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Andrew McClellan to discuss the evolution of public access to art in 18th-century Paris

January 24, 2019News, Magazine, Q&A

Art historian Andrew McClellan, a professor at Tufts University, will deliver the final guest lecture in conjunction with The Orléans Collection on Friday, January 25, at 7 pm as part of Friday Nights at NOMA. As author of the definitive book on the history of the Louvre, and a respected scholar on the study of museology, he has extensively studied the evolution of the public’s access to art in eighteenth-century France. He spoke to NOMA Magazine in advance of his lecture, which is titled “Viewing Art in 18th-Century Paris.” Read More

Q&A: Artist Cristina Molina offers interactive tours of Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art

January 23, 2019News

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

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

Against the Grain features “wood pictures” by Mildred Thompson

January 4, 2019Exhibitions, News, Magazine

Against the Grain marks the first solo museum presentation in more than thirty years of the experimental works in wood by African American artist Mildred Thompson. An accomplished painter, sculptor, writer and musician, Thompson (1936–2003) created abstract work in wood that went against the grain of the more overtly political art of her time. Read More

“The Second Line” Cocktail Service reflects New Orleans’ soundscape

January 4, 2019News, Magazine, Exhibitions

The undulating, dancing shapes of drinking vessels in Geoffrey Mann’s “The Second Line” cocktail service embody the sound waves of jazz and a touching conversation between two strangers. Read More

CT scans reveal mysterious figures in Malian terracotta

January 3, 2019News, Magazine, Collections

Recent research into a Malian terracotta architectural model by a Djenne artist, circled at the base with serpent figures and currently on view in NOMA’s François Billion Richardson Gallery of African Art, provides an example of how science can enhance a deeper analysis of a piece of sculpture. Read More

Israeli designer Ron Arad’s Big Easy chair represents refined 1980s style

December 17, 2018News, Magazine, Collections

Ron Arad is one of the most influential designers of our time, known for his daring forms that span the disciplines of furniture, sculpture, and architecture. His Big Easy chair is a stunning addition to NOMA’s decorative arts collection. Read More

NOMA reaches Tricentennial year milestone by welcoming 300,000th visitor for 2018

December 11, 2018News, Magazine, In the News

On Sunday, December 9, the New Orleans Museum of Art welcomed its 300,000th visitor in 2018. In celebration of a significant year for New Orleans, NOMA set the goal of reaching over 300,000 visitors for the city’s 300th birthday. Read More

Historian Joan DeJean to lecture about New Orleans’ connection to Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

November 26, 2018News, The Orléans Collection, Blog

In conjunction with The Orleans Collection exhibition, historian Joan DeJean will present a lecture titled “Champs-Elysées: Building Paris, Building New Orleans” on Thursday, November 29 at 6 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Vanessa Schmid, NOMA’s Senior Research Curator of European Art, spoke with professor DeJean in advance of the talk. Read More

The Orléans Collection reunites Old Masters for the first time in two centuries

November 13, 2018News, Magazine, Exhibitions

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

National media hail opening of The Orléans Collection

October 26, 2018Magazine, News, In the News

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

Abry Brothers shoring company purchased a photograph with visible family connection for NOMA’s collection

October 17, 2018News, Magazine, Collections

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

French Connection Film Series highlights 18th-century France

October 16, 2018News

Travel through time to 18th-century France with films exploring life among the aristocracy. This series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Orléans Collection, takes place Saturday afternoons in November and December. The movies are included with standard admission to the museum. Read More

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