Inspired by Nature, a new exhibition in the Art of Japan Galleries, juxtaposes paintings from the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries with ceramics, lacquers, and woodblock prints dating from the nineteenth century to today. Read More
Hundreds of years since the Maya solely dominated Mesoamerica, with a network of cities stretching from present-day Northern Mexico southward to the isthmus of Central America, archaeologists continue to unearth mysteries of this ancient empire. Jeremy A. Sobloff, an external professor of the Santa Fe Institute and past president of the Institute, will be the keynote speaker at the sixteenth-annual Tulane Maya Symposium. Museum visitors are invited to the talk during Friday Nights at NOMA on February 15 at 6 pm. Dr. Sobloff spoke with NOMA Magazine about the theme of his lecture, “Is ‘Collapse’ a Useful Term in Understanding Pre-Columbian Maya History?” Read More
Sri Murali, spokesperson for Dance It Off, a New Orleans-based Bollywood dance troupe, spoke with NOMA Magazine in advance of the group’s performance at a Night of India festival on Friday, February 8th. Read More
Critically acclaimed novelist, memoirist, essayist, biographer and playwright Edmund White has never shied away from confronting brutal truths. He will join Tulane professor and widely published author Thomas Beller on stage during Friday Nights at NOMA on February 1 for an “Arts and Letters” conversation. He spoke with NOMA Magazine in advance of his talk. Read More
Art historian Andrew McClellan, a professor at Tufts University, will deliver the final guest lecture in conjunction with The Orléans Collection on Friday, January 25, at 7 pm as part of Friday Nights at NOMA. As author of the definitive book on the history of the Louvre, and a respected scholar on the study of museology, he has extensively studied the evolution of the public’s access to art in eighteenth-century France. He spoke to NOMA Magazine in advance of his lecture, which is titled “Viewing Art in 18th-Century Paris.” Read More
NOMA visitors can experience firsthand the process involved in creating a tintype photograph at a free workshop led by Timothy Duffy, a renowned contemporary master of this antiquated camera medium. A free workshop will be held on Saturday, January 19, from 1 to 3 pm. Read More
From its inception in 1910, NOMA has depended upon the generosity of donors. Three benefactors from 2018 share their reasons for giving. Read More
Julia Armstrong-Totten will be among the ten scholars speaking at The Orléans Collection Symposium on January 11 and 12. She spoke with NOMA Magazine about The Orléans Collection, on view at NOMA through January 27, 2019. Read More
Against the Grain marks the first solo museum presentation in more than thirty years of the experimental works in wood by African American artist Mildred Thompson. An accomplished painter, sculptor, writer and musician, Thompson (1936–2003) created abstract work in wood that went against the grain of the more overtly political art of her time. Read More
The undulating, dancing shapes of drinking vessels in Geoffrey Mann’s “The Second Line” cocktail service embody the sound waves of jazz and a touching conversation between two strangers. Read More
Antoine Coypel’s Assembly of the Gods was commissioned by Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as a ceiling mural for his Palais-Royal. The artist’s sketch of the epic work has been loaned to NOMA for display in The Orléans Collection. Read More
Recent research into a Malian terracotta architectural model by a Djenne artist, circled at the base with serpent figures and currently on view in NOMA’s François Billion Richardson Gallery of African Art, provides an example of how science can enhance a deeper analysis of a piece of sculpture. Read More