The Orléans Collection profiled in New Orleans magazine
Arts writer John Kemp wrote about The Orleans Collection in the May 2018 edition of New Orleans Magazine. Read More
Reviews
NOMA entertains New Orleans area families with annual egg hunt
By Anita Hymel, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here The usual quite, serene New Orleans Museum of Art all changed on Mar. 12. The pristine lawn became the site of dancing, joyful laughing and merriment, pet petting and more as the museum hosted its annual egg hunt and family festival. As the… Read More
Taking Direction: An Interview with Tina Barney
BY DREW SAWYER | PELICAN BOMB Article originally appeared here EDITOR’S NOTE Over the last four decades, photographer Tina Barney has captured her family and friends on film, recording moments both intimate and formal with an acute awareness of how people act around each other. On the occasion of “Tina Barney: Photographs,” on view this… Read More
Review: Self-Taught Genius
By D. Eric Bookhardt, bestofneworleans.com | The Gambit This article originally appeared here As show titles go, this Self-Taught Genius expo of masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum poses a unique question: How does one become a self-taught genius? Most would-be art geniuses go to school, but only learn about other people’s genius. Some,… Read More
Art in NOMA shows is tough to categorize, easy to admire
BY JOHN D’ADDARIO| SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE This article originally appeared here What exactly does it mean to be a “self-taught genius”? A new exhibition by that name at the New Orleans Museum of Art doesn’t provide an easy answer. But there are still plenty of great things to look at while you’re trying to… Read More
10 must-see pieces in new NOMA exhibits
BY JOHN D’ADDARIO| SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE This article originally appeared here NOMA curatorial assistant Anne C.B. Roberts shares some don’t-miss moments in “Self-Taught Genius” and “Unfiltered Visions” exclusively with Advocate readers: 1. George Widener, Funeral for Titanic 2007 (in “Self-Taught Genius”) This fascinating, intricate drawing by “calendar-savant” George Widener records every Tuesday from the… Read More
NOMA Exhibit Highlights Self-Taught Genius Through the Ages
By Fritz Esker | NewOrleans.me This article originally appeared here New Orleans is a city that embraces autodidacts and outsider art. As such, it’s an ideal city to host Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum, which will be on display at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) throughout May 22.“NOMA has… Read More
CultureConnect Wins Two Awards for New Orleans Museum of Art App
By Julia Ballard | Silicon Bayou News This article originally appeared here The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) has recognized the winners of the first ever SEMC Technology Competition, designed to recognize and reward excellence in the use of technology by southeastern museums. CultureConnect and its tablet app for the New Orleans Museum of Art won… Read More
The Typewriter and the Capitol Rotunda
By Wallis Watkins | wrkf.org Click here to listen to the full interview In between the House and Senate chambers of the State Capitol sits Tim Youd, methodically pounding the keys of his Remington typewriter. It’s similar to the one Robert Penn Warren used to write “All the King’s Men,” which Youd, a visual and… Read More
Performance artist using typewriters to copy classic novels, finds inspiration at Louisiana sites
ROBIN MILLER| ROMILLER@THEADVOCATE.COM This article originally appeared here Skeptics have rolled their eyes, but Tim Youd was ready for that. He knew typing — yes, typing; not writing — a classic novel would draw some criticism. But it usually disappears when he explains why. It’s about the process, how he uses the same kind of… Read More
Images Open 24 Hrs
By Charlie Tatum | Pelican Bomb This article originally appeared here I find it nearly impossible free ice to write about Jeepaxle my work. The concept I planetarium struggle to deal with ketchup is opposed to the logical community lift tab inherent in language horses and communication. My fascination with images open 24 hrs. is… Read More
100 Novels
By Lucie Monk Carter | Country Roads Magazine This article originally appeared here I heard the artist before I saw him: he and I were introduced by the hypnotic chorus of typewriter keys ricocheting off the State Capitol ceiling four stories above. When I turned the corner from the elevators, I found Tim Youd typing… Read More
National Book Award winner Robin Coste Lewis at NOMA on Jan. 8
press-street.org | RM220 This article originally appeared here Poet and National Book Award winner Robin Coste Lewis will speak at the New Orleans Museum of Art (1 Collins Diboll Circle) at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8. Her talk is included with general admission, and it will include a reading from Voyage of the Sable Venus, which was awarded… Read More
NOMA Features American Art In ‘Visions Of US’ To Jan. 24
antiquesandthearts.com | Antiques And The Arts Weekly This article originally appeared here NEW ORLEANS, LA. — The New Orleans Museum of Art presents “Visions of US: American Art at NOMA,” on view through January 24, the first exhibition in the museum’s history to highlight the full breadth of its American art collection. American art, with… Read More
TIME Picks the Best Photobooks of 2015
Time.com | TIME This article originally appeared here Each November, as hundreds of photographers and artists converge on the French capital for Paris Photo, photobook enthusiasts gather to celebrate the year’s best productions at events like the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, which has eestablished itself as the leading photography book award, and Offprint, a… Read More
Exclusive: Curator’s top picks from ‘Visions of US’ at NOMA
thenewolreansadvocate.com | The New Orleans Advocate This article originally appeared here Katie Pfohl, NOMA’s Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and curator of the “Visions of US” exhibition, shares five don’t-miss works from the show exclusively for Advocate readers. 1. François Fleischbein (American/German, 1804-1868) Portrait of a Free Woman of Color, circa 1833-1835 This portrait,… Read More
Exhibit reflects richness of American art, depth of NOMA’s own collection
BY JOHN D’ADDARIO | SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE This article originally appeared here From its foundation in 1911, the New Orleans Museum of Art has always made art by American artists — in particular, artists from the American South — a focus of its mission. This month, a new exhibition at NOMA gives that collection of… Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art guard to patrol empty field; why, you ask?
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune This article originally appeared here Why, you might ask yourself on Friday (Nov. 20) afternoon, is a museum guard dutifully patrolling the apparently empty meadow beside the New Orleans Museum of Art? To answer, we have to travel back 45 years to the height of the earth art… Read More