Talks & Films
Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Adele’s Wish
As part of the Collect-O-Mania Film Fest examining the role of art collectors, NOMA will screen the 2009 documentary Adele's Wish. The film recounts the courtroom battle of 92-year-old Jewish World War II refuge Maria Altmann, a resident of Los Angeles who sued the Republic of Austria to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family in Vienna by the Nazis in 1938.
Noontime Talk: Bror Anders Wikstrom: Bringing Fantasy to Carnival, with Curator Mel Buchanan
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Mel Buchanan, NOMA's RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, for a discussion about Bror Anders Wikstrom, a Swedish immigrant in late 19th-century New Orleans who became the most renowned designer of Carnival parade...
Friday Nights at NOMA: New Forms, New Voices Gallery Talk | Hamiltunes NOLA: An American Singalong
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.
Noontime Talk: New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection with Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord
Join Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Curator of Asian Art, for a discussion in the Japanese Gallery about the exhibition New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection. Noontime Talks are brief, casual discussions on exhibitions or works of art in the galleries given by artists, NOMA curators, and special guests.
Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Who The #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
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 collectors who have helped shape the twenty-first-century art museum landscape. Saturday, January 6, 2 pm: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Friday, January 12, 7:30 pm: Adele’s...
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. An exhibition of his works remains on view through April 1. Noontime Talks are brief, casual discussions on exhibitions or works of art in the...
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 collectors who have helped shape the twenty-first-century art museum landscape. Saturday, January 6, 2 pm: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Friday, January 12, 7:30 pm: Adele’s...
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.