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

Midtown East

Arthur Jafa's "Less Is Morbid" transforms MoMA's first floor into an unexpected dialogue between 80+ collection works—from Basquiat and Cy Twombly to Mies van der Rohe and Ming Smith. The acclaimed filmmaker and artist calls it a "counter death wish," using juxtaposition to collapse hierarchies and ask how we coexist with disorder. Through July 5, 2026.

Contemporary Art
Curator's Eye
Black Art
Conceptual

Tips

🎨Give yourself time to wander—the unexpected pairings (Basquiat beside Twombly, a Mies van der Rohe column crashing the party) reveal themselves slowly.
🎧Read Jafa's wall text closely; his 'counter death wish' framing recontextualizes the entire collection through a lens of coexistence, not elimination.
📅Runs through July 5, 2026—plenty of runway, but weekday mornings are quieter for absorbing the 80+ works without the crowds.

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

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

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