Special
Gallery Talk: Lamentations with artist Tina Freeman
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Photographer Tina Freeman will discuss her exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Gallery Talk: Curator Nic Aziz on Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | Fifteen Paintings for the Plantationocene
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Community Engagement Curator Nic Aziz will discuss the exhibition Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene.
Closed for Endymion Saturday
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Saturday, February 22, as City Park and the surrounding Mid-City neighborhood host the Endymion parade as part of Mardi Gras celebrations.
Closed for Lundi Gras
The museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Monday, February 24, for Lundi Gras. Join us on Wednesday, February 26, after Mardi Gras, as we resume normal hours.
Closed for Mardi Gras
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Tuesday, February 25, in observance of Mardi Gras.
Gallery Talk: Allison Young on Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Allison Young, assistant professor of contemporary art history at Louisiana State University, will discuss the exhibition Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene.
Teen Night: VIBRANT DIMENSIONS
NOMA's Teen Squad presents Teen Night: VIBRANT DIMENSIONS, a Friday night takeover inspired by the work of artists Alia Alia and Odili Donald Odita. Wear your boldest and brightest and enjoy FREE food, screen-printed T-shirts, art activities, youth performances, music by DJ Legatron Prime and more! Planned by teens, for teens, Teen Nights at NOMA are free and open to high school students. Admission to NOMA is always free for visitors age 19 and under.
Lecture: Herbert Bayer and the Bauhaus Legacy in America with Benjamin Benus
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. In conjunction with the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond Benjamin Benus, an associate professor of art and design history at Loyola University in New Orleans, will discuss the legacy of Austrian emigre and Bauhaus teacher Herbert Bayer in the United States.
Independence Day holiday hours
On Saturday, July 4, the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open from 10 am to 3 pm.
Museum Reopening Day
NOMA welcomes the public after nearly four months of closure due to Covid-19. New safety standards will be in effect. The museum will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. Wednesdays are FREE to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Upon opening and through the month of July, NOMA...
Art & AC courtesy of The Helis Foundation
Every Sunday in July, admission is FREE for Louisiana residents to the New Orleans Museum of Art courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Labor Day Special Hours
The Museum and Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on Labor Day for special holiday hours from 10 am to 3 pm.