Exclusive: Curator’s top picks from ‘Visions of US’ at NOMA
thenewolreansadvocate.com | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here Katie Pfohl, NOMA’s Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and curator of the “Visions of US” exhibition, shares five don’t-miss works from the show exclusively for Advocate readers. 1. François Fleischbein (American/German, 1804-1868) Portrait of a Free Woman of Color, circa 1833-1835 This portrait,… Read More
Exhibit reflects richness of American art, depth of NOMA’s own collection
BY JOHN D’ADDARIO | SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE This article originally appeared here From its foundation in 1911, the New Orleans Museum of Art has always made art by American artists — in particular, artists from the American South — a focus of its mission. This month, a new exhibition at NOMA gives that collection of… Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art guard to patrol empty field; why, you ask?
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Why, you might ask yourself on Friday (Nov. 20) afternoon, is a museum guard dutifully patrolling the apparently empty meadow beside the New Orleans Museum of Art? To answer, we have to travel back 45 years to the height of the earth art… Read More
100 Novels in Louisiana
Deep South Magazine This article originally appeared here Artist Tim Youd makes a stop in Louisiana on his literary pilgrimage to retype 100 works of literature. William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury. Raymond Chandler’s Farewell My Lovely. Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty. Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Since 2013, Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Tim… Read More
NOMA showcases the works of Pierre Joseph Landry, one of Louisiana’s earliest self-taught artists
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here The “Pierre Joseph Landry: Patriot, Planter, Sculptor” exhibit that opens at the New Orleans Museum of Art on Friday (Oct. 16) is the first solo show of one of Louisiana’s earliest self-taught artists, a transcendently talented whittler whose works reinterpreted French neoclassicism in New… Read More
NOMA showcases the works of Pierre Joseph Landry, one of Louisiana’s earliest self-taught artists
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Read this article on NOLA.com The “Pierre Joseph Landry: Patriot, Planter, Sculptor” exhibit that opens at the New Orleans Museum of Art on Friday (Oct. 16) is the first solo show of one of Louisiana’s earliest self-taught artists, a transcendently talented whittler whose works reinterpreted French neoclassicism in New… Read More