By Susan Taylor, the Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art via myneworleans.com “Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France,” 1788, By Elisabeth Vigeé-Lebrun At the recent opening of “Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III” at NOMA, chef Leah Chase said, “We’ve got some mighty women in this city!” Elisabeth Vigeé-Lebrun is arguably… Read More
Large-Scale, Site-Specific Installation Explores the Ever-Changing Natural Environment of the City of New Orleans Katie Holten: Drawn to the Edge On View June 15- September 9, 2012 New Orleans, LA – For the second annual installment of the Great Hall Project series at the New Orleans Museum of Art, artist Katie Holten will map the… 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
On View June 22-October 14, 2012 at the New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans, LA – Ralston Crawford and Jazz explores the profound impact of New Orleans’ culture, and in particular the city’s jazz scene, on artist Ralston Crawford’s artistic output in the years after World War II-a significant but lesser known body of… Read More
By Dalt Wonk, Gambit NOLA Project has once again spun its magic in an outdoor setting. Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It, recently presented in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art, is perfectly suited to trees and starlight since much of the play takes place in the… 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
By Doug McCash, nola.com It’s unusual for the New Orleans Museum of Art to schedule a gala on a Monday night, but that’s the way chef Leah Chase wanted it. After all, most of her restaurant-world colleagues are off on Mondays, so they more easily could attend the party celebrating her 90th year (she was… Read More
Sneak into the kitchen of Dooky Chase Restaurant (2301 Orleans Ave., 821-0535) on any given weekday and you’ll probably see Leah Chase chopping trinity or completing one of her classic Creole dishes. Later this month, you’ll be able to see her doing the same on the walls of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)… Read More
Due to popular demand NOMA and the NOLA Project have extended the production to include May 23rd, May 24th, and May 25th! NOMA and the NOLA Project are back in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden for Shakespeare’s As You Like It Performances are May 9, 10, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24 and 25 at… Read More
Posted by Wendy Rodrigue on Gambit blog. Few art exhibitions today span seamlessly two hundred years. I considered this at The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently during The Renaissance Portrait, a selection of paintings dated just prior to Leonardo da Vinci’s humanized Mona Lisa of 1504. One hundred years later, Rembrandt perfected the psychological study… Read More
By Steven Forster, Times-Picayune The New Orleans Museum of Art celebrated the opening of “Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial” by welcoming Dial and his family, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Indianapolis Museum of Art curator Joanne Cubbs, William and Matt Arnett of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and many more supporters. The exhibit, on view… Read More
Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III on view April 24 – Sept. 9 New Orleans, LA – In celebration of Chef Leah Chase’s longstanding contributions to the city of New Orleans, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will present an exhibition of 20 paintings that capture Chase at work in the kitchen of… Read More
By Doug MacCash, the Times-Picayune The “Dario Robleto: The Prelives of the Blues” exhibit that opens at The New Orleans Museum of Art from 5:30 to 8:30 tonight, is like a cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Robleto, a brainy Texas-based conceptual artist, embeds his sculptures with… 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