Fairyland Lusterware: Casting a spell in ceramics
Radiantly glazed and richly imaginative, Fairyland Luster pottery represent one of the most extraordinary technical achievements in the modern ceramic industry. Pieces of this Wedgwood collection from the early 20th century are on view in the second-floor elevator lobby. Read More
Taking measure of Shakespeare’s enduring message: The NOLA Project stages a timely morality play at NOMA
The NOLA Project returns to NOMA’s Great Hall for twelve select nights from September 10 to 29 to stage a modern-verse adaptation of one of William Shakespeare’s lesser-known plays, Measure for Measure, originally written in 1603/04. Director Mark Routhier discusses the timeless themes of morality, depravity, and hypocrisy that are central to the plot. Read More
LOVE in the Garden fundraiser party set for Friday, September 27, presented by Hancock Whitney
The New Orleans Museum of Art will celebrate LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney on September 27, 2019. Now in its fifteenth year, guests will enjoy cuisine from more than sixty of New Orleans’ finest restaurants, and craft cocktails from New Orleans’ top bartenders as they vie for first place in the sixth-annual LOVE Cocktail Challenge. Read More
Q&A: Adriana Corral’s Memento draws attention to disappearances of women and girls in Juarez, Mexico
Adriana Corral’s work draws attention to the widespread disappearances and murders of women and girls in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. In conjunction with the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge, she will speak on Wednesday, September 18, at 6 pm as part of The Helis Foundation Artists Talk Series. Read More
Helis Foundation “Art & A/C” promotion offers free admission to Louisiana residents when August temperatures top 95 degrees
To help Louisianans beat the heat, The Helis Foundation has again teamed up with some of New Orleans’ largest art institutions for the third year to offer free admission when temperatures hits 95 degrees throughout the month of August. In partnership with the meteorological team at WVUE-TV (FOX 8), The Helis Foundation presents Art & A/C. Read More
Q&A: Garrett Bradley reimagines a lost trove of African American silent films
Filmmaker Garrett Bradley created an installation at NOMA that presents scenes that might have been from the lost trove of African American silent movies in the early twentieth century. Her immersive, multi-channel film America reimagines this vanished archive through a corpus of new films cast primarily with New Orleanians. Read More