Paintings By Zen Master Hakuin (1685-1768) At NOMA Friday
From February 11 to April 17, 2011, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents a new exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by the most significant Japanese Zen master of the past 500 years, Hakuin Ekaku. Organized by NOMA, The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin is the first exhibition… Read More
WHERE TO BE: At NOMA, It’s Where Y’Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art has started what it hopes will become a Friday night tradition with Where Y’Art. Every Friday from 5 to 9 p.m., NOMA offers live music, family art-making activities, and such museum-related events as film screenings, lectures, artist demonstrations and exhibit walk-throughs. (Tonight there will be a walk-through of the… Read More
Where Y’Art On Fridays For A Different Happy Hour Experience
Looking for a decidedly different happy hour? Head over Where Y’Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art. NOMA’s Friday night “inspirational happy hours” feature entertainment and family-friendly activities. For the full article Read More
Madeleine Albright’s Pins Carried Diplomatic Messages
In “Read My Pins, The Madeleine Albright Collection,” the exhibition that went on display Monday at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the bathroom photo is juxtaposed with an image of a brooch made of shards of glass. The pin shows the “glass ceiling in its ideal condition: shattered,” Albright said. That pin seems a… Read More
Being Easy In The Big Easy: Free Your Mind
And have you visited the New Orleans Museum of Art lately? Gorgeous, ever-changing exhibits and a new café await you! FYI, it’s free admission on Wednesdays and the Sculpture Garden is free everyday! Continue reading on Examiner.com Read More
Discover The Delights Of New Orleans’ Parks
The New Orleans Museum of Art: NOMA (www.noma.org), as everyone calls it, is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. This summer, a literally larger-than-life installation of Thalassa, the Greek Goddess of the Sea by the artist Swoon lords over the museum’s neoclassical entrance hall. The 20-foot-tall woman’s figure, covered with fabric swatches and sea creatures,… Read More
