Tina Girouard pays homage to Haitian bead artists in “Bondye” exhibition of Vodou flags

January 22, 2019News

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

January 17, 2019News

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

January 16, 2019News, Magazine, Q&A

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

January 8, 2019News

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

January 8, 2019News

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

Q&A: Julia Armstrong-Totten discusses The Orléans Collection as a cultural phenomenon in 18th-century London

January 7, 2019News, Magazine, Q&A

Julia Armstrong-Totten will be among the ten scholars speaking at The Orléans Collection Symposium on January 11 and 12. She spoke with NOMA Magazine about The Orléans Collection, on view at NOMA through January 27, 2019. Read More