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Five works at NOMA with stories of misery, mayhem, and the macabre

October 31, 2019News, Magazine, Blog

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! Prowl our halls and the shadowy outdoor paths of the sculpture garden to view scenes and objects that are guaranteed to give visitors the willies. Some works present less obvious but definitively grisly and creepy stories beyond the frame or pedestal. Presented here are five selections from the permanent collection with stories of misery, mayhem, and the macabre. Read More

Q&A: Fred Wilson rethinks the representation of race in museum exhibitions

October 23, 2019News, Magazine, Q&A

In 1992 Fred Wilson became a cultural provocateur by taking an unorthodox approach to arranging museum artifacts in an exhibition that ignited debate over how to fairly represent race in museum galleries. He will speak at NOMA on Thursday, October 24, at 6 pm in conversation with New Orleans artist Ron Bechet. Read More

Q&A: Lee Ledbetter discusses his practice of architecture and design

October 17, 2019News, Magazine, Q&A

Lee Ledbetter, renowned for his aesthetic vision of blending the classic with the modern, will discuss his renowned practice of design and architecture during a lecture and book signing as part of Friday Nights at NOMA on October 18, beginning at 6 pm. Read More

Teapot by Modernist Sargent Johnson reflects the artist’s multicultural influences

October 10, 2019News, Magazine, Collections

With a body like a polished stone and a handle reminiscent of indigenous Mexican animal figures, a recently acquired teapot seems to be of both nature and man, both ancient and modern. This elegant 1941 teapot by the prominent African American Modernist sculptor Sargent Claude Johnson is an extraordinary new addition to NOMA’s decorative arts collection. Read More

Safar music series led by Mahmoud Chouki blends Eastern and Western music traditions

October 6, 2019Magazine, News, Q&A

In conjunction with the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge, musician Mahmoud Chouki has created a series of site-specific performances collectively titled Safar (Arabic for to travel). Chouki has invited nine musicians to join an ensemble concert on Sunday, October 13, from 6 to 8 pm. Ticket purchase required. Read More

In Lamentations, Tina Freeman pairs photographs of Louisiana wetlands and Arctic landscapes

September 17, 2019News, Magazine, Exhibitions

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

September 17, 2019News, Magazine, Collections

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

September 9, 2019News, Magazine, Q&A

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

August 6, 2019News

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

August 6, 2019News, Magazine, Q&A

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

August 2, 2019News, Magazine, In the News

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

July 29, 2019News, Magazine, Q&A

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

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