ended on September 15th, 2013
The first solo exhibition in Louisiana by renowned video, performance, and collage artist Rashaad Newsome (born 1979), Rashaad Newsome: King of Arms explores the artist’s interest in ornament, systems of heraldry, and Baroque grandeur. Read More
ended on September 8th, 2013
From the very origins of photography, the absence or presence of light has always dictated the form of a photograph, but in the twentieth century, photographers became discontent to let light fall where it may. Instead they sought out peculiar interactions of light and shadow, or manipulated light in front of the camera to create images that range from the abstract to the ominous. Read More
ended on August 25th, 2013
“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.”
–Lewis Hine Read More
ended on August 3rd, 2013
From nearly a century following their inception in 1851, world’s fairs were the most important vehicles for debuting advancements in modern living and democratizing design. The decorative arts they showcased were the physical manifestation of the progressive, economic, and technological ideals embodied in the fairs. Read More
ended on July 7th, 2013
Marking twenty-five years since Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to New Orleans in 1987, this exhibition celebrates his life through sculpture, photography, and video. Read More
ended on June 16th, 2013
This exhibition explores the motivations and meanings behind masking and disguise as it is manifested in contemporary art and in masks of different cultures. Read More
ended on May 19th, 2013
In the nineteenth century, French artists created prints, drawings, oil sketches, photographs, and paintings of the forest that challenged traditional conceptions of landscape depiction. This exhibition reconsiders the role of those works of art in the reinvention of nature in the Forest of Fontainebleau. Read More
ended on May 12th, 2013
In the wake of the Civil War, the New Orleans-based artists Richard Clague, Marshall Smith Jr., and William Buck emerged to form a cohesive landscape tradition, the first of its kind in the region. These landscapes are fascinating not only for what they picture, but also for what they ignore. Clague, Smith, and Buck collectively turned away from the bustling and at-times contentious city they inhabited and focused on the seemingly un-complicated rural life of the post-Civil War Gulf South. Today, the paintings of Clague, Smith, Buck, and the followers of their style are collectively known as the “Bayou School.” Read More
ended on April 14th, 2013
In honor of Ida Kohlmeyer’s 100th anniversary, NOMA will present a selection of key works based in the permanent collection called “Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights” on view on in the museum’s second floor Fredrick R. Weisman Galleries. Kohlmeyer’s versatile style will be illustrated through examples of rich abstract expressionist paintings, vibrant prints, and powerful sculpture. Read More
ended on February 24th, 2013
This fall the New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of the paintings by renowned New Orleans artist Jim Richard. Read More
ended on December 2nd, 2012
‘Photography, Sequence, & Time’ will examine the ways in which meaning, narrative, and time intersect in photographic sequences from the 19th century to the present. Read More
ended on November 11th, 2012
Highlighting rich examples of British decorative arts in our collection, exploring the fascinating relationships between design, technology, & mass production. Read More
ended on October 14th, 2012
NOMA presents “Ralston Crawford and Jazz,” an exhibition that considers the relationships between music, photography, painting, drawing and film as they intersect in Crawford’s work in New Orleans. Organized by the Sheldon Art Galleries, in Saint Louis, MO, the exhibition includes over 150 photographs, prints, paintings, drawings and films, many never before published. Read More
ended on September 16th, 2012
Inspired by Robleto’s visits to New Orleans, and focuses on the transference of music across multiple generations. Opens March 23, 2012 Read More
ended on September 16th, 2012
Celebrating Leah’s upcoming 90th year! Leah Chase Gala on April 23. Exhibition opens April 24. Read More
ended on September 9th, 2012
This summer the New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to present a new work by Katie Holten (born 1975, Dublin, Ireland) for the 2012 iteration of the Great Hall Project series, which is designed to debut large-scale site-specific installations in NOMA’s Great Hall space. Read More
ended on August 19th, 2012
This exhibition describes and includes many of the most common photographic processes (daguerreotypes, salted paper prints, gelatin silver prints, and inkjet prints), but it also includes objects, artifacts, and practices that have typically been considered marginal to the history of photography (reproductions of photographs in ink, negatives, camera-less photographs, cartes-de-visite, color processes, and even a piece of jewelry). Read More
No Upcoming Exhibitions.
on view through January 4th, 2026
The photographs included in “The View From Here: Women Photographers of the American Landscape”—all of which are from NOMA’s permanent collection—illustrate some of the exceptional diversity of landscape photographs made by women artists working in the United States since the year 1900. Read More
Watch as Chief Bassey Nsa introduces himself to visitors of the “New African Masquerades” exhibition and honors Dr. Jordan A. Fenton, an Ekpe Society Chief and exhibition co-curator. Read More