Press Releases

NOMA–>CAC Presents Brilliant Disguise: Masks And Other Transformations

Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 900 Camp Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Contact: 504.528.3805 | info@cacno.org Hours: Wednesday through Monday, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Admission: $5 general admission, $3 students & seniors, FREEto CAC members & Louisiana residents New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans, LA 70124 504.658.4100 Brilliant Disguise: Masks and… Read More

“Lifelike” & Odyssey Ball

On view November 11 to January 27, Lifelike explores the boundaries between the real and fabricated in the work of over 50 artists from around the globe. Artists featured in the exhibition Include Andy Warhol, Ai Weiwei, Charles Ray, James Casebere, Thomas Demand, Susan Collins, and Vija Clemins. Get first looks at Likelike during NOMA’s… Read More

Exhibition Examines Narratives, Meaning & Time In 19th Century Photographs

Photography, Sequence, and Time Exhibition Examines the Intersection of Narratives, Meaning and Time in 19th Century Photographs (New Orleans, LA) – Continuing the focus on the museum’s vast photography collection, The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents, Photography, Sequence, and Time on view in NOMA’s second floor Templeman Galleries from September 14 through December… Read More

Smithsonian Magazine Hosts “Museum Day Live!”

**New Orleans Museum of Art Joins Smithsonian Magazine’s National Museum Day Live! Free Admission for All Participants** Come see NOMA’s “Ralston Crawford and Jazz” exhibition, “Photography, Sequence and Time” and our three floors of art in the museum’s permanent collection (New Orleans, LA) – On Saturday September 29, 2012, the New Orleans Museum of Art… Read More

Katie Holten Selected For Great Hall Project

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

Ralston Crawford And Jazz Exhibition Explores The Influence Of New Orleans On The Artist’s Post-World War II Photographs, Prints, Paintings, Drawings, And Films

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

NOMA Appoints Allison Reid As New Director Of The Department Of Interpretation And Audience Engagement

New Orleans, LA – Susan Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), announced today the appointment of Allison Reid as Director of the Department of Interpretation and Audience Engagement. Previously the Vice President for Collections & Programs at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee,… Read More