By Steven Forster for the Times-Picayune DEVELOPING TALENTS “One Night, 100 Photographers” brought novices and professionals to the New Orleans Museum of Art, where they showed their prints on tables in the Great Hall. Curator of photographs Russell Lord guided a tour of his exhibition “What Is a Photograph,” which is on view until Aug…. Read More
On View June 22-October 14, 2012 at the New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans, LA – Ralston Crawford and Jazz explores the profound impact of New Orleans’ culture, and in particular the city’s jazz scene, on artist Ralston Crawford’s artistic output in the years after World War II-a significant but lesser known body of… Read More
By Dalt Wonk, Gambit NOLA Project has once again spun its magic in an outdoor setting. Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It, recently presented in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art, is perfectly suited to trees and starlight since much of the play takes place in the… Read More
By Steven Forster for the Times-Picayune To honor Chef Leah Chase’s contributions to the city, the New Orleans Museum of Art opened an exhibition of 20 paintings that capture her at work in Dooky Chase’s kitchen. The series, painted by New Orleanian Gustave Blache III, is an intimate glimpse into Chase’s restaurant business, depicting her… Read More
By Robert Cicetti for Hyperallergic. The New Orleans Museum of Art hosted a luncheon today for members of arts community that amounted to something much more than the usual meet and greet. Instead of delivering a regurgitated press release, the dialogue that unfolded about New Orleans and the transformative power of art meandered, taking anecdotal… Read More