Artist's Choice: Arthur Jafa — Less Is Morbid (MoMA, 2026)

Midtown East

Arthur Jafa handpicks over 80 objects from MoMA's vaults for "Less Is Morbid," a sprawling exhibition that smashes together minimalist and maximalist voices—Basquiat beside Twombly, Mondrian beside Pettway, a Mies van der Rohe steel column anchoring the chaos. Jafa calls it a "counter death wish": a visual argument that coexistence, not erasure, is the answer to disorder. The installation's all-over density rewards slow looking and repeat visits.

Art Exhibition

MoMA

Arthur Jafa

Curatorial Intervention

Tips

🪑The Mies van der Rohe steel column is the conceptual anchor—spot it first, then trace how Jafa builds the show's 'all-over' logic from there.

🔄Look for the deliberate pairings: Basquiat next to Twombly, Mondrian near Pettway. Jafa's collapsing binaries is the whole point.

📅Closes July 5, 2026—plenty of runway, but weekend afternoons get packed. Weekday mornings are your friend.

Artist's Choice: Arthur Jafa — Less Is Morbid (MoMA, 2026)

11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA

$30

www.moma.org

Directions

Artist's Choice: Arthur Jafa — Less Is Morbid (MoMA, 2026)

Midtown East

Decorative Exhibition

Art Exhibition

MoMA

Arthur Jafa

Curatorial Intervention

Tips

🪑The Mies van der Rohe steel column is the conceptual anchor—spot it first, then trace how Jafa builds the show's 'all-over' logic from there.

🔄Look for the deliberate pairings: Basquiat next to Twombly, Mondrian near Pettway. Jafa's collapsing binaries is the whole point.

📅Closes July 5, 2026—plenty of runway, but weekend afternoons get packed. Weekday mornings are your friend.

Directions

Artist's Choice: Arthur Jafa — Less Is Morbid (MoMA, 2026)

11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA

$30

www.moma.org

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