By NOLA Defender The article originally appeared here Pop art has popped up on the lawn at NOMA, with Lichtenstein’s “Five Brushstrokes” erected today. The museum announced the joint donation from Sydney and Walda Besthoff in October, and the large-scale sculpture is greeting visitors now, in the midst of some renovations. Clean lines and loud… Read More
by Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The article originally appeared here Under gray winter skies, a towering crane lifted the New Orleans Museum of Art’s new two-story pop art sculpture into place Monday morning. The sculpture, titled “Five Brushstrokes,” was designed by Roy Lichtenstein, one of the 20th century’s most significant artists. Lichtenstein was… Read More
D. Eric Bookhardt on Will Ryman’s sculpture installation at the New Orleans Museum of Art by D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly Read the article here During President Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address, he emphatically stated he had “no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists…. Read More
Pilot Program Begins January 2014 — will Provide Internships, Career-Readiness Assistance, and Professional Development for Students of Color New York— Nov. 21—New Orleans Museum of Art today announced that it will participate in the UNCF’s (the United Negro College Fund) and the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) nationwide program to address diversity in the… Read More
By Eileen Fleming | WWNO Listen to the story here The New Orleans Museum of Art is offering a glimpse at a fraction of its collection of photographs. Of the 10,000 pictures, 132 are on display. We spoke with curator Russell Lord about the exhibition — how NOMA built such an extensive collection, starting in… Read More