Although the New Orleans Museum of Art isn’t celebrating its official birthday until Dec. 16, it is opening a show of its gifts a little early. “It’s an important way to celebrate the museum’s history, its legacy and the legacy of our donors,” director Susan Taylor says. “A milestone characterizes an institution.” NOMA began commemorating… Read More
On December 16, 1911, thanks to a generous benefactor named Isaac Delgado, the art museum that originally carried his name opened its doors in New Orleans’s City Park. At the time the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art owned only nine works of art but it was a good start. Today, a full century later, the… Read More
What do you get for the art museum that has everything? How about a human bone dagger from Papua New Guinea? Or perhaps a Native American Octopus Bag? Both of these gifts, along with plenty of other treasures, were recently donated in celebration of the New Orleans Museum of Art’s 100th birthday. Read the full… Read More
NOMA Participates in “America Recycles Day” Thanks to Keep Louisiana Beautiful (New Orleans, LA) – As New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) celebrates 100 years, the museum is implementing sustainable practices. NOMA recently received a grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful, a non-profit dedicated to promoting a “personal, corporate and community responsibility for a clean and… Read More
NOMA 100: Gifts for the Second Century Features Works by Anish Kapoor, Keith Sonnier, Matthew Barney, Jasper Johns, Sol LeWitt, Kathe Kollwitz, and Gabrielle Münter On View November 12, 2011-January 22, 2012 New Orleans, LA (October 7, 2011) – NOMA 100 is the culmination of a five-year acquisition project, celebrating the museum’s 100th anniversary with… Read More
New Orleans, LA (October 12, 2011) – On November 12th the New Orleans Museum of Art will celebrate its 100th anniversary with the Centennial Odyssey Ball, 2011… A NOMAOdyssey, generously underwritten by the Lupin Foundation and Peoples Health. Since 1911, the Museum has expanded a world-class collection, the facility, and gained recognition as the finest… Read More
To read more about NOMA’s Centennial Celebration, visit:http://www.myneworleans.com/St-Charles-Avenue/ Read More
On September 23, New Orleans Museum of Art supporters flocked to NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden to spend an evening under the stars in honor of the beloved art museum and those artists who have made an impact on the community through their works. For the full article, please visit:http://www.myneworleans.com/St-Charles-Avenue/November-2011/LOVE-is-in-the-Air/ Read More
Susan Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), announces the appointment of Russell Lord as the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs. Lord, a historian, curator, and educator who recently completed a Jane and Morgan Whitney fellowship in the Department of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will… Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden is a magical place, and never more so than on Friday nights this month. That’s because every Friday in May, The NOLA Project performs “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” among the garden’s giant oaks and shimmering lagoons. Continue reading this article Read More
“Organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art, the exhibit showcases personal luxury objects Faberge created for daily use by the tsar and his family as well as members of the Russian aristocracy such as intricately decorated photograph frames, tableware, desk accessories, boxes, clocks, cigarette cases and smoking accessories as well as jewelry and the… Read More
Truth is, there’s nothing much new in the exhibition “Great Collectors/Great Donors: The Making of the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1910-2010,” which meanders through the ground-floor gallery at The New Orleans Museum of Art. Of course, newness isn’t the point. The show, mostly made up of often-seen art and objects from the museum collection,… Read More
“Ancestors of Congo Square: African Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art” an exhibit of traditional art and artifacts tracing the Crescent City’s African cultural connections opens Friday, May 13, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Exhibit curator William Fagaly will lead a tour at 7 p.m. Continue reading this article Read More
“Ancestors of Congo Square: African Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art” an exhibit of traditional art and artifacts tracing the Crescent City’s African cultural connections opens Friday, May 13, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Exhibit curator William Fagaly will lead a tour at 7 p.m. Continue reading this article Read More
It all goes back to Africa. As the source of so much that makes New Orleans unique among cities, our Afro-Caribbean heritage looms large, but the influence of Africa is also evident in American music, modern art, the history of civilization and even the origin of human DNA itself. So it is really quite surprising… Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Arts is a great place to bring the family to get away from the troubles in the city. Visitors could ride the Esplanade or Haynes bus to visit the museum. Located near the bayou called St. John, the museum is in City Park, New Orleans. You cannot miss it. Sitting… Read More
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright swung through town for a conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu, more or less defending President Barack Obama’s recent speech on the conflict and placing the recent Arab uprisings on par with game-changing world events like the collapse of the Soviet Union. An overflow crowd turned up at the New… Read More
Every Friday evening, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) keeps its doors open late for the Where Y’Art program. This weekly series offers an enjoyable variety of live music, performances, children’s activities, exhibition walk-throughs, guest speakers, film, theater, and, of course, GREATART. Continue reading on Examiner.com Read More