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Press Releases
NOMA announces artists selected for Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden expansion
Opening on May 15, 2019, the expansion of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art will feature 26 new works by artists working primarily in the 21st century. The expansion, which broke ground in December 2017, builds on the success of the museum’s existing five-acre Besthoff Sculpture Garden, widely regarded as one of the top sculpture gardens in the world. The existing site is home to 64 sculptures from renowned artists from the 19th century to the present. Read More
Bondye: Between and Beyond | Tina Girouard’s Flags on View for Mardi Gras
NOMA presents Bondye: Between and Beyond, on view January 25 through June 16, 2019, featuring a series of sequined prayer flags by Tina Girouard with Haitian artists in Port-au-Prince. Inspired by the blend of Caribbean, African, and European culture in her own Louisiana hometown, these flags reference a range of international traditions expressed in Vodou, from All Saints Day in France to New Orleans Mardi Gras and Haitian Kanaval. Read More
Keith Sonnier retrospective at NOMA: Exploring the Influence of Louisiana Art and Culture
NOMA presents Keith Sonnier: Until Today, on view March 15 through June 2, 2019. The first comprehensive museum survey for Keith Sonnier, the exhibition celebrates a Louisiana-born pioneering figure in conceptual, post-minimal, video and performance art of the late 1960s. Read More
Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art
Working with natural elements like earth, wind, water and fire, the artists featured in the group exhibition Ear to the Ground, on view through August 31, 2019, show how nature can spur artistic innovation and spark new thinking about human culture and community. Read More
NOMA welcomes 300,00th visitor in 2018: Museum Sees All-Time Highest Visitation in City’s Tricentennial Year
On Sunday, December 9, the New Orleans Museum of Art welcomed its 300,000th visitor in 2018. In celebration of a significant year for New Orleans, NOMA set the goal of reaching over 300,000 visitors for the city’s 300th birthday. Read More
Geoffrey Mann captures the rhythms of New Orleans in “Second Line” Cocktail Service
The “Second Line” Cocktail Service, a focused installation on view through May 2019, celebrates a new digital and glass work of art commissioned by the museum. Scottish designer Geoffrey Mann recorded the sounds he heard on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans. Using cutting-edge digital technologies combined with time-honored glass craft, Mann’s “Second Line” Cocktail Service embodies the ambient jazz music and conversation in three-dimensional objects. Read More
NOMA reopens reimagined decorative arts galleries
The Lupin Foundation Center for Decorative Arts on the second floor of the New Orleans Museum of Art has reopened with a new installation drawn from the permanent collection, and for the first time includes modern and contemporary design. Read More
Timothy Duffy: Blue Muse
Using a photography process invented in the United States in the nineteenth-century, Timothy Duffy creates masterful one-of-a-kind tintype portraits of American musicians, preserving the faces of American roots music for future generations. His solo exhibition, Timothy Duffy: Blue Muse, will be on view from April 25 through July 28, 2019. Read More
NOMA in partnership with IBERIABANK presents Odyssey 2018: All That Glitters
On Saturday, November 10, 2018, at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), Odyssey 2018: All That Glitters in partnership with IBERIABANK will once again celebrate NOMA and the integral place of this annual gala in New Orleans’ cultural life and history. Now in its 52nd year, this signature event has become a New Orleans legacy. Read More
Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain
The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain, on view starting October 19, 2018, marking the first solo museum presentation of the experimental wood works of the American artist Mildred Thompson (1936–2003) in more than thirty years. Read More
NOMA reunites masterpieces from the Duke of Orléans Collection
In celebration of the city of New Orleans’ Tricentennial in 2018, the New Orleans Museum of Art will present The Orleans Collection, an exhibition of selections from the magnificent collection of the city’s namesake, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1689-1723). Universally praised during his lifetime, the exceptional collection was comprised of some of the most important works in the history of art. Read More
Souls Grown Deep Foundation Announces Museum Internships for Undergraduate Students of Color
The Souls Grown Deep Foundation is pleased to announce a new grant program providing undergraduate students of color paid internships, allowing for the opportunity to develop professional experience in art museums, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, while being financially supported. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art promised most significant gift of photographs in its history
The New Orleans Museum of Art announced the largest and most significant single gift of photographs in the institution’s history, a promised bequest of over 1,300 photographs from the private collection of Tina Freeman, former curator of photographs at NOMA (1977-1982), noted photographer, and longtime supporter of the museum. Read More
Gabrielle Wyrick appointed as Deputy Director for Learning and Engagement
Susan M. Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director at the New Orleans Museum of Art, has announced the appointment of Gabrielle Wyrick as the Deputy Director for Learning and Engagement, a member of the museum’s senior management team. Read More
Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Masters at NOMA
The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Masters, on view July 14, 2018 through January 20, 2019, featuring forty paintings and works of calligraphy of the Edo period (1615-1868) in the Japanese Art Gallery. Read More
Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred. Artist explores America’s involvement in the founding of Liberia
The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred, the first major museum presentation of the work of Lina Iris Viktor, on view October 5, 2018, through January 6, 2019. Read More
LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney celebrates New Orleans artists, food, and libations
For the 14th year, the New Orleans Museum of Art will celebrate LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney. On September 28, 2018, 1,500 guests will enjoy cuisine from over 60 of New Orleans’ finest restaurants, and craft cocktails from New Orleans’ top bartenders as they vie for first place in the 5th annual LOVE Cocktail Challenge. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art Announces Appointment of Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba as Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art
Susan M. Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director at the New Orleans Museum of Art, has announced the appointment of Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, PhD. as the Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art. Ezeluomba, who will begin his work at NOMA August 1, 2018. Read More