Sculpture Garden

This Fall the New Orleans Museum of Art Hosts the Visionaries Gala and Garden Party Presented by First Horizon to Mark Twenty Years of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

NOMA has announced dates and details for the Visionaries Gala and Garden Party Presented by First Horizon, marking  twenty years of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The two events—on Thursday, November 7, and Friday, November 8, respectively—will raise funds to support the future of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and NOMA, and they will serve as capstones for a year of programming designed to highlight the natural and artistic beauty of the garden. Read More

New Orleans Museum of Art Hosts its Annual Fundraiser LOVE in the Garden Presented by Hancock Whitney

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

In Besthoff Sculpture Garden, Teresita Fernández’s mosaic mural evokes “a landscape within a landscape”

ith the debut of the six-acre expansion of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden in May of 2019, thousands of visitors have been entranced by Viñales (Mayombe Mississippi), a 60-foot-long ceramic-tile mural that forms an exterior wall of the garden’s pavilion. Artist Teresita Fernández will speak at The Helis Foundation Artist Talk on Wednesday, January 15, at 6 pm. Read More

NOMA to break ground on six-acre expansion of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

In its effort to further unite, inspire, and engage the New Orleans community, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) plans to break ground on an expansion of the renowned Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in December 2017. NOMA’s initiative to expand the sculpture garden enables the museum to continue sharing significant art and artists with the broadest possible public. Read More