For this special conversation, join artist Arthur Jafa as he discusses his organization of Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa–Less Is Morbid with MoMA curator Thomas Lax.
After the conversation, enjoy Artist Party: Arthur Jafa, a celebration of the exhibition with artist activations held throughout the museum.
Please note: This event is now sold out. For those interested, on Tuesday, February 24, MoMA presents Arthur Jafa and Simone White in Conversation.
Arthur Jafa is an artist, filmmaker, and cinematographer. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artifacts, and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being. Underscoring the many facets of Jafa’s practice is a recurring question: How can visual media, such as objects and static and moving images, transmit the equivalent “power, beauty, and alienation” embedded within forms of Black music in US culture? Solo exhibitions of Jafa’s work have been organized by London’s Serpentine Gallery, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. In 2019 he received the Golden Lion for Best Participant of the 58th Venice Biennale. His artwork is in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Tate Modern, London; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the LUMA Foundation, in Zurich and Arles.
Accessibility
For questions about accessibility, please email [email protected].
The Ronald S. & Jo Carole Lauder entrance at 11 W 53rd Street is wheelchair accessible and has a power-assist door. Reserved and wheelchair-accessible seating is available in Titus Theater 2. Gallery stools, wheelchairs, and rollators are available by request at all Museum entrances, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Accessible and all-gender restrooms are located on the first floor and lower levels.
Guide dogs and other trained service animals are always welcome. Service animals may find relief outside of the museum through the main entrance, and free re-entry is available during the event.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available for public programs upon request with two weeks’ advance notice. MoMA will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made with less than two weeks’ notice. Please contact [email protected] to make a request for these services.
The Adobe Foundation is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA.
Major funding is provided by the Agnes Gund Education Endowment Fund for Public Programs, the Jeanne Thayer Young Scholars Fund, and the Annual Education Fund.