Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death

Name: Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, the Message is Death
Start: 2026-10-18
End: 2026-12-20
Location: Esker Foundation

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📅 Sun, Oct 18, 2026 – Sun, Dec 20, 2026🟢 On now · runs until Sun, Dec 20, 2026📍 Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB🏠 Fourth Floor, 1011 9 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0H7💲 Free

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An exhibition of Arthur Jafa's celebrated 2016 video work Love is the Message, the Message is Death, which assembles a vast visual record of Black life in the United States that is, in turns, devastating and life-affirming. Part of Esker's fall 2026 season.

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🅿️ Parking: 1 option listed near Esker Foundation — nearest: Lot 81 (Inglewood) (First 4 hours free with plate registration at a ParkPlus pay machine; C$1.50 per 1/2 hour daytime (max C$18); C$4 evening max), 400 m away.

🍽️ Eat nearby:

The Nash — Canadian Restaurant · ⭐ 4.7 (151 reviews) · 🚶 3 min walk
Deane House — Canadian Restaurant · ⭐ 4.7 (118 reviews) · 🚶 4 min walk
Rouge — French Restaurant · ⭐ 4.6 (142 reviews) · 🚶 6 min walk

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