Besthoff Sculpture Garden harmoniously blends art and nature
The 6.5 acre expansion of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden was designed with Louisiana’s native landscape as the central focus. Read More
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Studio KIDS! offers workshops for budding artists ages 5 to 10
This fall, Studio KIDS! presents “Text and Textures” art classes for kids. Perfect for students ages 5 to 10 who want to get creative and learn art-making techniques. Studio KIDS! explore art in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden as inspiration for an art project they complete in each session. Read More
In Lamentations, Tina Freeman pairs photographs of Louisiana wetlands and Arctic landscapes
Photographer Tina Freeman’s pairing of images of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic creates a visual dialogue about the connectivity of two disparate but interdependent ecosystems. Read More
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
NOMA+ workshop engages incarcerated students at the Travis Hill School
NOMA+, a mobile pop-up museum that debuted in 2018, continues to serve audiences and communities who have historically not been engaged with the New Orleans Museum of Art. For two days in June, Community Engagement Curator Nic Aziz led an art worskhop with students at the Travis Hill School within Orleans Parish Prison. 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
Q&A: Manon Bellet captures “disappearance, change and alteration” in an ephemeral installation
Visitors to Bodies of Knowledge will encounter a large wall affixed with loosely attached burned tissue paper. Titled Brève braises, this interactive work by Manon Bellet will gradually disintegrate over the course of the exhibition as musicians are invited to perform in front of the ephemeral installation. Witness a performance activation on Wednesday, July 24, from 3 to 4 pm with musicians from NOCCA. Read More
Q&A: Wafaa Bilal connects art, literature, history, and charity in an interactive installation
Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal is among eleven international artists represented in Bodies of Knowledge, an exhibition that features a broad range of cultural expression in many mediums, from dance, film, music, and photography to books, which are central to Bilal’s installation 168:01. Read More
Celebrate French Fête at NOMA: 10 Must-See Works of Art
NOMA is renowned for its collection of French art. As the museum opens its doors for a French Fête on Friday, August 9, from 5-9 p.m., we invite you to share the vision of Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, and Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, among the many French artists represented in the museum’s collection. Read More
Q&A: Shirin Neshat portrays Iranian culture and personal memory in photography and film
Shirin Neshat is among the eleven artists featured in Bodies of Knowledge, NOMA’s major summerlong exhibition that examines language as a means of asserting and archiving cultural identity. Her photographs, videos, and films address contemporary Iranian culture and the stark division of men’s and women’s realms in the post-revolutionary era. Read More
Remembering Rolland Golden, a Louisiana artist who captured both natural splendor and devastation
Rolland Golden, a Louisiana artist whose prolific works across six decades ranged from bucolic depictions of southern landscapes to the wrenching aftermath Hurricane Katrina, died on July 1 at his home in Folsom. He was 87. The permanent collection at the New Orleans Museum of Art includes 132 drawings and paintings by Golden. Read More
Buy tickets and sponsorships now for 2019 Odyssey Ball fundraiser
Save the date for the Odyssey Ball presented by IBERIABANK on November 15. Read More
Celebrate American Art at NOMA: Ten Must-Sees
American art is as diverse as the nation itself. NOMA’s collection spans the country’s historical evolution and diverse ethnicities, from pre-Columbian Native American tribal art to cutting-edge contemporary works that express the freedom of unbound creativity. Read More
Ways to Beat the Heat at NOMA this summer
Summers are long in New Orleans, and patience can be short. When the heat is on, make your way to the New Orleans Museum of Art where there’s stimulation to be found in galleries that are cool, both literally and figuratively. Read More
Bodies of Knowledge opens Friday, June 28, with original dance, film, music, and gallery talks
Bodies of Knowledge opens on June 28 with a broad lineup of programs during Friday Nights at NOMA from 5 to 9 pm. Artistic director Edward Spots and choreographer Donna Crump will lead an ensemble of youth dancers in a performance titled Black Magic at 5 pm, starting on the front steps of the museum. Read More