Arthur Jafa: I Am Tony

I Am Tony is the first US museum survey exhibition of the work of Arthur Jafa (b. 1960, Tupelo, MS) to encapsulate the full breadth of his practice. Spanning two floors of the newly expanded New Museum, the exhibition features the premiere of new work alongside celebrated films including Love is the Message, The Message is Death (2016) and the Golden Lion-winning The White Album (2019), as well as recent paintings, large-scale video and film installations, and sculptural and photographic objects. Named for the jazz drummer Tony Williams, the exhibition charts Jafa’s work from his earliest films to recent video installations.

Curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Gary Carrion-Murayari, with Calvin Wang.