# Arthur Jafa: Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death

Arthur Jafa: Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death at Gladstone Gallery, Friday 6 November 2026, until 25 Apr.

- Venue: Gladstone Gallery, West 21st Street 530, 10011 New York
- Go to page: https://chrysler.org/exhibition/arthur-jafa-love-is-the-message-the-message-is-death/

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"Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death" is an acclaimed seven-and-a-half-minute video work shown as an exhibition. It was made by visual artist, cinematographer, and film director Arthur Jafa, an American born in 1960. The video condenses the history and lived experience of Black life in the United States into a rapid, emotionally charged montage set to Kanye West's gospel-inflected track "Ultralight Beam." Combining found footage from films, news broadcasts, viral videos, and historical archives with Jafa's own material, it juxtaposes joy, creativity, and Black cultural achievement with documentation of violence and oppression.

## Dates

- Friday 6 November until 25 Apr — Gladstone Gallery

Written by a model, sources: [chrysler.org](https://chrysler.org/exhibition/arthur-jafa-love-is-the-message-the-message-is-death/)

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