By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Starting Friday (October 2) visitors to the New Orleans Museum of Art may hear a clacking noise echoing through the big marble atrium. The gray haired among them will recognize the sound as an old-fashioned typewriter resonating in a second floor gallery. If… Read More
Ten years ago this week New Orleans was under water. A decade later, people who survived the flood are still turning to art to make sense of Hurricane Katrina’s fury. Several of the city’s major museums have acknowledged the anniversary with new exhibits, including one at the New Orleans Museum of Art. As Here &… Read More
photonola.org | PHOTONOLA This article originally appeared here Since 1975, Tina Barney has been producing large-scale photographs of family and friends. Her meticulous tableaux chronicle the complexity of interpersonal relationships. Tina Barney is renowned for creating images that combine seductive beauty and poignant insight, exposing the emotional and psychological currents that run beneath the surface… Read More
By Cameron Shaw | The New York Times This feature originally appeared here > NEW ORLEANS — How well do you remember the last days of August 10 years ago? Asked that question, a 23-year-old New Orleanian writes of seeing a dead alligator on the highway, having nowhere to sleep and crying every night. This… Read More
By Neda Ulaby | NPR This article originally appeared here > Anniversaries call for exhibitions, and art museums across New Orleans felt compelled to remember Hurricane Katrina as the 10th anniversary of its landfall approaches. But the anniversary shows at some of the city’s most high-profile museums seem surprisingly understated, at least to outsiders’ eyes…. Read More