2013 Year In Review: Art
D. Eric Bookhardt on how New Orleans art built connections to the outside world this year By D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly This article originally appeared on bestofneworleans.com In the New Orleans art scene, as in the city itself, change is in the air. Drivers can’t help but notice the construction zones that have… Read More
GoNOLA’s 2013 New Orleans Superlatives
by The Red Streetcar | GoNOLA This article originally appeared on gonola.com 2013 is coming to a close, so we thought we’d celebrate with some of our favorite people, places and events from the past year in New Orleans. Rather than the ubiquitous year in review or best of list, we went retro. Just like… Read More
Doug MacCash’s Top 10 New Orleans Favorite Art Exhibits And Events Of 2013
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared on NOLA.com My 10 favorite New Orleans art exhibits of 2013 are like a bowl of apples and oranges. The best of the bunch was, without doubt, Brandan Odums’ “Project Be,” a series of graffiti-style portraits of Civil Rights heroes painting on the walls… Read More
Pop Art To Be Front And Center At NOMA
‘Five Brushstrokes’ By John d’Addario | The New Orleans Advocate If you’ve visited the New Orleans Museum of Art over the last few months, you’re already aware that there are some big changes in progress around the building’s iconic facade. The area in front of the museum at the end of Lelong Avenue in City… Read More
Large-Scale Lichtenstein Pops Up On NOMA’s Lawn
By NOLA Defender The article originally appeared here Pop art has popped up on the lawn at NOMA, with Lichtenstein’s “Five Brushstrokes” erected today. The museum announced the joint donation from Sydney and Walda Besthoff in October, and the large-scale sculpture is greeting visitors now, in the midst of some renovations. Clean lines and loud… Read More
Roy Lichtenstein Sculpture Arrives At New Orleans Museum Of Art
by Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The article originally appeared here Under gray winter skies, a towering crane lifted the New Orleans Museum of Art’s new two-story pop art sculpture into place Monday morning. The sculpture, titled “Five Brushstrokes,” was designed by Roy Lichtenstein, one of the 20th century’s most significant artists. Lichtenstein was… Read More