Talks & Films
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Lynn Drury | A Passion for Collecting: A Conversation with Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen-Gitter
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. Listen to music by Lynn Drury, and meet the collectors behind New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection.
Noontime Talk: Bror Anders Wikstrom: Bringing Fantasy to Carnival, with Curator Mel Buchanan
Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion about the watercolor sketches of New Orleans' Carnival floats and costumes from the turn of the twentieth century by artist Bror Anders Wikstrom....
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by The Huval-Fuselier Cajun Trio | Docent tour of permanent collection | Collect-O-Mania Film Fest
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, special exhibitions, Café NOMA and the Museum Shop are open till 9 pm.
Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Herb and Dorothy
He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Their unlikely story is told in a 2008 documentary, screening as part of NOMA's Collect-O-Mania Film Festival.
Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Iris
What inspires a collector and when do personal collections become something more? Join us on select Fridays and Saturdays in January and February to explore the on-screen stories of passionate...
Noontime Talk: A Queen Within with Curators Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov
Join guest curators Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov of MUSEEA for a discussion about the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, a showcase of experimental gowns, headpieces, and jewelry by avant-garde fashion designers Ale ander McQueen, Gucci, Gypsy Sport, and Iris van Herpen, among others.
Gallery Talk: A Queen Within with artist Joanne Petit-Frére
Joanne Petit-Frére takes sculpture into new realms with her incredibly complex hair designs, which call upon influences as diverse as math, nature, engineering, chemistry, garment construction, Old World architecture, Africa, and the Americas.
Small Talk: Beyond the Frame
Small Talks are 10 to 15 minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Join Mellon Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper as he discusses photographic portrayals of Native Americans in the focus exhibition Beyond the Frame.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Bon Bon Vivant | A Conversation with A Queen Within Curators
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, special exhibitions, Café NOMA and the Museum Shop are open till 9 pm.
Special screening of The Square
NOMA will screen Ruben Östlund's 2017 Swedish satirical movie The Square, starring Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West. The film centers around Christian, the prestigious curator of a Stockholm museum who finds himself...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Opera Nouvelle presents Champion: An Opera in Jazz | Piano music by Nolan Tecklenburg | Fashion on Film Series
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, Café NOMA, and the Museum Shop remain open till 9 pm.
Fashion on Film Series: The Legacy of Alexander McQueen
Five documentaries will be screened in conjunction with the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, beginning with The Legacy of Alexander McQueen. Using never-before-seen interviews and archival fashion footage, this documentary explores Alexander McQueen’s artistic inspirations through the lens of his last four couture collections.