Arthur Jafa

*1960 / United States

Works

Contacts for the work of Arthur Jafa

Arthur Jafa

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Solo exhibitions

Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (US)
6 Nov 2026 – 25 Apr 2027
I Am Tony

New Museum, New York (US)
25 Sep 2026 – 31 Jan 2027
APEX

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
23 Jun 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
The White Album

UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
14 Mar 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
Arthur Jafa

Bourse de Commerce - Pinault, Paris (FR)
5 Mar 2025 – 25 Aug 2025
Love is the Message, The Message is Death

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
8 Feb 2025 – 8 Jun 2025
Works from the MCA Collection

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
1 Jun 2024 – 18 May 2025
nativemanson

SPRÜTH MAGERS LA, Los Angeles (US)
14 Sep 2024 – 14 Dec 2024
BLACK POWER TOOL AND DIE TRYNIG

David Zwirner, New York (US)
5 Apr 2024 – 30 May 2024
Arthur Jafa

Gladstone Gallery, New York (US)
4 Apr 2024 – 4 May 2024
Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death

IMA - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
20 Jan 2024 – 7 Apr 2024
SloPEX

LUMA Westbau, Zürich (CH)
9 Jun 2023 – 17 Sep 2023
Love is the Message, The Message is Death

Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (IE)
8 Oct 2022 – 6 Nov 2022
Arthur Jafa

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
21 Apr 2021 – 30 Oct 2021
Arthur Jafa

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
9 Dec 2020 – 9 May 2021
Love is the Message, The Message is Death

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas (US)
30 Aug 2020 – 7 Mar 2021
APEX

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
29 Aug 2020 – 3 Jan 2021
A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

Serralves Museum, Porto (PT)
20 Feb 2020 – 27 Sep 2020
Arthur Jafa

Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) , Vilnius (LT)
17 Jul 2020 – 30 Aug 2020
ARTHUR JAFA

Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
8 Jan 2020 – 3 Mar 2020
A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

(featuring Ming Smith, Frida Orupabo and Missylanyus)

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
29 Jun 2019 – 8 Sep 2019
A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö (SE)
29 Jun 2019 – 8 Sep 2019
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (GB)
29 Mar 2019 – 12 May 2019
Love is the Message, the Message is Death

Art Museum Miami, Miami (US)
30 Aug 2018 – 21 Apr 2019
MATRIX 272

Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley (US)
12 Dec 2018 – 24 Mar 2019
A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Berlin (DE)
11 Feb 2018 – 25 Nov 2018
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
27 Jun 2018 – 30 Sep 2018
air above mountains, unknown pleasures

Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York (US)
4 May 2018 – 10 Jun 2018
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

MoCA Denver, Denver (US)
2 Feb 2018 – 13 May 2018
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

180 The Strand, London (GB)
5 Oct 2017 – 10 Dec 2017
A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

Serpentine Galleries, London (GB)
8 Jun 2017 – 10 Sep 2017
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles (US)
2 Apr 2017 – 12 Jun 2017

Group

Helter Skelter

Fondazione Prada, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 23 Nov 2026

with Richard Prince
Freedom Dreams

The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (US)
12 Apr 2026 – 9 Aug 2026

with Garrett Bradley, Ja'Tovia Gary, David Hartt, Tourmaline
10 Years LA!

SPRÜTH MAGERS LA, Los Angeles (US)
15 May 2026 – 8 Aug 2026

with John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, CAO Fei, ZHOU Fei, Fischli & Weiss, Andreas Gursky, Ed Ruscha, Stephen Shore
News from the Near Future

30 anni della Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (IT)
28 Oct 2025 – 22 Mar 2026

with Doug Aitken, Ed Atkins, Paulina Olowska, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans
Invisible Race

Museum of Photography, Helsinki (FI)
19 Sep 2025 – 8 Mar 2026

with SIM Chi Yin, Uwa Iduozee, Nayab Noor Ikram, Jakob Ganslmeier & Ana Zibelnik, Kahlil Joseph, Raakel Kuukka, Rene Matić, Zanele Muholi, Karl Ohiri, Lada Suomenrinne, Yujie Zhou
Visual Echoes

Counter-Images in the Stream of Pictures. Video, Film, Photography // Gegenbilder im Bilderstrom Video, Film, Fotografie

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
3 Oct 2025 – 8 Mar 2026

with Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Danica Dakic, Lili Dujourie, Valie Export, Harun Farocki, Andrea Fraser, Dan Graham, Sanja Ivekovic, Luis Jacob, Elke Krystufek …
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (US)
22 Nov 2025 – 1 Mar 2026

with Derrick Adams, Kwame Brathwaite, Barkley L. Hendricks, Gordon Parks, Ebony G. Patterson, Jamel Shabazz, Mickalene Thomas
Horror

SPRÜTH MAGERS LA, Los Angeles (US)
21 Nov 2025 – 14 Feb 2026

with Bruce Conner, Cyprien Gaillard, Mike Kelley, Harmony Korine, Diego Marcon, Tyler Mitchell, Sondra Perry, Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker, Jordan Wolfson
Corps et âmes

Bourse de Commerce - Pinault, Paris (FR)
5 Mar 2025 – 25 Aug 2025

with Diane Arbus, Allen Arbus, Richard Avedon, Cecilia Bengolea, Constantin Brancusi, Claude Cahun, Ali Cherri, Robert Frank, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Anna Halprin, David Hammons, Duane Hanson …
Giants

Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

The Minneapolis Institute, Minneapolis (US)
8 Mar 2025 – 13 Jul 2025

with Derrick Adams, Kwame Brathwaite, Gordon Parks, Ebony G. Patterson, Jamel Shabazz, Lorna Simpson
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

AGO Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto (CA)
4 Dec 2024 – 6 Apr 2025

with Derrick Adams, Mark Bradford, Kudzanai Chiurai, William Cordova, John Edmonds, Hassan Hajjaj, Deana Lawson, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
Post Human

Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (US)
12 Sep 2024 – 21 Dec 2024

with Matthew Barney, Ashley Bickerton, Maurizio Cattelan, Chris Cunningham, Alex Da Corte, Rachel Feinstein, Pippa Garner, Robert Gober, Pierre Huyghe, Mike Kelley, Josh Kline, Paul McCarthy …
Giants

Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (US)
10 Feb 2024 – 7 Jul 2024

with Derrick Adams, Gordon Parks, Ebony G. Patterson, Lorna Simpson, Kehinde Wiley
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
29 Feb 2024 – 26 May 2024

with Derrick Adams, Mark Bradford, Kudzanai Chiurai, William Cordova, John Edmonds, Hassan Hajjaj, Kahlil Joseph, Deana Lawson, Gordon Parks, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
THIS IS ME, THIS IS YOU

The Eva Felten Photoraphy Collection

Museum Brandhorst, München (DE)
19 Oct 2023 – 7 Apr 2024

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Victor Burgin, Harry Callahan, Larry Clark, Bruce Davidson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, LaToya Ruby Frazier …
Glitch

DIE KUNST DER STÖRUNG

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
1 Dec 2023 – 17 Mar 2024

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Erwin Blumenfeld, Chargesheimer, Inge Dick, Heinz Hajek-Halke, John Hilliard, Gottfried Jaeger, Lotte Jacobi, JODI (Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans), Joan Jonas, Andre Kertesz, Man Ray …
Musical Thinking

New Video Art and Sonic Strategies

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington (US)
16 Jun 2023 – 29 Jan 2024

with Mariam Ghani, Martine Gutierrez, Liz Magic Laser, Simon Leigh, Cauleen Smith
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis (US)
26 Aug 2023 – 1 Jan 2024

with Derrick Adams, Mark Bradford, Kudzanai Chiurai, William Cordova, John Edmonds, Hassan Hajjaj, Kahlil Joseph, Deana Lawson, Gordon Parks, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
Holey

Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona (ES)
14 Jun 2023 – 25 Sep 2023

with Anna Daucikova, Hans Eijkelboom, Laure Prouvost, Alejandra Riera, Francesc Ruiz
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023

Museum of Photography, Krakow (PL)
30 Jun 2023 – 17 Sep 2023

with Bieke Depoorter, Samuel Fosso, Frida Orupabo
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
3 Mar 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with Bieke Depoorter, Samuel Fosso, Frida Orupabo
I’ll Be Your Mirror: Art and the Digital Screen

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth (US)
12 Feb 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Morehshin Allahyari, Cory Arcangel, Gretchen Bender, Nancy Burson, Petra Cortright, Simon Denny, CAO Fei, Lynn Hershman, Eduardo Kac, Eva & Franco Mattes, Trevor Paglen …
ARS22

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
8 Apr 2022 – 16 Oct 2022

with Farah Al Qasimi, Lewis Baltz, Jimmie Durham, Annika Eriksson, Cyprien Gaillard, Tehching Hsieh, Samson Kambalu, Grada Kilomba, Eva Kotatkova, Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Frida Orupabo …
Mountain / Time

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (US)
27 May 2022 – 11 Sep 2022

with Doug Aitken, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ian Cheng, Kahlil Joseph, Mark Leckey, Anicka Yi
Give and Take. Images upon Images / Bilder über Bilder

8. Triennale der Photographie 2022 – Currency

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
19 May 2022 – 29 Aug 2022

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Viktoria Binschtok, Sara Cwynar, Anouk Kruithof, Louise Lawler, Frida Orupabo, Max Pinckers, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Volker Renner, Sebastian Riemer, Martha Rosler, Thomas Ruff …
Qualcosa nell’aria / Something in the air

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (IT)
17 Mar 2022 – 12 Jun 2022

with Marwa Arsanios, Carolina Caycedo, Andreas Gursky, Sandra Mujinga, Rory Pilgrim, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Artur Zmijewski
Safe House 

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (IT)
5 Nov 2021 – 27 Feb 2022

with Sharon Hayes, Sandra Mujinga, HO Tzu Nyen, Tobias Zielony
Family

Visions of a Shared Humanity

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
6 Nov 2021 – 13 Feb 2022

with John Akomfrah, Garrett Bradley, Stan Douglas, Theaster Gates, Kahlil Joseph, Isaac Julien, Steve McQueen, Carrie Mae Weems
The Dirty South

Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (US)
5 Nov 2021 – 6 Feb 2022

with Romare Bearden, Kevin Beasley, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Sanford Biggers, Sheila Pree Bright, Beverly Buchanan, Mel Chin, Jamal Cyrus, Leonard Freed, Theaster Gates, David Hammons, Earlie Hudnall …
Works from the Julia Stoschek Collection

Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf (DE)
9 Feb 2020 – 19 Jul 2020

with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Thomas Demand, Beatrice Gibson, Sigalit Landau, Adam McEwen, Colin Montgomery, Taryn Simon, Hito Steyerl, Tobias Zielony
Forever Young - 10 Jahre Museum Brandhorst

Museum Brandhorst, München (DE)
24 May 2019 – 1 Apr 2020

with Larry Clark, Mike Kelley, David LaChapelle, Louise Lawler, Bruce Nauman, Sigmar Polke, Ed Ruscha, Wolfgang Tillmans, Andy Warhol
Surrounds

11 Installations

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
21 Oct 2019 – 1 Apr 2020

with Sadie Benning, Janet Cardiff, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Mark Manders, George Bures Miller, Rivane Neuenschwander, Dayanita Singh, Hito Steyerl
Surrounds

11 Installations

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
21 Oct 2019 – 1 Apr 2020

with Sadie Benning, Janet Cardiff, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Mark Manders, George Bures Miller, Rivane Neuenschwander, Dayanita Singh, Hito Steyerl
The 58th International Art Exhibition

May You Live in Interesting Times

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
11 May 2019 – 24 Nov 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Halil Altindere, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ed Atkins, Nairy Baghramian, Neil Beloufa, Carol Bove, Lee Bul, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Alex Da Corte …
Alienation or The Fire Next Time

Zacheta National Gallery, Warszawa (PL)
13 Jul 2019 – 29 Sep 2019

with John Akomfrah, Yuri Ancarani, Clement Cogitore, Camille Henrot, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Angelika Markul
EBSPLOITATION

Martos Gallery, New York (US)
21 Jun 2019 – 2 Aug 2019

with Billy Gerard Frank, Christie Neptune, Kayode Ojo, Jacolby Satterwhite, Cauleen Smith, Leilah Weinraub
Frida Orupabo and Arthur Jafa

Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
1 Mar 2019 – 21 Apr 2019

with Frida Orupabo
A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

Yet Extraordinary Renditions (featuring Ming Smith; Frida Orupabo and Missylanyus)

Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha (CZ)
17 Jan 2019 – 31 Mar 2019

with Frida Orupabo, Ming Smith
The Message: New Media Works

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington (US)
18 Nov 2017 – 30 Sep 2018

with Camille Henrot, C.T. Jasper, Joanna Malinowska, Frances Stark, Hito Steyerl
Nothing Stable under Heaven

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
3 Mar 2018 – 16 Sep 2018

with Andrea Bowers, Hans Haacke, Emily Jacir, Rinko Kawauchi, Glenn Ligon, Richard Misrach, Trevor Paglen, Judith Joy Ross
Truth: 24 frames per second

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas (US)
22 Oct 2017 – 28 Jan 2018

with Ant Farm, Dara Birnbaum, Mark Bradford, James Coleman, Phil Collins, Bruce Conner, Willie Doherty, Omer Fast, Morgan Fisher, Coco Fusco, John Gerrard, Straub/Huillet …

Events

1st Tokyo Jazz Club

Tokyo Jazz Club, Tokyo (JP)
1 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2026

with Chim-Pom, Wim Delvoye, Constant Dullaart, Shaun Gladwell, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Pixy Liao , Jonas Lund, Shinro Ohtake, Gabriel Orozco, Christelle Oyiri, Jon Rafman, Tabor Robak …
Art Basel 2026

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
18 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Yalda Afsah, Francis Alys, Helena Almeida, Pawel Althamer, Ryūichi Amano, David Armstrong, Kader Attia, John Baldessari, Yto Barrada, Lothar Baumgarten, Vanessa Beecroft …
Art Düsseldorf 2026

Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE)
17 Apr 2026 – 19 Apr 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Hoor Al Qasimi, Nevin Aladag, Nobuyoshi Araki, Clara Bahlsen, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Mike Bourscheid, Julian Charriere, Grey Crawford, Edith Dekyndt, CAI Dongdong …
The Sharjah Biennial 16

to carry

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
6 Feb 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Monira Al Qadiri, Heman Chong, Liu Chuang, Stephanie Comilang, Monica de Miranda, Cecile B. Evans, Alia Farid, Noemie Goudal, Aziz Hazara, Sky Hopinka, Adelita Husni-Bey …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
6 Dec 2024 – 8 Dec 2024

with Marina Abramovic, Yusuke Akamatsu, Albarran Cabrera, Cory Arcangel, Kader Attia, John Baldessari, Romare Bearden, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Gretchen Bender, Erwin Blumenfeld, Brassai …
14th Gwangju Biennale

Soft and weak like water

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
7 Apr 2023 – 9 Jul 2023

with Emilija Škarnulyte, Larry Achiampong, Abbas Akhavan, Farah Al Qasimi, Melanie Bonajo, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Latifa Echakhch, Taloi Havini, Sky Hopinka, Yee I-Lann, Yuki Kihara, Meiro Koizumi …
CHAOS : CALM – BAB 2022

Bangkok Art Biennale 2022

Bangkok ArtBiennale, Bangkok (TH)
22 Oct 2022 – 23 Feb 2023

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, Sophia Al-Maria, Tiffany Chung, Alfonso De Gregorio, Alicia Framis, Antony Gormley, Yee I-Lann, Kimsooja, Jompet Kuswidananto, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tatsuo Miyajima …
8th Triennal of Photography Hamburg 2022

12 Exhibitions on "CURRENCY"

Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
20 May 2022 – 1 Aug 2022

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Ziad Antar, Vartan Avakian, Viktoria Binschtok, Sara Cwynar, Oroma Elewa, Anne-Marie Filaire, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Christoph Irrgang, Alfredo Jaar, Euridice Kala, Clifford Prince King …
TORINO PHOTO DAYS 2022

TORINO PHOTO DAYS, Torino (IT)
24 May 2022 – 29 May 2022

with Karl Blossfeldt, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Andreas Gursky, Andre Kertesz, Dora Maar, Vivian Maier, Sandra Mujinga, Rory Pilgrim, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Artur Zmijewski
22nd Biennale of Sydney

NIRIN

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
14 Mar 2020 – 8 Jun 2020

with Erkan Oezgen, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Tony Albert, Maria Thereza Alves, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Sammy Baloji, Huma Bhabha, Mohamed Bourouissa, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Tania Bruguera, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Jose Davila …
The 58th International Art Exhibition

May You Live in Interesting Times

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
11 May 2019 – 24 Nov 2019

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Halil Altindere, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ed Atkins, Nairy Baghramian, Neil Beloufa, Carol Bove, Lee Bul, Antoine Catala, Ian Cheng, Alex Da Corte, Stan Douglas …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
6 Dec 2018 – 9 Dec 2018

with Ignasi Aballi, Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Darren Almond, Darren Almond, Erica Baum, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Kwame Brathwaite, Nancy Burson …
Rencontres d'Arles 2018

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
2 Jul 2018 – 23 Sep 2018

with Monica Alcazar-Duarte, Volkan Aslan, Mathieu Asselin, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Taysir Batniji, Kuersat Bayhan, Chris Becher, Jonas Bendiksen, Jean-Luc Bertini, Martin Bogren, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Eric Bouvet …
Art Basel 2018

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
14 Jun 2018 – 17 Jun 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Dove Allouche, Darren Almond, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Primoz Bizjak, Carina Brandes, Candice Breitz, Edward Burtynsky, Gerard Byrne, James Casebere, Andre Cepeda …
Black Visual Aesthetics

mit Jörg Heiser

Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Berlin (DE)
N****s in Omelas

Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Berlin (DE)
A PECULIAR VANTAGE - BLACK CINEMA

Filmemacher Dennis Dortch, Mitbegründer von BLACK&SEXY TV, sowie Regisseur und Filmkritiker Christopher Jon Alexander

Museum Brandhorst, M (DE)

with Larry Clark
Black Visual Aesthetics

In Talk We Trust

Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Berlin (DE)