The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is adjusting general admission ticket pricing in 2024 for out-of-state visitors, beginning immediately. Pricing for Louisiana residents will not change. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announces its major exhibitions for 2024, showcasing NOMA’s curatorial scholarship and highlighting the museum’s exceptional collection across genres and disciplines. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) received three awards in the publication and technology competitions for the groundbreaking exhibition Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers. Read More
Today, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announced the eight New Orleans-based artists who will participate in the institution’s Creative Assembly residency for the 2023–24 year. NOMA’s Creative Assembly initiative fosters community engagement by inviting artists of all disciplines for year-long collaborations with the museum’s permanent collection, special exhibitions, and programs. Read More
This November, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) hosts its fall gala, which takes its theme from the blockbuster exhibition Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour. The annual event raises funds to support the museum’s world-class exhibitions, innovative programming, and educational initiatives. Starstruck: A Fashion Odyssey Presented by First Horizon is Friday, November 10. Read More
Debbie Fleming Caffery: In Light of Everything is the first exhibition to include examples representative of her entire body of work, including photographs taken throughout Louisiana and Mississippi, Mexico, and France over six decades. The exhibition includes Caffery’s renowned documentary images of people working in Louisiana’s sugar cane fields, as well as her most recent project creating exquisitely humanized portraits of birds around the world, some of which live in rescue and rehabilitation centers. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art will present a major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu, bringing together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will host its popular fundraising event LOVE in the Garden Presented by Hancock Whitney on Friday, September 22, 2023. Held in NOMA’s Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, LOVE in the Garden celebrates the culture and spirit of New Orleans through food, drink, and music—all in support of the museum’s mission to inspire lifelong learning through the arts. Read More
This week, the New Orleans Museum of Art hosted museum professionals for the Innovations in Evaluation Convening in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. The two-day-long conference on August 21–22, 2023, featured presentations from thought leaders within the field of museum evaluation, while offering opportunities for professional development. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is inviting New Orleans–based artists to apply to participate in the museum’s Creative Assembly Cohort for the 2023–24 session. Open to local artists working in all disciplines, the residency program connects artists with NOMA’s collection, special exhibitions, programs, and staff to develop neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as vehicles for personal exploration, community collaboration, and social change. Read More
Maples joins the museum this week and will oversee the museum’s significant collection of historic African art, which is considered one of the most important in the United States. Read More
The Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI) and a consortium of 11 museums across the United States—including the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)—have announced the results of a new study designed to define and measure the value of museums. Read More
This morning, Susan M. Taylor, The Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announced several changes to museum admissions with an emphasis on providing additional access for local residents. Read More
This summer and fall, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) casts a fresh eye on two centuries of innovative and distinctly American fashion in Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour. Read More
This Friday, May 5, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) opens a new exhibition, Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, presenting 100 innovative rings by designers who have reinvented this enduring jewelry form with a distinctly contemporary sense of experimental craft. Read More
On Friday, April 14, President Joseph R. Biden announced the appointment of Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and other members to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House. Read More
NOMA announced today the appointment of W. Brian Piper as the museum’s new Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announces the appointment of Dr. Redell Hearn to the newly created position of Chief Educator. On Monday, February 6, Hearn officially began her position, which leads the museum’s Learning and Engagement department, including programming, partnerships, and community engagement initiatives. Hearn brings over two decades of experience in museums and higher education with an emphasis on creating new digital and in-person learning practices—from curriculum development for internships to supporting institutional efforts to expand community engagement. Read More