Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds is the first comprehensive museum exhibition for pioneering multimedia artist Dawn DeDeaux. Since the 1970s, DeDeaux has spanned video, performance, photography and installation to create art that exists at the edge of the Anthropocene, anticipating a future imperiled by runaway population growth, breakneck industrial development, disease, and the looming… Read More
Louisiana artist Lin Emery creates kinetic sculptures from reflective materials. Wave, installed in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, relies on forces of nature—wind and gravity—to go with the flow. In a play on the reflective nature of Wave, this activity asks you to reflect on the things that inspire gratitude for you. Before… Read More
Since its opening in 2003, the Besthoff Sculpture Garden has been a place of reflection for visitors—and in the case of works with mirrored surfaces by Lin Emery, Anish Kapoor, and Jeppe Hein that quality is quite literal. Read More
“I never violate my inner rhythm. I loathe to force anything… I listen to it and I stay with it. I have always been this way. I have regards for the inner voice.” –Lee Krasner Krasner’s paintings explore the role of the body in art, treating painting as a form of self- exploration. In Breath,… Read More
Mini Masters is a collaborative arts integration program for pre-kindergarten students featuring works of art from the New Orleans Museum of Art. Mini Masters encourages students to develop higher order thinking skills, make observations, and engage in conversations through museum visits and classroom activities. The program is designed to build capacity of early childhood educators… Read More