The 6.5-acre expansion of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden includes 27 works by artists working primarily in the 21st century.
Frank Stella (American, b. 1936), Alu Tress Star, 2016, Milled aluminium, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2017.229
George Rickey (American, 1907 – 2002), Four Open Rectangles, 1978, Stainless steel, Gift of The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, Installation funded by Lake Lawn Metairie
Funeral Home and Cemeteries, 2018.18
Fred Wilson (American, b. 1954), The Mete of the Muse, 2006, Bronze, paint, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2017.191.a,.b
Baltasar Lobo (Spanish, 1910 – 1993), Grande jeune fille a genoux, 1987/1994, Bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by the Eugenie and, Joseph Jones Family Foundation, 2016.63
Shirazeh Houshiary (Iranian, b. 1955), Exuviae, 2016 – 2017, Glass and stainless steel, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff,
Installation funded by Adrea D. Heebe, 2018.3
Pedro Reyes (Mexican, b. 1972), Epicurus, 2017, Volcanic stone, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Liz and Poco Sloss, 2017.194
Yinka Shonibare (British, b. Nigeria, 1962), Wind Sculpture V, 2013, Steel and fiberglass resin, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Chuck and Anne Reily, 2014.44
Thomas Houseago (British, b. 1972), Striding Figure (Rome I), 2013, Bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2017.193
Gerold Miller (German, b. 1961), Verstärker 28, 2017, Stainless steel, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2018.4
Larry Bell (American, b. 1939), Pacific Red (VI), 2016 – 2017, Glass, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Cathy and Morris Bart, 2019.1
Hank Willis Thomas (American, b. 1976), History of the Conquest, 2017, Bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Brian and Jacki Schneider, 2018.30
Bernar Venet (French, b. 1941), 11 Acute Unequal Angles, 2016, Cor‑ten steel, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Steeg and Family in memory of Marion, Moise, and Melba Steeg, 2016.132
Georg Herold (German, b. 1947), Liver of Love, 2013, Lacquered bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff,
Installation funded by Katherine and Tony Gelderman, 2017.63
Sean Scully (American, b. Ireland, 1945), Colored Stacked Frames, 2017, Stainless steel, paint, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Catherine Burns Tremaine, 2017.192
Jeppe Hein (Danish, b. 1974), Mirror Labyrinth, Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 2017, Steel and mirror, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Hancock Whitney, 2019.4
Beverly Pepper (American, b. 1922), Split Ritual II, 1996, Cast iron, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Robert John Axtell Williams
and Norris Smith Lupo Williams, 2019.5
