand New Heavies” With a Start Studded Benefit”, Surface Magazine, June 4, 2021.
Malone, Ian. “Pioneer Works Hosts a Starry Benefit for its Latest Exhibition, Brand New Heavies”, Vogue, June 4, 2021.
“Liverpool Biennial 2021 – Second Chapter”, Bidio Lido!, June 2021.
Estiler, Keith. “Rashid Johnson Curates “There’s There There” Group Exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Southampton”, Hypebeast, June 3, 2021.
Stoilas, Helen. “Turn on, tune in, drop art: Pioneer Works new Broadcast media platform blends science and culture”, The Art Newspaper, June 3, 2021.
Shurvell, Joanne. “Liverpool Biennial, UK’s Largest, Free Contemporary Art Festival”, Forbes, May 21, 2021.
“Take A Virtual Walk-Through of Desert X 2021 in the Coachella Valley”, Artfix Daily, May 4, 2021.
Good, Rana. “Desert X 2021: What To See”, Forbes, April 29, 2021.
Di Liscia, Valentina. “Hundreds of Cultural Workers Denounce Inequity in NYC’s Real Estate Development” Hyperallergic, April 25, 2021.
Desert X “Because You Know Ultimately We Will Band a Militia” short documentary, PBS SoCal ArtBound, April 2021.
Mitter, Siddhartha. “3 Artists Are Urged to Go Big. They Didn’t Hold Back.”, The New York Times, April 9, 2021.
Horn, John. “Desert X Returns To The Palm Springs Area — With Political Statements”, LAist, April 7, 2021.
Weber, Jasmine. “Amid Mounting Controversy, Leon Black Will Step Down as MoMA Chairman”, Hyperallergic, March 26, 2021.
Greenberger, Alex. “MoMA’s Philip Johnson Problem: How to Address the Architect’s Legacy?”, Art News, March 25, 2021.
Bishara, Hakim. “Behind the Scenes of MoMA PS1 Exhibition, Artists Confronted Leadership Over Chairman’s Implication in Iraq War”, Hyperallergic, March 18, 2021.
Knight, Christopher. “Review: Desert X has a great big wall. Beyond that, this art biennial feels thin”, Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2021.
Rodorigo, Clara. “13 installations in the Coachella Valley desert”, Domus Italia, March 15, 2021.
Ologundudu, Folasade. “Art Historian Sarah Lewis on Why Black Artists Have Been ‘Over-Exhibited and Under-Theorized’”, Artnet News, February 27, 2021.
Tillet, Salamishah. “How the Studio Museum in Harlem Transformed the Art World Forever”, Harper’s Bazaar, February 26, 2021.
Cheng, Scarlet. “Smoke sculptures, word gardens and a ‘jackrabbit homestead’: Desert X announces artist projects for third edition”, The Art Newspaper, February 17, 2021.
Paik, Sherry. “DESERT X 2021 to Feature Judy Chicago and Felipe Baeza”, Ocula, February 17, 2021.
Angeleti, Gabriella. “Pérez Art Museum Miami renames endowment fund for Black art to reflect the wider diaspora”, The Art Newspaper, February 8, 2021.
Vankin, Deborah. “Desert X art biennial sets a March opening, minus Palm Springs’ support”, The Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2021.
Dafoe, Taylor. “Xaviera Simmons, Nan Goldin, and 150 Other Artists and Activists Are Urging MoMA to Ax Board Chairman Leon Black”, artnet news, February 5, 2021.
Bishara, Hakim. “Over 150 Artists Call for Leon Black’s Removal From MoMA’s Board Over Jeffrey Epstein Financial Ties”, Hyperallergic, February 4, 2021.
2020
“Editors’ Picks: 15 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Conversation on John Baldessari to a Relief Benefit for Artists”, Artnet News, December 8, 2020.
Bahr, Sarah. “Artists ask MoMA to remove architect Philip Johnson’s name from building”, The Philadelphia Tribune, December 4, 2020.
Bahr, Sarah. “Artists Ask MoMA to Remove Philip Johnson’s Name, Citing Racist Views”, The New York Times, December 3, 2020.
Carmona, Sergio. “Virtual art discussion to benefit Hillel at FIU”, South Florida Sun Sentinel, November 25, 2020.
Artnet News, ” Art Industry News: MoMA Board Chair Leon Black Under Fire for Giving More Than $50 Million to Jeffrey Epstein + Other Stories: Artists Amplify Call for Reform at New Orleans Museum”, October 13, 2020.
“150 Artists, Arts Workers Sign Open Letter Calling to#DismantleNOMA”, Art Forum, October 13, 2020.
Bishara, Hakim. “150 Artists Amplify Demands for Reform at New Orleans Museum of Art”, Hyperallergic, October 12, 2020.
Duron, Maximiliano. “New Documentary Offers Touching Portrait of Collector and Philanthropist Agnes Gund”, ArtNews, October 9, 2020.
“Editors’ Picks: 16 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Virtual EXPO Chicago to a Live Performance at the Met”, ArtNet News, September 21, 2020.
The ArtNews Editors. “Morning Links from September 18, 2020”, ArtNews, September 18, 2020.
Martin, Brittany. “Desert X announces the Artists Bringing Outdoor Installations to the Coachella Valley”, Los Angeles Magazine, March 9, 2020.
Steinhauer, Jillian. “Monuments That Celebrate Communal Struggles, Not Flawed Men”, The New York Times, September 17, 2020.
Cascone, Sarah. “David Zwirner Is Hosting a Star-Studded Sale With Works by More Than 100 Artists to Raise Money for Joe Biden’s Campaign”, Artnet News, September 8, 2020.
Drew, Kimberly. “What Should a Museum Look Like in 2020?” Vanity Fair, August 24, 2020.
DiTrolio, Megan. “The Black Female Artists to Have on Your Radar”, Marie Claire Magazine, August 24, 2020.
“Morley, Jack Balderrama. “New York’s Socrates Sculpture Park Opens First Part of MONUMENTS NOW Exhibition”, The Architect’s Newspaper, August 7, 2020.
Halle, Howard. “See what’s coming to Astoria’s Socrates Sculpture Park this summer”, TimeOut, July 29, 2020.
Westall, Mark. “Just Announced: New Citywide Responsive Exhibition Featuring 50 NYC-based Artists”, Fad Magazine, June 30, 2020.
Cassell, Dessane Lopez. “As Debates Over Monuments Continue, Artists Erect Their Own at Sculpture Park in Queens”, Hyperallergic, June 30, 2020.
Durón, Maximilíano. “Artists Respond to Coronavirus Pandemic, Ongoing Protests in Massive Outdoor Exhibition Across New York City”, ArtNews, June 29, 2020.
“New Yorkers will experience new monuments this summer at Socrates,” Art Daily, June 2020.
Halle, Howard. “A Major New Outdoor Summer Art Exhibition is Coming to Queens,” TimeOut, May 30, 2020.
Valentine, Victoria L. “Pérez Art Museum Miami Exhibition Celebrates African American Art Acquisitions, Presents Rich Array of Artistic Voices,” Culture Type, May 27, 2020.
Slattery, Brian. “NXTHVN Breaks Down The Myths”, New Haven Independent, March 11, 2020.
Mazade, Kate. “Artists challenge representation in Socrates Sculpture Park for MONUMENTS NOW”, The Architect’s Newspaper, February 28, 2020.
Mazade, Kate. “Artists challenge representation in Socrates Sculpture Park for MONUMENTS NOW”, The Architect’s Newspaper, February 28, 2020.
Cascone, Sarah. “Editors’ Picks: 21 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week”, Artnet News, February 24, 2020.
Adam, Georgina. “Call me Aggie: the legendary collector making a difference”, Financial Times, February 7, 2020.
Angeleti, Gabriella. “As debate rages around controversial US monuments, New York park invites artists to make their own”, The Art Newspaper, February 5, 2020.
“Ai Weiwei’s ‘Safe Passage’ Debuts in U.S. With ‘When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Art and Migration’ Group Exhibition and a Postcommodity Commission at Minneapolis Institute of Art”, Artfixdaily, January, 22, 2020.
Miller, Nicole. “When You Can’t Go Home Again: Immigrants and Artists Reflect”, Hyperallergic, January 11, 2020.
Weber, Jasmine. “In Richmond, Tracing the “Great Force” of American Racism”, Hyperallergic, December 19, 2019.
Miller, Nicole. “When You Can’t Go Home Again: Immigrants and Artists Reflect”, Hyperallergic, January 11, 2020.
2019
“Miriam Katzeff”, Artforum, December 2019.
Kleinman, Adam. “Do Artists Have ‘Soft Power’ To Create Political Change?”, Frieze, November 28, 2019.
Larson, Vanessa H. “A view of women’s bodies, by 12 female photographers, that is by turns playful, provocative and profound”, The Washington Post, November 27, 2019.
Wagley, Catherine. “Why the New Museum’s Bronx ‘Ideas’ Festival Was Such a Fiasco — and What It Teaches Museums About Their Role In Gentrification”, Artnet News, November 27, 2019.
Smith, Roberta. “Black Art Has Its Moment, Finally”, The New York Times, November, 24, 2019.
“The Stomach and the Port. Liverpool Biennial Reveals Theme and Participating Artists for Eleventh Edition.”, Artforum, November 6, 2019.
Saccoccia, Susan. “Exploring the Human Experience of Immigration at ICA/Boston”, The Bay State Banner, October 31, 2019.
Loos, Ted. “In San Francisco, Wielding Influence (Gently) Through Art”, The New York Times, October 23, 2019.
Hannon, Kerry. “In the #MeToo Era, Museums Celebrate Women”, The New York Times, October 23, 2019.
Shehmir Shaikh, Ayesha Sohail. “A Conversation With UBS Art Collection’s Global Head On The Importance Of Corporate Art Collecting”, Harper’s Bazaar Magazine, October 10, 2019.
Bishara, Hakim. “Over 200 Artists and Scholars Urge MoMa and Board Member to Divest from Private Prison Companies”, Hyperallergic, October 10, 2019.
Goldstein, Caroline. “William Powhida’s First Gallery Show in Years Is Taking Aim at Problematic Art World Patrons — and It Turns Out All Of Us Are Complicit”, Artnet News, September 27, 2019.
Wickouski, Sheila. “Depicting Women Who Live Dangerously”, Ms., September 25, 2019.
“ICA Boston Presents ‘When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art’”, Artfixdaily, September 24, 2019.
Haigney, Sophie. “A Festival in the Bronx Will Explore Climate Change and Culture”, The New York Times, September 18, 2019.
Smith, Roberta. “Modernism Reboots at the Museums”, The New York Times, September 9, 2019.
Smith, Melissa. “The Studio Museum Residency Has Shaped the World’s Understanding of Black Contemporary Art. That’s a Lot of Responsibility”, Artnet News, September 3, 2019.
“After Kanders, Decolonization is the Way Forward”, Hyperallergic, July 30, 2019.
Smee, Sebastian. “This D.C. Exhibition Should be Seen by Everyone Concerned About the Migrant Crisis”, The Washington Post, July 13, 2019.
Belkhyr, Yasmin. “Can Public Art Inspire Productive Political Conversations?”, TED, July 4, 2019.
“Art Industry News: Artist Xaviera Simmons Says Critics Got This Year’s Whitney Biennial Totally, Offensively Wrong + Other Stories”, Artnet News, July 3, 2019.
“Whiteness Must Undo Itself to Make Way for the Truly Radical Turn in Contemporary Culture”, The Art Newspaper, July 2, 2019.
Kenney, Nancy. “Can Art Bring the Walls Down?”, The Art Newspaper, June 19, 2019.
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. “Surround Yourself in the 70s: Mickalene Thomas Installation Comes to Miami’s Bass Museum”, The Art Newspaper, June 6, 2019.
Valentine, Victoria L. “Coming Soon: ‘The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement’ at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.”, Culture Type, May 20, 2019.
“’The Enemies Will Be Dismantled’: Artists Reflect on the Legacy of Nancy Spero’s Letter to Lucy Lippard”, Artnews, May 7, 2019.
“SFMOMA announces SOFT POWER — International Contemporary Exhibition”, Modern diplomacy, April 24, 2019.
Dennis, Ryan. “Commit to Memory: In a Houston Park, 25 Artists Propose ‘New Monuments for New Cities’”, Artnews, April 23, 2019.
Goldstein, Caroline. “Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at the 2019 Armory Show in New York”, artnet news, March 11, 2019.
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. “Hope punctures darkness in The Armory Show’s Platform section”, The Art Newspaper, March 7, 2019.
McGrath, Katherine. “Highlights from the Armory Show 2019”, Architectural Digest, March 2019.
Uszerowicz, Monica. “Sally Tallant on the Armory’s Platform Sector & Art as Hopeful Resilience”, Cultured, March 2019.
Weber, Jasmine. “In Richmond, Tracing the “Great Force” of American Racism”, Hyperallergic, December 19, 2019.
Yerebakan, Osman Can. “Eight Highlights From Miami Art Week”, The New York Times Style Magazine, December 4, 2019.
Kleinman, Adam. “Do Artists Have ‘Soft Power’ To Create Political Change?”, Frieze, November 28, 2019.
Wagley, Catherine. “Why the New Museum’s Bronx ‘Ideas’ Festival Was Such a Fiasco—and What It Teaches Museums About Their Role in Gentrification”, artnet news, November 27, 2019.
Larson, Vanessa H. “A view of women’s bodies, by 12 female photographers, that is by turns playful, provocative and profound”, The Washington Post, November 27, 2019.
Smith, Roberta. “Black Art Has Its Moment, Finally”, The New York Times, November 24, 2019.
“Liverpool Biennial Reveals Theme and Participating Artists for Eleventh Edition”, Artforum, November 6, 2019.
Saccoccia, Susan. “Exploring the human experience of immigration at ICA/Boston”, Bay State Banner, October 31, 2019.
Loos, Ted. “In San Francisco, Wielding Influence (Gently) Through Art”, The New York Times, October 23, 2019.
Hannon, Kerry. “In the #MeToo Era, Museums Celebrate Women”, The New York Times, October 23, 2019.
Sohail Shehmir Shaikh, Ayesha. “A Conversation with UBS Art Collection’s Global Head on the Importance of Corporate Art Collecting”, Harper’s Bazaar, October 10, 2019.
Bishara, Hakim. “Over 200 Artists and Scholars Urge MoMA and Board Members to Divest from Private Prison Companies”. Hyperallergic, October 10, 2019.
Goldstein, Caroline. “William Powhida’s First Gallery Show in Years Is Taking Aim at Problematic Art World Patrons—and It Turns Out All of Us Are Complicit”, artnet news, September 27, 2019.
Wickouski, Sheila. “Depicting Women Who Live Dangerously”, Ms Magazine, September 25, 2019.
“ICA Boston Presents ‘When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art”, Artfixdaily, September 24, 2019.
Haigney, Sophie. “A Festival in the Bronx Will Explore Climate Change and Culture”, The New York Times, September 18, 2019.
“Live Dangerously: National Museum of Women in the Arts”, The Eye of Photography, September 2019.
Smith, Roberta. “Modernism Reboots at the Museums”, The New York Times, September 9, 2019.
“After Kanders, Decolonization Is the Way Forward”, Hyperallergic, July 30, 2019.
Smee, Sebastian. “This D.C. exhibition should be seen by everyone concerned about the migrant crisis”, The Washington Post, July 13, 2019.
Belkhyr, Yasmin. “Can public art inspire productive political conversations?”, TED, July 4, 2019.
“Art Industry News: Artist Xaviera Simmons Says Critics Got This Year’s Whitney Biennial Totally, Offensively Wrong + Other Stories”, artnet news, July 3, 2019.
Simmons, Xaviera. “Whiteness must undo itself to make way for the truly radical turn in contemporary culture”, The Art Newspaper, July 2, 2019.
Kenney, Nancy. “Can art bring the walls down?”, The Art Newspaper, June 19, 2019.
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. “Surround yourself in the 70s: Mickalene Thomas installation comes to Miami’s Bass Museum”, The Art Newspaper, June 6, 2019.
Valentine, Victoria L. “Coming Soon: ‘The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement’ at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.”, Culture Type, May 20, 2019.
Displacement’ at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.”, Culture Type, May 20, 2019.
“SFMOMA announces SOFT POWER – International Contemporary Exhibition”, moderndiplomacy, April 24, 2019.
Dennis, Ryan. “Commit to Memory: In a Houston Park, 25 Artists Propose ‘New Monuments for New Cities’, Artnews, April 23, 2019.
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. “Hope punctures darkness in The Armory Show’s Platform section”, The Art Newspaper, March 7, 2019.
McGrath, Katherine. “Highlights from the Armory Show 2019”, Architectural Digest, March 2019.
Uszerowicz, Monica. “Sally Tallant on the Armory’s Platform Sector & Art as Hopeful Resilience”, Cultured, March 2019.
Johnson, Paddy. “Armory Guide: Everything You Need to Know for NYC’s Biggest Art Fair Week”, Observer, February 27, 2019.
Adesina, Precious. “Memphis non-profit supports both African American audiences and artists”, The Art Newspaper, February 18, 2019.
Keener, Katherine. “The Armory Show’s ‘Worlds of Tomorrow’ artists announced”, Art Critique, February 17, 2019.
“Art Industry News”, artnet news, February 12, 2019.
“Platform Presentation at The Armory Show”, Blouinartinfo, February 13, 2019.
“New York’s Armory Show Announces Artist Participating in 2019 Edition of Platform”, Artforum, February 11, 2019.
Chouinard, Haley. “The Armory Show Announces Large-Scale Works by 9 International Artists”, Galerie Magazine, February 11, 2019.
Selvin, Claire. “Armory Show Names Artist List for 2019 Curated ‘Platform’ Section”, Artnews, February 11, 2019.
Mastrandrea, Paige. “Perez Art Museum Miami’s Sixth Annual ‘Art + Soul’ Party Returns”, Haute Living, January 22, 2019.
2018
Graham, Latria. “Exploring and Troubling the Boundaries with Xaviera Simmons” Elysian, December 2018.
Adno, Michael. “A Miami Gallery Joins the Top Ranks at Art Basel”, The New York Times, December 4, 2018.
“David Castillo Gallery to present works by stellar group of artists at Art Basel Miami Beach”, Artdaily.org, November 2018.
Shim Roth, Minhae. “Miami Art Week 2018: A Guide to Local Galleries at Art Basel and Satellite Fairs”, Miami New Times, November 28, 2018.
Anne, Tschida. “Tropical Sunday: Havana Meets the Hudson” (cover), The Miami Herald, November 1, 2018.
“Xaviera Simmons at David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach”, Artnews, October 30, 2018.
Funderburk, Amy. “Artists Reinterpret Classic Fairy Tales, from Rapunzel to Snow White”, Hyperallergic, October 22, 2018.
Lescaze, Zoe. “8 Artists on the Influence of Carrie Mae Weems”, The New York Times Style Magazine, October 17, 2018.
Neuendorf, Henri. “Here are the 300 Artists Making Billboards for Every US State as Part of Hank Willis Thomas’s Midterm Election Project”, Artnet News, October 9, 2018.
Steinhauer, Jillian. “Mining the lessons of African American history”, The Art Newspaper, August 27, 2018.
Fontaine, Pearl. “Dread & Delight: The Darker Side of ‘Once Upon A Time’”, Whitwall, August 14, 2018.
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. “US Planned Parenthood campaign includes artists Shirin Neshat and Carrie Mae Weems”, The Art Newspaper, August 2, 2018.
Clayton, Drew. “Xaviera Simmons’ ‘Convene’ Canoes Serve as a Reminder of US Immigrant DNA”, Whitewall, July 16, 2018.
Valentine, Victoria L. “Latest News in African American Art: New York Historical Society Exploring Race in America, Frieze London Spotlighting Women Artists’, Culture Type, July 2, 2018.
Armstrong, Annie. “Signs of the Times: Aiming to Install 50 Politically Incisive Billboards in 50 States, For Freedoms Group Sets Up Shop in New York”, Art News, July 2, 2018.
Olesen, Ivy. “Ten public art works to see for free around New York this summer”, The Art Newspaper, July 2, 2018.
“Art Industry News: Need-To-Read”, Artnet News, July 2, 2018.
Stoilas, Helen. “Art for Justice Fund gives out $10m in new grants—including to art projects”, The Art Newspaper, June 29, 2018.
“Agnes Gund’s Art for Justice Fund Awards Nearly $10 Million in Second Round of Grants”, Artforum, June 29, 2018.
Sutton, Benjamin. “Baltimore Museum of Art Acquires 23 Major Works and a Lucian Freud Reaches $29.4M at Sotheby’s”, Hyperallergic, June 28, 2018.
Kane, Dawn. “Weatherspoon Art Museum acquires significant works”, News & Record, June 25, 2018.
McKie, Karin. “Disruptive Photos at the MCA in Picture Fiction”, Third Coast Review, June 20, 2018.
“The Approval Matrix: Week of June 11, 2018”, New York Magazine, June 11, 2018.
Fenske, Sarah. “Largest Public Art Campaign in US History Will Place Billboards in MO”, Riverfront Times, June 4, 2018.
Gleadell, Colin. “Records tumble for top female artists and the time-honoured fruits of attractively low estimates”, The Telegraph, May 29, 2018.
Gordon, Amanda L. “Black Art Stars Go to Auction to Benefit Harlem’s Studio Museum”, Bloomberg, May 11, 2018.
Halio, Grace. “42 Artists Donate Works to Sotheby’s Auction Benefiting the Studio Museum in Harlem”, Art News, May 3, 2018.
Vogel, Maria. “Xaviera Simmons Represents America in its Totality”, Cultured Magazine, May 2018.
Borrelli, Christopher. “Kenneth Josephson : The Chicagoan who pioneered the selfie”, Chicago Tribune, April 20, 2018.
Guniss, Carolyn. “A Curated Affair: Art & Soul at PAMM”, South Florida Times, February 22, 2018.
2017
Pini, Gary. “Mega Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2017: Part 2”, Paper Magazine, November 13, 2017.
Valentine, Victoria. “Culture Talk: Arnold Lehman on Curating ‘American African American,’ a Selling Exhibition at Phillips London”, Culture Type, November 1, 2017.
Uszerowicz, Monica. “When Artists Carry the Burden of History”, Hyperallergic, August 20, 2017.
Alvarez, Ana Cecilia. “In Which We May Honour Our Boats”, Somesuch Stories, August 2017.
Smith, Roberta. “An Exhibition Worth Thousands of Words”, The New York Times, July 6, 2017.
“Walking Every Line: A Q&A with Xaviera Simmons”, Frontrunner Magazine, June 2017.
Gilson, Nancy. “’Gray Matters’ exhibit features female works of grisaille”, The Columbus Dispatch, June 26, 2017.
“Walking Every Line: A Q&A with Xaviera Simmons”, Frontrunner Magazine, June 2017.
Bordignon, “Le immagini inquiete alla Triennale di Milano”, ATP Diary, May 17, 2017.
Cervenak, Sarah Jane & J. Kameron Carter. “Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory” Routledge Journal, Volume 27, Issue 1, March 2017.
2016
Hudson, Tom. “The Sunshine Economy: Art and the Business at Art Basel”, National Public Radio, December 2016.
Jackie Gutierrez-Jones. “The 15 must-see galleries at Art Basel Miami 2016”, Time Out Magazine, December 2016.
Loiseau, Benoit. “The Politics of Art and The Black Body”, i-D Magazine, December 2016.
“tête-à-tête David Castillo Gallery 28 Nov 2016 – 31 Jan 2017”, My Art Guides, December 2016
Rao, Mallika. “Xaviera Simmons Elevates Queerness”, The Village Voice, December 2016.
Rodriguez, Rene. “Art Basel 2016 opens to smaller but enthusiastic crowds”, Miami Herald, November 2016.
Rosen, Miss. “’The Making of a Fugitive’ Unravels a Historic American Trope”, Crave, October 3, 2016.
“The Women’s Museum’s ‘No Man’s Land’ Is A Corrective To Art World Gender Disparity”, DCist, October 3, 2016.
Kastner, Jeffrey. “The Artist’s Museum”, Artforum, September 2016.
Dudek, Ingrid. “Feminist Mixtape: Art and Music at Franklin Street Works”, Art in America, September 13, 2016.
“National Tour of Where Do We Migrate To? Visits DePauw’s Peeler Art Center, Sept. 8 – Dec.9”, DePauw, August 11, 2016.
“Seeking The American South Through Art”, Duke Today, August 29, 2016.
“The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces 2016-18 Exhibitions, 8/17”, Broadway World, August 10, 2016.
Hadley, Craig. “National Tour of Where Do We Migrate To? Visits DePauw’s Peeler Art Center, Sept. 8 – Dec. 9”, DePauw, August 11, 2016.
“The Politics of Weaving: Xaviera Simmons’ Exhibition “Woven” at 60 Wall Gallery”, Art Mag, July 2016.
Smith, William S. “Xaviera Simmons at The Kitchen”, Art in America, July 29, 2016.
Schwendener, Martha. “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week”, The New York Times, July 14, 2016.
“Xaviera Simmons”, The New Yorker, July 2016.
Fateman, Johanna. “Xaviera Simmons The Kitchen”, Artforum, July 2016.
Dawson, Jessica. “Xaviera Simmons: CODED”, The Village Voice, July 2016.
Valentine, Victoria L. “Artists Hank Willis Thomas, Nick Cave, and Rick Lowe are Among the African American Creatives Addressing 2016 Commencements”, Culture Type, May 22, 2016.
“How Performance Art Questions The Way We Talk About Gender Today”, Huffington Post, May 18, 2016.
Rosen, Miss. “Pull Up! Curator Nicole J. Caruth Discusses “The Grace Jones Project””, Crave, May 10, 2016.
Bodick, Noelle. “JMW Turner Emblazons £20 Note, New Director of Art Dubai, and More”, Blouin Art Info, April 25, 2016.
McGee, Celia. “A ‘Super PAC’ Where Art Meets Politics”, The New York Times, April 24, 2016.
Davis, Ryan. “A tribute to Grace Jones, exploration of black masculinity in new exhibitions”, Examiner.com, April 23, 2016.
“NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection Will Open September 30 at NMWA”, FineBooks & Collections, April 14, 2016.
“Nasher 10: Celebrating a Decade 2005-2015”, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2016.
Seda-Reeder. “To Be American, Gifted and Black”, Cincinnati City Beat, March 30, 2016.
Valentine, Victoria L. “Studio Museum Director Thelma Golden Joins Board of Los Angeles County Museum of Art”, Culture Type, March 29, 2016.
Motsinger, Carol. “’30 Americans’ comes to Cincinnati Art Museum”, Cincinnati.com, March 25, 2016.
Feldblum, Samuel. “Reality of My Surroundings: The Contemporary Collection”, The Brooklyn Rail, March 4, 2016.
Josephson, Kenneth. “The Light of Coincidence”, University of Texas Press, 2016.
Schwendener, Martha. “Museum & Gallery Listings for Feb. 19-25”, The New York Times, February 18, 2016.
Stevens, Ashlie. “Lexington Art League figures a way forward: reinventing its nude show”, Lexington Herald Reader, February 25, 2016.
Dunne, Jill. “Cincinnati Art Museum to present powerful African-American art in ’30 Americans’”, Art Fix Daily, January 28, 2016.
2015
Roselione-Valadez. “No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection”, catalogue, The Rubell Family Collection. December 2015.
Watson, Alexandra. “Apogee: Issue 6”, Apogee, Issue 6, December 2015.
Cotter, Holland. “’If You Leave Me Can I Come Too,’ a Show Whose Subject Is Death”, The New York Times, December 24, 2015.
“Lexington Art League to launch new year with Artist: Body, set to open in February”, KyForward, December 29, 2015.
Valentine, Victoria. “The Year in Black Art: January 2015”, Culture Type, December 13, 2015.
Langmuir, Molly. “14 of the Most Brilliant, Unexpected, and Powerful Women in Art Right Now”, Elle Magazine, November 25, 2015.
Loudis, Jessica. Landscapes of Desire, How Music keeps Xaviera Simmons’s Art in the flow”, Art Mag by Deutsche Bank, November 2015.
Hawgood, Alex. “Art Bookstore Printed Matter Has New Home”, The New York Times, November 18, 2015.
“Night + Day: Ten Best Things to Do in Broward and Palm Beach Counties This Week”, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, November 10, 2015.
Snow, Leida. “A Gallery Grows in Harlem,” Strausmedia, November 3, 2015.
Larsen, Christian A. “Philodendron: From Pan-Latin Exotic to American Modern”, catalogue, The Wolfsonian – FIU, October 2015.
Whitehead, Anna Martine. “Radical Presence, Absence, A Body Without Politics,” Art Practical, September 29, 2015.
Matusow, Catherine. “Embracing the Spectacle in South Beach, FL,” Houstonia Magazine, September 29, 2015.
Bailey, Nadia. “Rose McGowan, Rain Phoenix & More on Art, Feminism And #YESALLWOMEN,” Oyster Magazine, September 16, 2015.
Pedro, Laila. “ FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA; Seeing Édouard Glissant in Miami,” The Brooklyn Rail, September 8, 2015.
Edwards, Stassa. “PAMM’s ‘Poetics of Relation’ Probes the Immigrant Experience,” Miami New Times, July 2015.
Heddaya, Mostafa, “Toward the Same Sea”: Critical Cosmopolitanism at the Perez Art Museum,” Blouin Art Info, July 6, 2015.
Mosaka, Tumelo & Tobias Ostrander. “Poetics of Relation”, catalogue, Perez Art Museum Miami, May 2015.
Hoffman, Barbara, David Kaufman, and Marisa Mazria-Katz. “7 hot NYC artists you need to know right now,” New York Post, May 12, 2015.
Miller, M.H. “Here is the lineup for Frieze New York’s Sound Program,” Artnews, March 20, 2015.
Greenberger, Alex. “Art + Feminism Group Announces Second Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon,” Artnews, February 18, 2015.
“Xaviera Simmons,” Site 95, February 2, 2015.
Cascone, Sarah. “Merce Cunningham and Robert Rauschenberg Award Winners Announced,” Artnet News, January 9, 2015.
2014
Dean, Rowanne. “Landscape Artist,” Columbia Spectator, November 13, 2014.
Artsy Editorial. “A Group Show Considers Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ and Otherness in Art,” Artsy, 2014.
Russeth, Andrew. “A Tour of Expo Chicago 2014,” ArtNews, September 2014.
Fullerton, Elizabeth. “Playing a Different Tune,” ArtNews, June 2014.
“‘Black Eye’”: Impressive Gathering of Artists Aims to Defy Categorization,” ArtsObserver, May 2014.
Kirsh, Corinna. “NADA New York in Images,” Art F City, May 10, 2014.
Schwendener, Martha. “Gathering of Far-Flung Friends, and Trends," The New York Times, May 8, 2014.
Picard, Caroline. “Untitled: an interview with Xaviera Simmons,” ArtSlant, April 2014.
Beth Mason, Shana. “Xaviera Simmons, Open.” The Miami Rail, Spring 2014.
Lax, Thomas J. “When The Stars Begin To Fall Imagination and the American South”, catalogue, The Studio Museum in Harlem. March 2014.
Rogers, Katie. “Beyond Basquiat: We shouldn’t use ‘black artist’ as a code for ‘other’”, The Guardian, February 28, 2014.
Johnson, Jarrett. “SEE.CULTURE.MADE.RADICAL: The Visual History Makers –Xaviera Simmons,” Afropunk, February 7, 2014.
Suarez de Jesus, Carlos. “Second Saturday Art Walk Guide: January’s Best Gallery Shows,” Miami New Times, January 10, 2014.
Mason, Shana Beth. “Xaviera Simmons: Open,” This Is Tomorrow, January 7, 2014.
2013
Frank, Priscilla. “Artist Xaviera Simmons Shares Her Art Basel Miami Beach Survival Tips,” The Huffington Post, December 6, 2013.
McDermott, Emily. “Xaviera Simmons, All Over the Place,” Interview Magazine, November 2013.
“Xaviera Simmons: Brooklyn Artist,” Ann Street Studio, November 2013.
Luxe Interiors+Design New York, October 2013.
“Exhibition Features 30 Of The Most Influential Contemporary Black Artists,” The Huffington Post, September 27, 2013.
Kozinn, Allan. “Visual Artists, Choosing to Play by Ear: ‘Music,’ at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,” The New York Times, September 26, 2013.
“Miami museum gets $1M for works by black artists,” The Miami Herald, September 24, 2013.
Carter, Jordan & Hanna Exel. “Embodying the Archive: Xaviera Simmons on Archive as Impetus,” Inside Out: MoMA/oMA PS1 Blog, July 2, 2013.
Prajapati, Sheetal. “Living History: Xaviera Simmons and Archive as Impetus.” Inside Out, June 20, 2013.
“Artist Project: Xaviera Simmons.” Art Papers, June 2013.
Genest, Alexandra. “Xaviera Simmons: A Summary of Talent and the Artist’s Experiment.” DZI: The Voice, April 30, 2013.
Castro, Jan G. “In the Studio with MoMA”, International Sculpture Center Blog, March 27, 2013.
“Female Artists 2013: Celebrate International Women’s Day With 10 to Watch This Year,” The Huffington Post, March 8, 2013.
“Black Artists: 30 Contemporary Art Makers Under 40 You Should Know,” The Huffington Post, February 26, 2013.
2012
McCleod, Carmen. “Tête-à-tête: Mickalene Thomas in conversation with Carmen McCleod.” Art Papers. November/December 2012.
“Keeping up with the Guthmans.” Michigan Avenue Magazine. November 2012.
Cotter, Holland, “Tête-à-tête”, New York Times, August 9, 2012.
Kazakina, Katya, Harpo’s “Wig, Mona Lisa’s Mustache, Black Nudes, Hamburger”, BloombergTV, July 31, 2012.
Toro, DJ EL, “The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl”, The Kexp Blog, July 18, 2012.
Wender, Jessie, “Tête-à-tête with Mickalene Thomas”, The New Yorker, July 16, 2012.
Markus, David, “Where Do We Migrate To?”, Art in America, June/July, 2012.
Elliott, Bobby, “Primary Sources, The Studio Museum’s Annual Artists in Residence Exhibition”, Huffington Post, June 26, 2012.
McClemont, Doug, “Naked or Nude”, ARTnews, May, 2012.
Despain, Cara, “Surveyor. An Interview with Xaviera Simmons”, Art Pulse, April 20, 2012.
Pearson, Laura, “Mickalene Thomas curates Tête-à-tête at Rhona Hoffman Gallery”, TimeOut Chicago, April, 2012.
Wollenweber, Heike, “Xaviera Simmons- DJ, artist, serial jet-setter”, Wonderland, April, 2012.
Austin, Tom, “Miami Art Museum ‘Vinyl’ exhibition showcase art that sings”, The Miami Herald, March 27, 2012.
Brillson, Leila and Andrea Cashman, “The 9 NYC Artists You Need To Know Now”, Refinery 29, January 27, 2012.
2011
Pollack, Maika, “An Influential Citizen: ‘The Bearden Project’ at the Studio Museum in Harlem,” Observer, November 29, 2011.
“Art Basel Miami Beach: Delicious Up-And-Comers At This Year’s Fair,” The Huffington Post, November 26, 2011.
Kleinman, Rebecca, “Exploring the Panorama: in Art Nova, new work from 42 galleries and 104 international artists survey dust, repetition, and womanhood, ” Art Basel Miami Beach, December 2011.
Warchol, Glen, “Utah Museum of Fine Arts exhibits show the art of the wanderer,” The Salt Lake Tribune, November 17, 2011.
Mahoney, J.W., “Where Do We Migrate To,” Artpulse Magazine, 2011.
White, Amy, “New American Landscapes,” August 10, 2011.
Suarez De Jesus, Carlos, “David Castillo, One of Only Two Galleries Selected for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011,” Miami New Times, August 24, 2011.
Warren, Tamara, “Back to the Land” Life + Times Magazine, August 12, 2011.
Tschida, Anne, “In ‘Sum:’ recreating the created image,” Knight Arts, June 03, 2011.
McGee, Celia, “First an Outcast, Then an Inspiration,” New York Times, April 21, 2011.
Cotter, Holland, “STARGAZERS: Elizabeth Catlett in Conversation with 21 Contemporary Artists,” New York Times, April 14, 2011.
Duray, Dan, “In Flux Art, Naked Meets Nonsense Meets Lard,” The New York Observer, March 29, 2011.
“Black History Month 2011: Bronx Museum Celebrates 50 Years of Black Power,” NY1, aired February 21, 2011.
Corwin, Will, “Xaviera Simmons,” Art International Radio, originally aired January 1, 2011.
2010
“Hot Shots,” Modern Painters, November 2010.
“Ten Female Artists You Should Know,” Essence Magazine, 2010.
De Jesus Suarez, Carlos, Miami New Times, February 2, 2010.
2009
Smith, Roberta, “A Beating Heart Of Social Import,” New York Times, December 09, 2009.
Cotter, Holland, “Negritude,” The New York Times, July 2, 2009.
Pendleton, Adam, “Artist On Artist,” Bomb Magazine, 2009.
2008
How To Break Your Own Heart, Exhibition Catalog, Art In General, NY, 2008.
2007
Perspectives 157: Xaviera Simmons, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, 2007.
Schwyzer, Elizabeth, “Challenging Aesthetics” The Santa Barbara Independent, April 8, 2007.
2006
Genocchio, Benjamin, “Down By The River” The New York Times, October 1, 2006.
Genochio, Benjamin, “E7: Emerge at Aljra,” The New York Times, September 15, 2006.
Simmons, Xaviera “Notes On How To Break Your Own Heart”, NYFA Current, April 2006.
Valdez, Sarah, “Bling and Beyond,” Art in America, April 2006.
Curators Choice, Scope Art Fair Catalog, 2006.
Kastner, Jeffery, “Frequency” ArtForum International, January 2006.
2005
Smith, Roberta. “Where Issues Of Black Identity Meet The Concerns of Every Artist,” The New York Times, November 18, 2005.
2004
Blackside Productions, This Far By Faith, PBS Documentary of a Two-year walking pilgrimage retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, 2004.