The MacArthur Foundation recently announced its prestigious Fellows recipients for 2017. Among the awardees are two artists whose works either have or will appear at the New Orleans Museum of Art: photographer and educator Dawoud Bey and painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Read More
Audiences have been transported into a hidden fantasy realm among the live oaks, lagoons, and works of art in a new play by The NOLA Project underway in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. In The Spider Queen, a rebellious teenager on a mission to discover the truth about her father’s death and a squeamish park ranger who… Read More
New Orleans-based abstract painter Regina Scully found inspiration in the Edo-period Japanese paintings from NOMA’s permanent collection of Asian art. An exhibition links the two across time and continents. Read More
Restored after Katrina flooding, 1790s Automaton Musical Clock goes on view at NOMA in spring 2017. Read More
New Orleans artist George Dunbar reflects on his decades-long career and NOMA exhibition Read More