ended on October 15th, 2017
The commonality between the works of contemporary New Orleans artist Regina Scully and the paintings of 18th and 19th-century Edo-period Japanese artists are explored in a random pairing of works in the Asian art galleries. Read More
ended on October 8th, 2017
Jim Steg was the most influential printmaker to be based in New Orleans. A longtime beloved professor of art at Newcomb College, this exhibition reveals Steg as both an innovator in the field of printmaking, and an artist at the forefront of several major twentieth-century movements. Read More
ended on October 8th, 2017
This exhibition showcases NOMA’s recent acquisitions of modern and contemporary art and celebrates the museum’s enduring commitment to championing the work of emerging and underrepresented artists, especially from the American South. Read More
ended on September 3rd, 2017
Pride of Place showcases a selection of 20th-century paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures recently donated to NOMA by prominent New Orleans gallerist and art collector Arthur Roger. Read More
ended on May 21st, 2017
An exhibition exploring 18th-century Venice features fashion, pageantry, ceremonies, and street life. An exquisite gondola finial, 18th-century costumes and Carnival masks, a puppet theater, and view paintings depicting the fabled “Queen of the Adriatic” are among the works on display. Read More
ended on February 19th, 2017
This exhibition surveys the career of George Dunbar (American, born 1927), who played a pivotal role in introducing abstract art to the South. Read More
ended on February 19th, 2017
This exhibition presents a brief survey of the work of Kenneth Josephson (American, born 1932), one of the most inventive photographers of the second half of the twentieth century. Read More
ended on February 19th, 2017
This exhibition of works from NOMA’s collection explores photography’s relationship to the world through a diverse selection of photographs that include obstructing elements or remind us that the photograph itself is often an obstruction to the real world. Read More
ended on January 16th, 2017
Seeing Nature explores the development of landscape painting, from a small window on the world to interpretations of artists’ personal experiences with their surroundings on land and sea. It reveals… Read More
ended on December 31st, 2016
NOMA has commissioned Nigerian-born Odili Donald Odita to transform the first floor elevator lobby with a kaleidoscope mural. Read More
ended on October 17th, 2016
Throughout the twentieth century, the raw, instinctive approach of self-taught artists has quietly attracted acclaimed “contemporary” artists, collectors with keen eyes and in more recent decades, insightful museum curators, who… Read More
ended on September 11th, 2016
This exhibition brings together approximately 150 objects covering 100 years of design history. From familiar items like flip-flops and paperclips, to conceptual chairs and lamps by superstar designers, this exhibition celebrates simplicity in design. Read More
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Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts offers a preview of works on view in the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus and Beyond, on view from August 16, 2019, through March 15,… Read More