Prisoner of Love, Roundtable with Naomi Beckwith



Artwork Images - Full Size Images



/
Discuss the powerful themes and imagery in Arthur Jafa’s moving video artwork, Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, in an open conversation between visitors and Manilow Senior Curator Naomi Beckwith. Using the exhibition’s response cards as a starting point, patrons are encouraged to ask questions about the work, share their experience of watching it, and consider its depictions of trauma and transcendence.
Related Events
Live Arts
Maria Gaspar with musical guests, We Lit the Fire and Trusted the Heat (After Angela Davis)
Sep 19, 2026
11 am–11:45 am
Live Arts
The Poor Farm Experiment, Leopold Benches: A P(o)or(t)ch Theater (MIDWEST REDUX)
Sep 19, 2026
12 pm–2 pm




