New Orleans Museum of Art Names Japanese Art Galleries in Honor of Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen Gitter
NOMA announced the dedication of its third-floor Japanese art gallery in honor of longtime museum supporters and patrons. The Kurt A. Gitter, MD and Alice Yelen Gitter Gallery will open to the public on Friday, May 10, with a new installation Envisioning Japan: Transformational Gifts from Kurt A. Gitter, MD and Alice Yelen Gitter. Read More
Frank Stella (1936–2024)
Frank Stella was one of the most important figures of modern painting and sculpture in the United States, ushering in a generation of American art marked by formalism. Read More
Recap: Intergenerational Beading Class with Creative Assembly Cohort Member Dianne Honoré
This month’s intergenerational beading class at the New Orleans Museum of Art was an experience in tradition, creativity, and connection. Read More
Video: Gallery Talk with Kr3wcial on Roberto Lugo
In a gallery talk, Creative Assembly Cohort member Kr3wcial discusses Roberto Lugo’s “Stunting” Garniture Set, on view on the museum’s second floor. Read More
This Fall the New Orleans Museum of Art Hosts the Visionaries Gala and Garden Party Presented by First Horizon to Mark Twenty Years of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
NOMA has announced dates and details for the Visionaries Gala and Garden Party Presented by First Horizon, marking twenty years of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The two events—on Thursday, November 7, and Friday, November 8, respectively—will raise funds to support the future of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and NOMA, and they will serve as capstones for a year of programming designed to highlight the natural and artistic beauty of the garden. Read More
NOMA Opens New Exhibition Highlighting Works by Contemporary African Artists
Afropolitan: Contemporary African Arts at NOMA—on view in The Helis Foundation Gallery on the museum’s second floor—includes paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works by some of the most pioneering artists of the 20th and 21st centuries working in cities across the African continent. Read More