Talks & Tours
Noontime Talk: Veronese in Murano with Curator Vanessa Schmid
Join Vanessa Schmid, Senior Research Curator for European Art, for a discussion about sixteenth-century Venetian painter Paolo Veronese and the two restored altarpieces he painted for a church, on loan at NOMA in Veronese in Murano.
Noontime Talk: Lee Friedlander in Louisiana with Curator Russell Lord
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Wednesdays are FREE to Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Join Russell Lord, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings, for a discussion about renowned photographer Lee Friedlander and his documentation of Louisiana...
Noontime Talk: Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen-Gitter on New Forms, New Voices
Join Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen-Gitter as they discuss their passion for collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics, selections of which are on view in the exhibition New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection. Noontime Talks are brief, casual discussions on exhibitions or works of art in the galleries given by NOMA curators...
Noontime Talk: Women, Fashion, and Power
In conjunction with A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, join Kelsey Brosnan, Curatorial Fellow for European Art, for a discussion about women’s fashion as depicted in NOMA’s eighteenth-century French art collection, with particular emphasis on a portrait of Marie Antoinette.
Noontime Talk: A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes with Curator Mel Buchanan
Join Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan as she leads visitors through A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, NOMA's first-ever exhibition of fashion. Every Wednesday admission is free to Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Noontime Talk: Lee Friedlander in Louisiana with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
Join Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper for a discussion about renowned photographer Lee Friedlander's documentation of Louisiana in a retrospective exhibition.
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!
Noontime Talk: Veronese in Murano with Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Wednesdays are FREE to Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Join Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan as she discusses the two 16th-century altarpieces by Paolo Veronese in the exhibition Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Masterpieces...
Noontime Talk: Carlos Rolón: Outside/In with Curatorial Fellow Allison Young
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year.
Join Curatorial Fellow Allison Young for a discussion about Carlos Rolón: Outside/In, a solo exhibition by the artist that examines the cultural connections between New Orleans, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
Noontime Talk: Lee Friedlander in Louisiana with Curator Russell Lord
Join Curator Russell Lord for a discussion about Lee Friedlander in Louisiana, a retrospective of images by the renowned photographer that solely depict his time spent in metro New Orleans over the course of the past six decades. From jazz musicians and second line parades, to architectural oddities and reflected urban scenes, the assembled photographs speak to Friedlander's sense of playfulness and unique vision.
Noontime Talk: NOMA Curators discuss Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories
Join Curators Russell Lord and Katie Pfohl and Curatorial Fellows Brian Piper and Allison Young for a discussion about Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories. The exhibition marks New Orleans’ three-hundredth anniversary by bringing together a group of seven contemporary art projects that focus on forgotten or marginalized histories of the city.
Community Perspectives: Clancy DuBos on the UpStairs Lounge Fire and Changing Course
NOMA's Community Perspectives series features community members sharing their views on the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories. Clancy DuBos was a cub reporter for the Times-Picayune in 1973 and reported on the UpStairs Lounge fire and its aftermath. Join us as DuBos considers Skylar Fein’s installation “Remember the UpStairs Lounge” and reflects upon his...