Garth Johnson is a self-described “craft activist” who serves as the curator of ceramics at the ASU Art Museum in Tempe, Arizona. He will speak at NOMA on Thursday, November 2, at 6 pm in advance of the opening of the exhibition Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection. Read More
The works of art contained in NOMA’s galleries and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden depict the full gamut of human emotions — from love and compassion to vengeance and fright! This… Read More
The 51st-annual Odyssey Ball features an online silent auction with one-of-a-kind items and, for the first time, opportunities to make a lasting legacy at the museum through sponsored programs, art purchases, and exhibitions. Read More
NOMA curators Russell Lord and Katie Pfohl and donor Arthur Roger will be among hundreds of presenting authors at the fourteenth annual Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge on Saturday,… Read More
Nineteenth-century stereoscopes and twenty-first century virtual reality headsets both provide means of visual escapism. Experience both during Friday Nights at NOMA at a technology symposium on October 20th. Read More
The MacArthur Foundation recently announced its prestigious Fellows recipients for 2017. Among the awardees are two artists whose works either have or will appear at the New Orleans Museum of Art: photographer and educator Dawoud Bey and painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Read More
What is the difference between a selfie and a self-portrait? A new exhibition drawn from NOMA’s permanent collection of photographs from the 19th through 21st centuries opening at the St. Tammany Art Association on October 21 explores the many ways in which photographers used reflections as tools and stylistic devices. Read More
When photography arrived in the United States in 1839, populations of indigenous people in the East had been largely decimated by disease and forced removal to the West. Excluded from… Read More
Start your holiday shopping early this year. The annual Members Only sale in the NOMA Museum Shop will take place on Monday, October 16, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m…. Read More
NOMA visitors will have the opportunity to interact with cutting-edge technology in the realms of virtual and augmented reality, animation, digital gaming, and other immersive, artistic technology—and meet the creative minds behind such 21st-century innovations—at a first-ever symposium between Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement and the museum. Read More
In conjunction with East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography three films that highlight landscape will be screened on select Friday Nights at NOMA: O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Days of Heaven, and There Will Be Blood. Read More
When photography arrived in the United States in 1839, it landed first in a few east coast cities and New Orleans, and then spread north and west into the American interior. The proliferation of photography studios and photographers coincided with the beginnings of massive cultural, commercial, and transportation projects that would reshape the nation. Read More
East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century Landscape Photography marks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view more than one hundred images of the eastern United States in the earliest decades of photography’s invention. The exhibition will be accompanied by numerous lectures, gallery talks, noontime tours, and a movie series highlighting landscape in film. Read More
On select Saturday afternoons from November 11 to December 16, NOMA will screen five films by David Lynch. Read More
Kevin and Victoria Burr from Picayune, Mississippi, joined NOMA so that their young daughter could participate in Baby Artsplay! programs. Read More
In the wake of flooding in Texas from Hurricane Harvey, the New Orleans Museum of Art is partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank to host a donation drive of nonperishable food, cleaning supplies, and personal hygiene products to alleviate the needs of those affected by the storm. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art was named Best Museum in Gambit Weekly‘s 31st-annual “Best of New Orleans” readers’ poll. Read More
Thursday, August 31, marks the last day for reciprocal free admission to sixteen museums across New Orleans as part of the annual Museum Month. In this final week, NOMA will… Read More