John Sims was held at gunpoint and handcuffed by Columbia officers who thought he was an intruder in his own apartment and art gallery.

Sims — known for his ritual burning, burying and rethinking of the confederate flag — was an important Black artist who spoke out for justice with his work.

Remembering Sarasota Artist John Sims Sims, who died earlier this week, spent decades producing provocative art that touched on racism, mathematics and much more.

Catalog of an exhibition organized by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, featuring artists identified as African American who lived and worked between 1945 and 2003 in the Los ...

Today on Midpoint, we talk with Sarasota-based musician John Sims, whose latest album the AfroDixie Remixes contains a reimagined versions of the American classic “I wish I was in Dixie”, a song ...

A celebration of art and activism and a commemoration of the life of artist and activist John Sims will be hosted for the community at the Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition's Leonard ...

John Sims creates provocative multimedia and performance works that confront “Confederate iconography as symbols of visual terrorism and white supremacy in the context of African American ...

Sims quickly grabbed his phone to call 911, jumping into the bathroom of his apartment, one reserved for the artist in residence at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, South Carolina ...

A tribute mural to Detroit artist and activist John Sims by Quadre Curry will also be on display at Irwin House through the end of the month.

Artist and activist John Sims — a Detroit native and Sarasota, Florida resident whose work explores the Confederate flag and other symbols of white supremacy — is an artist-in-residence at the ...