painted in the colors of the national flags of some immigrant populations in the area. In 2019, Simmon wrote an opinion piece for The Art Newspaper, with the title "Whiteness must undo itself to make way for the truly radical turn in contemporary culture." She also pulled out as a panelist at IdeasCity Bronx, a New Museum festival, when local Bronx organizers shut it down with their concerns. Museum acquisitions Simmons' work is held in the following collections, among others: The Museum of Modern Art, New York the de la Cruz Collection, Miami, Florida the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida References Further reading National Museum of Women in the Arts blog : Artist Spotlight : Xaviera Simmons MoMA Magazine : A Day with Xaviera Simmons External links MoMA PS1 Studio Visit: Xaviera Simmons BOMB Magazine: Xaviera Simmons by Adam Pendleton, 2009 The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl at The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University Xaviera Simmons on the African American Visual Artists Database African-American contemporary artists American contemporary artists American women performance artists American performance artists 1974 births Living people 21st-century American photographers Bard College alumni Photographers from New York City 21st-century American women photographers 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American artists 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women