Rembrandt, Rubens, Veronese, and Coypel are but a few of the Old Masters whose works comprised the famed collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. NOMA has reunited a selection of these paintings for the first time since their dispersal in the 1790s. Read More
NOMA’s final tribute to the New Orleans Tricentennial—an epic exhibition titled The Orleans Collection that reunites portions of the eighteenth-century collection of the city’s namesake, Philippe II, the Duke of Orléans—is receiving widespread coverage from the national and local media. Read More
A photograph by Clarence John Laughlin was added to NOMA’s permanent collection thanks to a donation from Abry Brothers, Inc., a New Orleans-based shoring contractor in business since 1840 that shares a special relationship with this image made in 1946. Read More
The New Orleans Opera will stage Pygmalion, Jean-Phillippe Rameau’s 1748 one-act acte-de-ballet, at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré from November 8 to 11 in tribute to NOMA’s presentation of The Orléans Collection. Opera Director Robert Lyall spoke about how this performance will incorporate art from the exhibition into set design. How did you conceive… Read More
The Lupin Foundation Decorative Arts Galleries on the museum’s second floor have reopened with a new installation drawn from the permanent collection, and for the first time include contemporary design and craft of recent decades. Read More
Susan M. Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), has announced the appointment of Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, PhD. as the Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art and Gabrielle Wyrick as Deputy Director of Learning and Engagement. Originally from Benin City, Nigeria, Ezeluomba comes to NOMA from the… Read More
Lina Iris Viktor is widely recognized for her gilded paintings and installations that explore art’s relationship to history, spirituality, and prophecy. In her forthcoming exhibition in the Great Hall at NOMA, A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred, Viktor examines the founding of the West African nation of Liberia. She spoke with Curatorial Fellow Allison… Read More
Del Hall’s career in photojournalism took him from his home in New Orleans around the world. As an Emmy Award-winning news cameraman and film editor, Hall pioneered the use of moving images on television news, and he applied the same perceptive and sensitive vision to take incredible still photographs of the people and events that… Read More
Featuring recent award-winning films from Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United States, the West African Cinema Series is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred. Read More
The NOLA Project stages an all-female play featuring four beautiful and bold women caught up in the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Artistic Director A.J. Allegra discusses the timeless themes of this dark comedy. Read More
Nic Brierre Aziz joined the staff at NOMA in early 2018 to serve as community outreach coordinator for NOMA+, a new “pop-up museum” that debuted in March. He will write a blog for NOMA’s digital magazine about his observations as this innovative “museum without walls” travels to schools, community centers, libraries, festivals, and other community… Read More
I recently visited Carlos Rolón: Outside/In and found the concept of the exhibition quite moving for a several reasons. The content of his work spoke to me in an incredibly personal way, in that Rolón, like me, has a close connection to both Puerto Rico and New Orleans and was inspired by the similarities between… Read More
Painting and calligraphy by Zen monks has a long history in Japan. Introduced from China in the twelfth century, Zen (meaning “meditation”) has its origins in the teachings of the Buddha, the sixth-century BCE Indian prince who taught that it was possible to be freed from human suffering. However, it is the legendary Indian monk… Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art, in partnership with the New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) and the Everyday Projects, announces #EverydayNewOrleans, an educational and community outreach initiative. Read More
A recap of news stories about the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden for the month of May 2018. Read More
Nic Brierre Aziz, NOMA’s Community Engagement Curator, came to the museum to spearhead NOMA+, a “pop-up museum” that debuted in March of 2018. Aziz writes about his observations as this innovative “museum without walls” traveled to schools, community centers, libraries, festivals, and other community gatherings. Despite the endless number of cultural contributions that minority… Read More
After years of planning, NOMA+, a pop-up museum without walls, has launched. The mobile museum will visit schools, community centers, libraries, festivals, and other gatherings across metro New Orleans. Read More
Portraits of women working as prostitutes in Storyville, long attributed to Ernest Jean Bellocq, have become some the most indelible images of New Orleans, making Bellocq (1873-1949) one of the most recognized photographers in the history of the city. Yet, we know remarkably little about the photographer, long the subject of local legend. Read More