By Chris Waddington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here The New Orleans Museum of Art will feel a like a New York museum-of-art on Friday (March 14), as three of the biggest names in the Big Apple visual arts scene share their insights at the 2014 Donna Perret Rosen Lecture. The participants… Read More
By Sharon Litwin | NolaVie This article originally appeared here Kongo Across the Waters, an exhibition currently at the New Orleans Museum of Art, explores the connections between the art and civilization of the African Kongo people with that of African American art and culture in the United States. History informs us that the first… Read More
by Claude Robichaux | NOLA Defender This article originally appeared here New Orleans prides herself on the fusion of cultures that combined to build the city we now know. One of the most commonly cited example of those evolutions is jazz’s origins in Congo Square. The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)’s new installation, Kongo:… Read More
By Sue Strachan, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Exploring the connections between the art and culture of the Kongo peoples of western Central Africa and African-Americans in the U.S., “Kongo Across the Waters” exhibition at New Orleans Museum of Art features more than 160 works from collections and museums from around… Read More
by Chris Waddington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Africa dwells in New Orleans. You can taste it in our gumbo, dance to it during second-lines, and hear it when the city’s drummers gather at Congo Square. Starting Friday (Feb. 27), you also can explore those African connections in a nationally touring… Read More