New Orleans, LA- The New Orleans Museum of Art will open Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi Friday, October 9th, in conjunction with NOMA’s annual Japan Festival, which takes place Saturday, October 10, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The exhibition focuses on recent sculptures by the Japanese contemporary artist Bidou Yamaguchi (b. 1970) who employs the… Read More
NOMA Organizes Public Performances of Contemporary Artist Tim Youd’s 100 Novels Project at NOMA and Throughout Louisiana Read More
Opening this summer at the New Orleans Museum of Art, A Louisiana Parlor: Antebellum Taste & Context is an exhibition featuring the Butler-Greenwood Plantation parlor furnishings acquired by the museum from descendants of the family in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art is debuting new technology making NOMA’s galleries an interactive learning environment to engage visitors of all ages. Read More
On view at from NOMA May 29, 2015 – September 7, 2015 New Orleans, LA- Ten Years Gone brings together six artists whose work engages with the broad themes of time, memory, loss and transformation. Timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the exhibition seeks to situate the significance of the past… Read More
New Orleans, LA- Susan M. Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), announced today the appointment of Katie Pfohl as the new Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art who will begin her work at NOMA June 15. “Katie has distinguished herself as an accomplished curator and scholar. Her… Read More
Entries to be showcased at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), March 20-27 with winners to be displayed at NOMA New Orleans, La.- The New Orleans Museum of Art, in partnership with The Idea Village, is issuing a call for artists to share their 3D printed designs to be included in New Orleans Entrepreneur Week’s 2nd… Read More
On View February 27, 2015 – May 25, 2015 New Orleans, LA- Opening February 27, 2015 at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the exhibition Kongo across the Waters explores the connections between the art and civilization of the African Kongo peoples with that of African American art and culture in the United States. The… Read More
On view January 23, 2015-April 5, 2015 NEW ORLEANS, LA- In Salutations, Josephine Sacabo (American, b. 1944) combines collaged and distorted photographic images with a wet collodion on metal process that dates back to the 19th century to create a world that is barely recognizable as such, hovering like a memory or a dream in… Read More
Baby Arts Play! and Family Art Workshops begin this month at NOMA New Orleans, LA- NOMA is implementing two new family programs this spring: Baby Arts Play! and Family Art Workshops. In addition to Studio KIDS! art classes and StoryQuest, NOMA will host these new regularly scheduled programs in order to further engage children and… Read More
Seven New Board Members and NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair Appointed NEW ORLEANS, LA- NOMA has named Julie Livaudais George as president of its board of trustees, and has appointed seven new trustees to the board as well as a new NOMAVolunteer Committee Chair. George replaces David F. Edwards who oversaw a comprehensive strategic planning process… Read More
On View at NOMA November 8, 2014 – January 25, 2015 New Orleans, LA— The New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to present Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, the most extensive presentation to-date of the Photorealist painting collection of Sydney and Walda Besthoff. Unveiled with the Odyssey Gala on Friday, November 7,… Read More