Q&A: Edward Spots brings Black Magic dance performance to NOMA
New Orleans native Edward Spots, an internationally renowned dancer, choreographer, and actor, will lead a group of youth dancers in a site-specific work of dance at NOMA titled Black Magic that will mark the opening of the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge. Read More
Artful Palate cooking demonstrations return to Café NOMA with tributes to culinary mentors
Chefs of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will prepare their own culinary masterpieces at Café NOMA’s Artful Palate, the eighth annual summer cooking series featuring seven artfully inspired demonstrations at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Read More
Artist’s Choice Film Series to be screened in conjunction with Bodies of Knowledge
Bodies of Knowledge brings together eleven international contemporary artists to reflect on the role that language plays in archiving and asserting our cultural identities. In conjunction with this exhibition, NOMA will be screening an eclectic array of movies selected by a few of these artists that reflect their inspirations, interests, and ideals. Read More
Tour the You Are Here photography exhibition with a curator on Instagram Field Guide
Join Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper for a video tour of highlights in the photography exhibition You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place by linking to NOMA’s Instagram account. Read More
Video: The Besthoff Sculpture Garden opens with fanfare and a rave reception among first-day visitors
The six-acre expansion of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden opened with great fanfare on May 16. Take a preview tour of the outdoor art space with Contemporary and Modern Art Curator Katie Pfohl, view clips of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and scenes of the landscape in a video and photo gallery. Read More
Paper Revolutions reveals the state of French art during a time of political upheaval
Paper Revolutions: French Drawings from the New Orleans Museum of Art features drawings, rough sketches, preparatory studies, and finished drawings by some of the greatest draftsmen of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries within the turbulent political context of the Age of Revolution in France (1789–1870). Read More