Admission to NOMA will be FREE to Louisiana residents on the hottest days of late summer as part of the “Art and A/C” program courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Throughout the month of August, if the temperature forecasted by FOX8 chief meteorologist David Bernard is at or above 95 degrees, three of New Orleans’ top art museums will open their doors free of charge. Read More
In 2005, documentary filmmaker Rick Beyer became fascinated with the history of the “Ghost Army,” a top-secret tactical deception unit charged with tricking the Nazis during World War II whose work had only recently been declassified. Among the veterans of that unit was Jim Steg, the subject of a retrospective on view at NOMA through October 8th. Read More
Lee Deigaard is among the artists represented in Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans, an exhibition of more than 70 works of art donated by renowned New Orleans gallerist Arthur Roger. She will deliver an Artist Perspective lecture on Friday, July 28, at 6 p.m. Read More
Bob Snead is among the dozens of artists represented in Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans, an exhibition of more than 70 works of art donated to NOMA by renowned New Orleans’ gallerist Arthur Roger. Snead’s Family Dollar General Tree represents the type of “small box” stores that have proliferated across America. It is created entirely of cardboard boxes salvaged from these stores, emblazoned with the logos of the crated products. Read More
Works by Thornton Dial, Ronald Lockett, Joe Minter, Mary Proctor, and the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, are part of gift/purchase from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. Read More
Chefs of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will demonstrate their own culinary masterpieces at Café NOMA’s “Artful Palate,” the sixth-annual summer cooking series featuring eight artfully inspired demonstrations. Read More
A recently purchased painting by McArthur Binion in NOMA’s permanent collection is on display at the Venice Biennale, drawing critical acclaim. Read More
Audiences have been transported into a hidden fantasy realm among the live oaks, lagoons, and works of art in a new play by The NOLA Project underway in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. In The Spider Queen, a rebellious teenager on a mission to discover the truth about her father’s death and a squeamish park ranger who… Read More
Inspired by Museum Game Night’s epic #butthunt, NOMA is launching a themed hunt among the artworks for the Masquerade: Late Night at NOMA event on May 12. The theme is all about those queens out there. YAS QUEEN, to be specific. Masquerade attendees will be searching high and low to find the boldest, fiercest, nastiest queens in our galleries…. Read More
Deceptive Space: Op Artfrom the New Orleans Museum of Art, on view at the Slidell Cultural Center March 18 – April 29, explores geometric abstraction and optical illusion through a selection of rarely-seen works from NOMA’s permanent collection. The exhibition considers Louisiana artists within the broader discourse of the international Op Art movement and its… Read More
Edible Book Day, now in its fourth year at NOMA, has become a popular draw for both bibliophiles, bakers, and admirers of sculptural cakes. On April 7, 2017, amateur and professional cake-decorating contestants brought confections that are designed around literary themes, ranging from replicas of book covers and fictional characters to puns that play off… Read More
Groundbreaking New Orleans gallerist Arthur Roger has assembled an unparalleled collection of works by contemporary artists, many of them Louisiana-based. His donation to NOMA will be on view throughout the summer of 2017. Read More
NOMA is pleased to announce that the Lupin Foundation Decorative Arts Galleries on the second floor are reopening with a reimagined installation. In a series of gallery unveilings through 2017 and 2018, and with the creation of the Elise M. Besthoff Foundation changing gallery, the museum will celebrate its beloved collection of design, craft, and ornament. Read More
The Syndey and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden puts on a spectacular show of spring blooms during the annual Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival. Horticulturist Patrick O’Connor discusses the labors of keeping nature’s artwork in pristine condition. Read More
NOMA’s permanent collection includes ten works by the late artist who defined the Pop Art Movement of the mid-20th century. Read More
As part of the Egg Hunt and Family Festival on Saturday, April 1, retired third-generation banker and children’s book writer Allain C. Andry III will read from his first published work, Louie the Buoy (12 – 12:30 p.m.). The inspiration for this tale of a fearless buoy that faces down a ferocious storm was inspired by the author’s… Read More
Masks served as both a roleplaying element of costume and a means of societal liberation in 18th-century Venice, as explained by NOMA’s Senior Research Curator of European Art, Vanessa Schmid. Read More
In conjunction with A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s, three films set in the 20th-century city will be screened at NOMA. Read More