By Christian Viveros-Fauné | artnet news This article originally appeared here Life can’t be boiled down to a listicle. Neither can art or money. Yet all three have become so intimately intertwined that they could seriously stand the kind of rearranging that only an alternative inventory can provide. Some readers will invariably quote The Guardian’s… Read More
By OUTTraveler Editors This article originally appeared here Neal Broverman, Editor in Chief, Out Traveler; Contributing Editor, The Advocate I keep vacillating between Curacao and New Orleans (pictured above) as my two favorite spots I was lucky enough to visit this year. The vast expanse of the Queen Juliana bridge on the gay-friendly Caribbean isle… Read More
A city enamored with tradition seems to enjoy embracing the new – or renewed. By Will Coviello | Gambit Weekly This article originally appeared here The 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina looms in 2015, but by then rebuilding may seem like just another longstanding New Orleans tradition. In 2014, a host of local institutions, new… Read More
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here The late pop art master Roy Lichtenstein’s sculpture “Five Brushstrokes” has been in place in front of The New Orleans Museum of Art for exactly a year. But at 6 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 10), NOMA officially welcomes the 20-foot-tall painted aluminum landmark with… Read More
By Jim Fitzmorris | The New Orleans Advocate This review originally appeared here Holding a candle, an emotionally pinched grump in a nightcap and gown opposes merriment and seasonal celebration. An expansive man with a beard chortles and bellows while bringing mirth and mischief to all with whom he comes into contact. And young lovers… Read More
Staging Shakespeare in the Grand Hall of the New Orleans Museum of Art By Will Coviello | Gambit Weekly This review originally appeared here In Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, it’s easy for a director to produce laughs with a drunk and insistent Sir Toby Belch and a pompous Malvolio, who is… Read More
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection of photorealist canvases reveals subtle painterly magic By D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly This review originally appeared here It’s no secret Sydney and Walda Besthoff are big-time art lovers, but the size of their photorealist painting collection, which takes up the back half of NOMA’s first-floor galleries, may… Read More
By John d’Addario | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here Painting and photography have always had a complex relationship. Conceived as an adjunct to painting in the earliest years of its development in the first decades of the 19th century, when many painters discovered how useful photographs could be in composing their… Read More
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here A mind-blowing painting exhibit titled “Photorealism:The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection” opens to the public Saturday (Nov. 8) at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Unlike many contemporary shows, it’s not an exhibit that proffers a social concept or psychological sub-text. It’s an… Read More
On View at NOMA November 8, 2014 – January 25, 2015 New Orleans, LA— The New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to present Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, the most extensive presentation to-date of the Photorealist painting collection of Sydney and Walda Besthoff. Unveiled with the Odyssey Gala on Friday, November 7,… Read More
By Diane Mack | WWNO Listen to Susan Taylor’s interview with Diane Mack here Coming up on Inside the Arts, Prospect New Orleans kicks off the international contemporary art biennial- Prospect 3 this week at venues throughout the city. Prospect 3 + is a satellite program which highlights exhibits and arts events by local artists…. Read More
By Kimberley Singletary | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here Finish this sentence: “Art makes me …” Maybe art makes you see the beauty in life. Maybe it inspires you to learn, to create or just feel an emotion. However you would finish that statement, the New Orleans Museum of Art wants… Read More
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Edgar Degas’ 1880 sculpture, “Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen” goes on display in a second floor gallery at the New Orleans Museum of Art Friday (Oct. 10). Of the scores of sculptures Degas (1834-1917) produced, she’s the largest and best known. She’s the only… Read More
On View at NOMA October 10, 2014-March 1, 2015 New Orleans, LA– Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, the only three-dimensional work exhibited during his lifetime, will be the highlight of a focus exhibition at NOMA opening October 10, 2014. A selection of related works of art by Degas from NOMA’s permanent collection will be… Read More
Additional Support Provided by Chevron Human Energy and Capital One New Orleans, LA— NOMA’s Mini Masters program, which provides early learning visual arts instruction for 3- and 4-year-old students, will continue to build on past success with the generous support of the Ford Foundation. Piloted byNOMA during the 2012-2013 school year, the program is now… Read More
By John d’Addario | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here Unlike people in other cities who have to be cajoled to “be a tourist” in their own home towns, New Orleanians generally don’t need to be reminded to enjoy what makes this place so special to visitors. Sure, it might be a… Read More
By Kathleen DesHotel | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here In New Orleans, a person can buy a dozen oysters on the half shell or second-line with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. In Covington, art appreciators can view one dozen beautiful works that exemplify the culture, spirit, tradition or geography of greater… Read More
By Chris Waddington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here New Orleans summers are hot, but the 2014 Fall arts season promises to be hotter. To help you plan, we assembled a list of 35 arts events between Labor Day and Christmas: prime time for anyone passionate about theater, music, dance, literature and… Read More
