Arthur Jafa
artist
The Insidersblog
Arthur Jafa’s new film—a post-human slow-motion seascape—defies expectations and honours the Black voice
Arthur Jafainterview
Arthur Jafa on his long-term installation at the Glenstone Museum
The career-spanning installation includes sculptures, photographs and the monumental video that followed the artist’s seminal video montage Love is the Message, the Message is Death
Book Clubfeature
Extract | Why I made Love is the Message—Arthur Jafa describes the inspiration for his seminal film
In a recently published Cahiers d’Art monograph, the US artist speaks about responding to “a tsunami of footage of Black people getting killed”
Arthur Jafanews
Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicle of Black America to be screened by museums worldwide for 48 hours
Fourteen institutions including Tate will livestream Love is the Message, The Message is Death
Biennials & festivalspreview
Sydney Biennale puts climate emergency and Indigenous struggle front and centre
Show’s 22nd edition aims to be as much a conversation as an exhibition, with hundreds of public events including bushwalks with aboriginal elders and campfire talks
Lithuania gets the coveted Golden Lion for best national pavilion in Venice
Arthur Jafa’s work The White Album is also recognised by the Biennale jury
Exhibitionsnews
Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicle of Black America comes to Tate Liverpool
The artist's radical video sparked debate about race relations in the US