NOMA Book Club presents 2021 reading-and-discussion selections
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. Eleven books have been selected for monthly discussions and related curatorial programs for 2021. Read More
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Anna Moss performs in Musicians from Home concert series
NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki, enjoy these relaxed and informal music experiences with acclaimed musicians from New Orleans and beyond. Anna Moss is a multi-instrumentalist and one half of the band Handmade… Read More
Make your winter break with art kits for all ages
Bring creativity into your home over the winter holiday season with NOMA’s Make Your Break Art Kits designed for the young and young-at-heart! Kits include either activity or process guides, along with the art-making materials you’ll need to spark creative exploration. All kits are made to order. Pre-order yours today! Place your order by Tuesday,… Read More
New Photography Talk: Guanyu Xu in conversation with Curator Russell Lord
In conjunction with New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile, one of the four represented artists in the exhibition, Guanyu Xu, spoke with Russell Lord, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings. Born and raised in Beijing in a seventeenth-floor apartment of a military housing complex, Guanyu Xu (Chinese, b. 1993) came to the United States… Read More
Object Lesson: Ruth and Naomi by Leonard Baskin
In Leonard Baskin’s bronze sculpture Ruth and Naomi, the biblical women are bound together by shared sadness and mutual support. The work is sited in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Read More
Object Lesson: Still Life with Fruit on a Ledge by Cornelis de Heem
The hallmark characteristic of seventeenth-century Dutch still lifes is a closely observed illusionism wedded to moralistic content. An excellent example is provided by Cornelis de Heem’s Still Life with Fruit on a Ledge. Read More
