By John d’Addario | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here You’d be forgiven for not immediately thinking “fine art” and “Hollywood” in the same sentence. After all, most big budget movies these days aren’t exactly known for artistic ambition. There are many reasons you might want to see “Guardians of the Galaxy”… Read More
By Stephen Babcock | NOLA Defender This article originally appeared here The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and the New Orleans Film Society are once again teaming up to show movies among the rarefied art in City Park. For the hotter, soggier summer months, the latest cinematic series will move into the museum’s marbled… Read More
Justin received his BFA in Graphic Design from Loyola University New Orleans and his Masters in Arts Administration from the University of New Orleans. Read More
Steering Committee Co-Chair Young Fellows member since 2014 Hattie, a Houston native, graduated from Texas Christian University in 2008 with degrees in Art History & Arts Administration. Following graduation, she moved to New Orleans where she earned her Masters Degree in Art History from Tulane University. In the spring of 2012, she opened her eponymous… Read More
D. Eric Bookhardt on the exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art By D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly This review originally appeared here The title Behind Closed Doors sounds racy, but the subtitle, Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898, suggests something more sedate. In fact, this overview of how the newly rich… Read More
By Lauren LaBorde | MyNewOrleans.com This article originally appeared here Thursday, June 19 Paul McCartney cancelled his show in New Orleans tonight, but a bunch of New Orleans musicians had already taken off work. So they put together a concert tonight celebrating the Beatle’s music. Musicians include Andre Bohren, Chris Boyle and June Persona subject… Read More
By Cheryl Castjohn | NOLA Defender This article originally appeared here “Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898” opened Friday at the New Orleans Museum of Art, compliments of the Brooklyn Museum. To the exhibit, NOMAadds eleven objects from its own Spanish Colonial Collection.NOMA and “Closed Doors” mesh well together, and not… Read More
By John d’Addario | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here It isn’t hard to find evidence of the 18th-century French influence in present-day New Orleans. From the very name of the city itself and its centerpiece, the French Quarter, to the continued popularity of French-inflected cuisine, decorative arts and even vocabulary, constant… Read More
By Priscilla Frank | The Huffington Post This article originally appeared here This Saturday marks the first official day of summer, and whether you’ve been hiding under air conditioned shelter for months or are still praying for a day you can bust out the denim shorts, one thing is for certain: Summer art exhibitions have… Read More
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here My second favorite artwork in the “Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish-American Home 1492 to 1898” exhibit that opens at the New Orleans Museum of Art on Friday (June 20) is the huge 1780 portrait of Dona Mariana Belsunse Salasar of Lima… Read More
CLICK HERE to view NOMA’s exhibition Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument on Google’s Cultural Institute. Read More
By Chris Waddington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Essence Festival 2014 fits New Orleans. Both the city and the celebration wrap the riches of African-American culture into compelling packages. For Essence visitors, New Orleans offers tons of cultural detours, even beyond the familiar music and culinary destinations. To help you get… Read More
By Dr. Sara Hollis | The New Orleans Tribune This article originally appeared here The huge colorful heroic murals that artist and professor Hale Woodruff painted at Talladega College between 1939 and 1942 are a remarkable accomplishment. And now through Sept. 14, they are on display at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The murals… Read More
On View at the New Orleans Museum of Art June 20, 2014-September 21, 2014 New Orleans, La. – Opening June 20 at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898, is an immersive exhibition that explores the private lives and interiors of Spain’s New World elite from… Read More
Through August 24th, in a brief and beautifully-positioned hallway of NOMA known as the “A. Charlotte Mann and Joshua Mann Pailet Gallery” sits a tiny photography show culled from the museum’s permanent collection. It is a show which is as much about collaboration as it is about the unsung, undocumented influence of women in art…. Read More
New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) April 30, 2014 — Representatives of Audubon Nature Institute and the New Orleans Museum of Art gathered May 28, 2014 to celebrate a longstanding partnership with the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation. Phyllis M. Taylor, Chairman and President of the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation, announced that in the 2013/2014 academic year, the… Read More
By John d’Addario | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here One of the greatest American mural cycles of the 20th century is coming to the New Orleans Museum of Art this month. In 1938, Atlanta-based artist Hale Woodruff received a commission from the president of Talladega College in Alabama to create a… Read More
By Chris Waddington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Black history gets larger than life treatment at the New Orleans Museum of Art with the May 16 debut of “Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College.”: The touring exhibit includes 35 pieces by the celebrated muralist – prints, drawings, a small… Read More