By D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly This review originally appeared on bestofneworleans.com Everybody knows about this city’s pioneering role in the history of American music and food, but what about photography? Blank looks are a common response to that question, yet not only was the South’s first photo studio located here, it belonged to… Read More
D. Eric Bookhardt on how New Orleans art built connections to the outside world this year By D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly This article originally appeared on bestofneworleans.com In the New Orleans art scene, as in the city itself, change is in the air. Drivers can’t help but notice the construction zones that have… Read More
by The Red Streetcar | GoNOLA This article originally appeared on gonola.com 2013 is coming to a close, so we thought we’d celebrate with some of our favorite people, places and events from the past year in New Orleans. Rather than the ubiquitous year in review or best of list, we went retro. Just like… Read More
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared on NOLA.com My 10 favorite New Orleans art exhibits of 2013 are like a bowl of apples and oranges. The best of the bunch was, without doubt, Brandan Odums’ “Project Be,” a series of graffiti-style portraits of Civil Rights heroes painting on the walls… Read More
‘Five Brushstrokes’ By John d’Addario | The New Orleans Advocate If you’ve visited the New Orleans Museum of Art over the last few months, you’re already aware that there are some big changes in progress around the building’s iconic facade. The area in front of the museum at the end of Lelong Avenue in City… Read More