Talks & Tours
Donna Perret Rosen Lecture featuring Fred Wilson with Ron Bechet
Fred Wilson, an artist best known for his role in refiguring the representation of race in museums, will join New Orleans-based artist Ron Bechet in conversation at the 2019 Donna Perret Rosen Lecture in the Museum Auditorium. Free with museum admission | Seats may be reserved in advance.
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: An Ideal Unity with Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts for a discussion about the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond.
Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others.
Museum Highlights Tour
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in.
Gallery Talk: Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba on Ancestors in Stone
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Join Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, the Francoise Billion Richardson Curator for African Art, for a discussion about the exhibition Ancestors in Stone.
Gallery Talk: Tina Freeman: Lamentations with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Brian Piper, Mellon Fellow for Photography, for a discussion about the exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic by Tina Freeman.
Gallery Talk: Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana with Curator Katie Pfohl
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about the exhibition Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana.
Gallery Talk: Portrait Miniatures with Curator Mel Buchanan
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion about the Latter-Schlesinger Collection of Portrait Miniatures dating from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
Museum Highlights Tour
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in.
Gallery Talk: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend with Conservator Howard Sutcliffe
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join textile conservator Howard Sutcliffe as he discusses his work within the exhibition The Quilts of Gee's Bend.
Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.