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Arthur Jafa: The White Album
14 March 2026 — 30 August 2026
On NowArthur Jafa's acclaimed 30-minute film examines how Black music's vitality is co-opted by white culture through coercion. A powerful social critique through collaged found and produced footage.
From Hammer Museum
Arthur Jafa's 30-minute experimental film The White Album (2018) examines how visual media can transmit the "power, beauty, and alienation" of Black music in American culture. Following his critically acclaimed film Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death (2016), The White Album is a social critique of whiteness. Assembled from found and produced footage,...
Read more at Hammer Museum →About the Artist
Arthur Jafa
American · b. 1960
American artist and filmmaker known for experimental video works exploring Black American experience and culture. His film Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death (2016) won the Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale.
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Westwood, Los Angeles·View on Google Maps →
Sunday11am–6pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–6pm
Wednesday ·11am–6pm
Thursday11am–6pm
Friday11am–8pm
Saturday11am–6pm
© Hammer Museum
Arthur Jafa: The White Album
14 March 2026 — 30 August 2026
On NowArthur Jafa's acclaimed 30-minute film examines how Black music's vitality is co-opted by white culture through coercion. A powerful social critique through collaged found and produced footage.
From Hammer Museum
Arthur Jafa's 30-minute experimental film The White Album (2018) examines how visual media can transmit the "power, beauty, and alienation" of Black music in American culture. Following his critically acclaimed film Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death (2016), The White Album is a social critique of whiteness. Assembled from found and produced footage,...
Read more at Hammer Museum →About the Artist
Arthur Jafa
American · b. 1960
American artist and filmmaker known for experimental video works exploring Black American experience and culture. His film Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death (2016) won the Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale.
Critic Reviews
No reviews yet for this exhibition.
Visit
Westwood, Los Angeles·View on Google Maps →
Sunday11am–6pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am–6pm
Wednesday ·11am–6pm
Thursday11am–6pm
Friday11am–8pm
Saturday11am–6pm