By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune View the slideshow and article here At the south end of City Park in New Orleans, lies a photography treasure trove. Back in the early 1970s, The New Orleans Museum of Art got into the photo collecting business. Then director, John Bullard, appreciated that documentary and artistic photos… Read More
By Kristine Dworkin | Trekaroo NOMA gets mentioned in the #1 spot! View the full list here Read More
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By Jonathan Blaustein | The New York Times, Lens View the slide show and article here There were 2.5 billion people in the world when Edward Burtynsky was born in the late 1950s. Now, there are seven billion and counting. “That’s literally a billion in every decade, so I started recognizing that human enterprise was… Read More
Posted by Genevieve Fussell | The New Yorker View the slide show and article here On November 1, 1948, Life magazine published the photo essay “Harlem Gang Leader,” introducing their readers to the photography of Gordon Parks and to his subject, the seventeen-year-old Leonard (Red) Jackson, leader of the Harlem gang the Midtowners. “Gordon Parks:… Read More
By Chris Waddington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune View the original article here Will Ryman just assembled a log cabin inside the New Orleans Museum of Art — a walk-in wood structure, coated in gold resin and packed with ideas about American history. He also packed the cabin with things that shaped our history: bullets, arrowheads,… Read More
By Tori Bush | Daily Serving Read the full article here French video artist Camille Henrot creates parallels between the mythical and the contemporary. In her first solo exhibition in the United States at the New Orleans Museum of Art, she investigates the legendary city of Ys in France and the vanishing coastal area of… Read More
By Renée Peck | WWNO Voices of the Arts, a series presented by NolaVie and WWNO – New Orleans Public Radio, explores the thoughts and visions of eight new arts leaders in New Orleans. Through conversations we try to understand how they will engage with the arts and the artists in this already vibrant cultural… Read More
by Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Museum of Art has announced the acquisition of a large-scale sculpture designed by international pop art star Roy Lichtenstein. The 20-foot-tall aluminum sculpture titled “Five Brushstrokes” was purchased by art benefactors Sydney and Walda Besthoff, with help from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. It will be… Read More
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Read the article here French conceptualist Camille Henrot is a rising star on the international art scene. She won the Silver Lion award for promising young artists at the 2013 Venice Biennale – the most prestigious art exhibition in the world. Her first U.S. exhibition “Camille Henrot: Cities… Read More
by Rebecca Bates | Architectural Digest Read the article (and view more photos) here Documenting the collision of nature and industry, Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky captures how, for better or worse, human-made structures mediate hostile landscapes and modify preexisting ecosystems. Now at the New Orleans Museum of Art and Contemporary Art Center, an exhibition of… Read More
This week on Inside the Arts, it’s one of the hottest events of the year for art lovers, as the Contemporary Arts Center kicks off Art for Arts’ Sake this weekend. Listen to the episode, which features an interview with NOMA’s Russell Lord on his newest exhibition, Edward Burtynsky: Water, a NOMA—>CAC collaboration. Read More
By Priscilla Frank | The Huffington Post Arts It’s that time of year, art lovers. Winds are blowing, leaves are crunching and the streets are buzzing with talk of the newest art exhibitions. Autumn is officially upon us, and with the new season comes a barrage of stimulating art exhibitions that will make even the… Read More
By Alexandra Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal Click here to view the entire article When photographer Edward Burtynsky chose water as a new theme, he had a hard time narrowing down how he would depict it. The challenge was intellectual as well as physical. He rented a hydro-truck with a bucket lift, and had… Read More
By: John Edwin Mason You can read the full article here It’s the season of Gordon Parks. Still. Over the last year or so, Parks’ photography has been more visible and more appreciated than at perhaps any time since the 1960s and ’70s. In 2012, he was the subject of several major exhibitions in New… Read More
Posted By: Barbara Davidson “reFramed” is a feature showcasing fine art photography and vision-forward photojournalism. It is curated by Los Angeles Times staff photographer Barbara Davidson. twitter@photospice You can read the full interview here Edward Burtynsky is known as one of Canada’s most respected photographers. His remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes are included… Read More
By Karen Rosenberg You can read the full article online here EDWARD BURTYNSKY: WATER The 60 large-format color photographs in this show, organized in collaboration with the New Orleans Museum of Art, invoke humans’ fraught relationship with a precious natural resource. Oct. 5-Jan. 19, Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans, (504) 658-4100, noma.org. Read More
By Chris Waddington The New Orleans Museum of Art remains a natural spot for locals who like to contemplate Picasso, find out about Crescent City art stars, or meet scholars who know about the family porcelain. On Friday nights, however, NOMA’s sacrosanct halls serve as one of the city’s most distinctive party venues. This Friday… Read More