If you dare! NOMA’s galleries and garden include frightful encounters for Halloween
The works of art contained in NOMA’s galleries and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden depict the full gamut of human emotions — from love and compassion to vengeance and fright! This… Read More
Odyssey Ball Online Auction offers rare finds and opportunities to enhance NOMA
The 51st-annual Odyssey Ball features an online silent auction with one-of-a-kind items and, for the first time, opportunities to make a lasting legacy at the museum through sponsored programs, art purchases, and exhibitions. Read More
NOMA curators will join hundreds of authors in Baton Rouge for 2017 Louisiana Book Festival
NOMA curators Russell Lord and Katie Pfohl and donor Arthur Roger will be among hundreds of presenting authors at the fourteenth annual Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge on Saturday,… Read More
Stereoscopes: Nineteenth-Century Virtual Reality Devices
Nineteenth-century stereoscopes and twenty-first century virtual reality headsets both provide means of visual escapism. Experience both during Friday Nights at NOMA at a technology symposium on October 20th. Read More
NOMA congratulates MacArthur Fellow award recipients Dawoud Bey and Njideka Akunyili Crosby
The MacArthur Foundation recently announced its prestigious Fellows recipients for 2017. Among the awardees are two artists whose works either have or will appear at the New Orleans Museum of Art: photographer and educator Dawoud Bey and painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Read More
St. Tammany Art Association hosts Self/Reflection photo exhibition
What is the difference between a selfie and a self-portrait? A new exhibition drawn from NOMA’s permanent collection of photographs from the 19th through 21st centuries opening at the St. Tammany Art Association on October 21 explores the many ways in which photographers used reflections as tools and stylistic devices. Read More