Q&A: Artist Cristina Molina offers interactive tours of Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art
At select intervals throughout the run of Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art, New Orleans-based artist Cristina Molina will host a series of performances in the exhibition’s galleries in, which she offers museum visitors intimate guided tours of the exhibition. Read More
Tina Girouard pays homage to Haitian bead artists in “Bondye” exhibition of Vodou flags
Bondye: Between and Beyond, opening January 25 and on view in the Great Hall through October 13, features twelve sequined prayer flags created by the Louisiana-born artist Tina Girouard in collaboration with artists in Haiti. Read More
NOMA will host a major retrospective by Louisiana-born conceptual artist Keith Sonnier, opening March 15
Keith Sonnier: Until Today, on view from March 15 to June 2, 2019, will include more than thirty key works created between 1967 and 2018, making it the first retrospective to consider the full arc of this artist’s achievement. Read More
Timothy Duffy to lead workshop on revival of tintype photography
NOMA visitors can experience firsthand the process involved in creating a tintype photograph at a free workshop led by Timothy Duffy, a renowned contemporary master of this antiquated camera medium. A free workshop will be held on Saturday, January 19, from 1 to 3 pm. Read More
NOMA installs a rediscovered 19th-century masterpiece by a New Orleanian working in Paris
Léopold Burthe’s Angelique is a recently rediscovered masterpiece by a native New Orleanian who lived and painted in Paris in the 1840s and ‘50s. NOMA recently acquired the painting thanks to a generous donor. Read More
Photographer Timothy Duffy captures American roots musicians on tintype in his Blue Muse series
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. The exhibition closes August 4. Read More