by DEVON BRITT–DARBY Worth the Trip: Ralston Crawford in New Orleans Since the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston unveiled its acquisition of Ralston Crawford’s 1942 painting Red Barge, No. 1 -a fine example of the Precisionist depictions of the American industrial landscape for which he is known -I’ve been on the lookout for Crawford sightings… Read More

By Steven Forster for the Times-Picayune Inside the New Orleans Museum of Art, hundreds celebrated the opening of “Drawn to the Edge,” which features several large canvases by artist Katie Holten suspended from the Great Hall ceiling and depicting Louisiana’s waterways and coastline. Musician Sarah Quintana serenaded the crowd, and visitors also were treated to… Read More

By Judy Walker, The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Museum of Art has announced a change in plans because of an overwhelming response to the “Art You Can Eat” cooking demonstrations with chef Leah Chase. The demonstrations for the days she will appear — July 13, August 3, 10 and 24 — will be moved from… Read More

Where Y’At Best Museum 1) New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collin Diboll Circle – 658-4100 –NOMA.org The New Orleans Museum of Art boasts an incredible collection of European, Louisianan, Asian, African, and contemporary works , as well as an outside sculpture garden. Visitors can enjoy the culture as well as attend special events that… Read More

By Steven Forster for the Times-Picayune DEVELOPING TALENTS “One Night, 100 Photographers” brought novices and professionals to the New Orleans Museum of Art, where they showed their prints on tables in the Great Hall. Curator of photographs Russell Lord guided a tour of his exhibition “What Is a Photograph,” which is on view until Aug…. Read More

By Steven Forster for the Times-Picayune To honor Chef Leah Chase’s contributions to the city, the New Orleans Museum of Art opened an exhibition of 20 paintings that capture her at work in Dooky Chase’s kitchen. The series, painted by New Orleanian Gustave Blache III, is an intimate glimpse into Chase’s restaurant business, depicting her… Read More

By Robert Cicetti for Hyperallergic. The New Orleans Museum of Art hosted a luncheon today for members of arts community that amounted to something much more than the usual meet and greet. Instead of delivering a regurgitated press release, the dialogue that unfolded about New Orleans and the transformative power of art meandered, taking anecdotal… Read More

By Steven Forster for the Times-Picayune Artist Willie Birch hosted a walk-through and discussion of “Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial” to packed galleries at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Both Birch’s walk-through and the Dial exhibition address issues related to African-American culture. On view at NOMA until May 20 are more than… Read More

Meet the New Boss, in the Shadow of the Old Boss By CAROL KINO, New York Times FOR any museum director, the chance to lead a renowned institution is a career-defining moment – especially when his or her predecessor has run it for two decades or more. For Christoph Heinrich, now the director of the… Read More

By Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune Published: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 12:53 PM The New Orleans Museum of Art, which suffered costly water seepage through its basement floor doing Hurricane Katrina, was undamaged by Hurricane Isaac as of midday Wednesday, chief of security Byron Winbush said. Rain water leaked through the windows near the museum cafe,… Read More

By Ann Maloney, The Times-Picayune We wonder: Is it more difficult to find a snark in the park or in a theater? The Skin Horse Theater troupe has taken its adaptation “The Hunting of the Snark” by Lewis Carroll into the New Orleans Museum of Art and The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in… Read More

By Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune With spring seemingly on the verge of springing, the New Orleans Museum of Art and New Orleans Film Society on Friday (March 9) re-launch the outdoor screening series they introduced last year. And their choice for the first movie on tap is, in a word, “Stella-arrrrrr.” That film: director Elia… Read More