NEW ORLEANS, LA – This spring, NOMA will explore the historical and contemporary role of the photographic negative in three related presentations. Drawing mostly on its own permanent collection, NOMA will exhibit some of the earliest examples of photographic negatives in Paper Negatives and avant-garde and twentieth-century uses of the negative image in Negative Image…. Read More

  Acquisition complements the installation of the artist’s ‘Wave of the World’ in City Park NEW ORLEANS, La. — The New Orleans Museum of Art has acquired Wing, a 1970 sculpture by artist Lynda Benglis, with funds provided by The Helis Foundation and additional funds provided by the Frierson Art Purchase Fund. In the 1960s,… Read More

NEW ORLEANS, LA— The National Art Education Association has named Allison Reid, of the New Orleans Museum of Art, the 2016 Southeastern Region Museum Education Art Educator of the Year. This prestigious award, determined through a peer review of nominations, recognizes the exemplary contributions, service, and achievements of an outstanding NAEA member annually at the… Read More

By D. Eric Bookhardt This article originally appeared here Tina Barney is a photographer with an anthropological passion for documenting the most mysterious of American subcultures: old-time wealthy white people. Barney photographs the genteel, WASP-y residents of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, a Victorian-era resort town that evolved into a homey if tony community based on… Read More

NEW ORLEANS, LA-Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum, on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art February 26-May 22, 2016, reconsiders the continuum of American self-taught art and artists from the Revolutionary War to contemporary times. Because each art object is not only a product of its creator’s mind, but also… Read More

By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Poet Robin Coste Lewis will read from her 2015 National Book Award-winning collection “Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems” at The New Orleans Museum of Art, Friday (Jan. 8) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., followed by a book signing until 8. Lewis… Read More

NEW ORLEANS, LA-Poet and National Book Award winner Robin Coste Lewis will present a reading and lecture in conjunction with NOMA’s exhibition Visions of US: American Art at NOMA Friday, January 8 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in NOMA’s Stern Auditorium. The talk is included with general admission, and a book signing in the Museum Shop from 7:30-8:00… Read More

Visions of US: American Art at NOMA is on view November 14-January 24, 2016 NEW ORLEANS, LA– This November, NOMA will open Visions of US: American Art at NOMA, the first exhibition in the museum’s history to highlight the full breadth of its extraordinary American Art collection. American art, with a particular emphasis on artists… Read More

NEW ORLEANS, LA-Jasper Johns: Reversals showcases an exceptional group of prints by Jasper Johns, one of most influential artists of the twentieth century. Known for his representations of icons of American culture like flags, targets and maps, Johns is a master printmaker whose work in print influences all aspects of his art. “NOMA is honored… Read More

Pierre Joseph Landry: Patriot, Planter, Sculptor Exhibition Showcases Art of Earliest Known Self-Taught Artist in Louisiana New Orleans, LA- The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Louisiana State Museum will present an exhibition of works by Pierre Joseph Landry (1770-1843) who is the earliest known self-taught artist of note in Louisiana.  On view from… Read More