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Arthur Jafa

Born 1960
Hometown Tupelo, MS
Lives and Works Los Angeles, CA
Education
Howard University, Washington D.C., 1983
Permanent Collection

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.

Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

High Museum, Atlanta, GA

Dallas Museum of Art, TX

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

NY Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands

Pérez Museum of Art, Miami, FL

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA

Fondation LVMH, Paris, France

Representing Galleries

Gavin Brown's Enterprise

SHOWS

Gavin Brown's Enterprise

New York
Nov 12 2016 - Jan 21 2017

LOVE IS THE MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE IS DEATH
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Articles

The Artspace Group Show: The City
The Artspace Group Show: The City

For artists, pandemic or no pandemic, the city never sleeps

Seven 21st-Century Masterpieces
Seven 21st-Century Masterpieces

While it can be easy to believe that the most important artistic masterpieces happened in the distant past, our new millennia has already birthed its share of wonderful artworks. Here are some of our faves, including Hito Steyerl and Kerry James Marshall.

A New Jersey arts festival erupts in gang-related violence, a daughter sues her father for $100 million over a Basquiat, a study shows galleries don't make artists much money, and more news from this week.

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