Q&A: Playwright Michael Aaron Santos channels William Shakespeare in The Henchman
The NOLA Project stages a neo-Shakespearean play, The Henchman, in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden through May 31st. Playwright Michael Aaron Santos wrote the script in 17th-century English and iambic pentameter. Read More
Glowing inspiration: Neon has sparked the imagination for more than a century
NOMA is aglow through Sunday, June 2, with works in neon displayed in the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Today. This luminescent natural element from the periodic table has an unusual history going back to its discovery in the late 19th century. Read More
You Are Here exhibition questions sense of place in photography
You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place, on view through August 11, explores photographs of place, photographs in place, and photographs about place. The exhibition encourages visitors to think more deeply about how photography mediates their individual experience of the world and other people in it. Read More
NOMA displays an African tronie from the Dutch Golden Age
A diminutive portrait of an African woman by Willem van Mieris is an extraordinary acquisition, broadening NOMA’s presentation of art from the global Dutch Golden Age. Read More
Timothy Duffy captures roots musicians on tintype, exhibition on view through August 4
The tintype portraits of musicians by Timothy Duffy are a thoroughly American enterprise: his choice of materials aligns with and challenges a distinctly American history of photography, while his subjects represent one of the most important musical legacies in the United States. Read More
Raising a Child is an Art Unto Itself: 10 Depictions of Motherhood in NOMA’s Collection
NOMA honors Mother’s Day by granting free admission to all moms on May 12, and Café NOMA will serve complimentary “Mom-osas” during brunch. Numerous works of art throughout the museum and sculpture garden depict motherhood in all of its complicated facets. Read More