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SPRING IS NEAR

SPRING IS NEAR

Celebrate the arrival of spring with the annual Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival, presented by NOMA and the Greater New Orleans Iris Society.

Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride

For a limited time, receive a free ride on Blue Bikes to or from the museum.

FRIDAY NIGHT OUT

FRIDAY NIGHT OUT

Join us for live music, drinks, and art-making activities.

Paradise Under the Palms

Paradise Under the Palms

One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon returns March 23–26.

A Dark Comedy

A Dark Comedy

The NOLA Project presents White, a contemporary Frankenstein story set in the fiercely competitive art world.

NOMA Book Club

NOMA Book Club

Check out our book club selections for 2023.

Save the Date

Save the Date

The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a fun event for families featuring arts & crafts, games, face painting, and more.

DEI Progress Report

DEI Progress Report

NOMA is committed to being a welcoming, inclusive, anti-racist institution. We invite you to follow our progress.

This exhibition explores the connection between African American artist Jacob Lawrence and his contemporaries through the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus.

Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club

This exhibition explores the connection between African American artist Jacob Lawrence and his contemporaries through the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus.

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This exhibition includes a selection of works recently given to the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Field and Figure: Recent Gifts from Diane and Charles L. Frankel

This exhibition includes a selection of works recently given to the New Orleans Museum of Art.

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For centuries, Japanese Zen masters have created works of art intended to focus the minds of students and practitioners.

Monochromes: Japanese Zen Paintings and Ceramics

For centuries, Japanese Zen masters have created works of art intended to focus the minds of students and practitioners.

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This exhibition presents the work of an artist who was celebrated by the American craft world.

Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans

This exhibition presents the work of an artist who was celebrated by the American craft world.

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The Art in Bloom Presented by @first_horizon silent auction is live! 🙋🌺⁠

Bid now on unique works and objects from over 80 local and regional artists, including this featured painting, titled "Islanders" by Gretchen Weller Howard. The online auction is open through this Monday, March 27, at noon.⁠

👉 Click the link in our bio to browse all items and place a bid today.⁠
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🎨: Gretchen Weller Howard, "Islanders." Acrylic and plaster with fragments on canvas, 48 x 48 inches.
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This scene portrayed by artist Paul Édouard Poincy was likely common in the 1880s at the French Market or any of the 30 neighborhood markets that existed in New Orleans at the time.⁠

Originally a site of Native American trading, the French Market opened at the riverfront of New Orleans at the end of the 18th century when the city was under Spanish rule. By the 1880s, the French Market was at a high point in popularity, but at its lowest in cleanliness and general upkeep.⁠

Waste-filled gutters and scraps of food attracted dogs scrounging for their dinner. Poincy captured one dog opting for a steak as he grabs meat from a butcher’s stall. A second dog underneath the table warns him off.⁠

👉 Click the link in our bio to learn more about this work by Poincy in an article by Curator of Education Tracy Kennan for @nolanews.⁠

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🎨: Paul Édouard Poincy, "Dogs in the French Market," 1889. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase, 25.0.
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You have four more nights to catch @thenolaproject's latest production in NOMA's Lapis Center for the Arts. ⁠

Written by Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames, "White" is a contemporary Frankenstein story set in a fiercely competitive art world. In this dark comedy directed by Beau Bratcher, ambitious artist Gus has his sights set on a major museum exhibition. But eventually, he has to come face-to-face with his own creations.⁠

👉 Click the link in our bio to get your tickets today for the remaining performances on March 19, 29, 30, and 31.
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Happy birthday to artist @hankwillisthomas, whose sculpture "History of the Conquest" is on permanent view in NOMA's Besthoff Sculpture Garden.⁠

The artwork, commissioned for @prospect_nola in 2017, reflects on global histories of colonialism and empire. Thomas based the work on a 17th-century miniature sculpture composed of a real nautilus shel covered in silver and topped with a black enamel figure. Enlarged to monumental scale and cast in solid bronze, Thomas transforms a negative stereotype from the past into a monumental hero for the present.⁠

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🎨: Hank Willis Thomas, "History of the Conquest," 2017. Museum purchase with funds provided by Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2018.30. © Hank Willis Thomas.
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Jacob Lawrence’s two visits to Nigeria in 1962 and 1964 influenced an entire body of work, now on view in “Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club.” Curator of Education Tracy Kennan shares a little about how those trips impacted the celebrated artist’s vision.

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🎥: @ddrewwstubbss
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