New Orleans Museum of Art

Gallery Talks Every Wednesday
2026-03-11 18:00 - 18:30, 2026-03-25 12:30 - 13:00, 2026-03-25 18:00 - 18:30, 2026-04-01 12:30 - 13:00, 2026-04-01 18:00 - 18:30, 2026-04-08 12:30 - 13:00, 2026-04-08 18:00 - 18:30, 2026-04-15 12:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) and 7 more dates | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us for weekly gallery talks every Wednesday at NOMA, featuring curators, artists, and other special guests. Talks take place at 12:30 pm & 6 pm and last 15-30 minutes. Talks in the Sculpture Garden are only offered at 12:30 pm. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA every Wednesday, courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative.

Roberto Lugo Lecture
2026-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
NOMA is excited to welcome Roberto Lugo to NOMA for a lecture in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.
Best known for cultural mash-ups that blend contemporary social issues with traditional porcelain pottery, Philadelphia-based artist Roberto Lugo’s powerful commentary on poverty, inequality, and racial injustice has made him a defining artist for our moment.In 2019, the New Orleans Museum of Art commissioned Lugo to create Stunting, a set of three ceramic pots inspired by NOMA’s collection. This spring, the artist returns to NOMA to discuss this work and his overall ceramics practice.
The lecture is at 6 pm, and doors open at 5:30 pm.
This program is free with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. Registration is recommended to help us plan for probable attendance numbers. Registration does not guarantee a physical seat for the program, as seating is first come, first served.
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About Roberto Lugo

Roberto Lugo is a Philadelphia-based artist, social activist, poet, and educator. Lugo utilizes traditional ceramic techniques in conjunction with portraiture and surface design reminiscent of his Kensington upbringing and Hip Hop culture to highlight themes of poverty, inequality, and racial injustice. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2019 Pew Fellowship, a Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize, and a US Artist Award. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The High Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Brooklyn Museum, Walters Art Museum, and more. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia, PA.

Public Tours in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Sunday
2026-03-15 10:30, 2026-03-22 10:30, 2026-03-29 10:30, 2026-04-05 10:30, 2026-04-12 10:30, 2026-04-19 10:30, 2026-04-26 10:30, 2026-05-03 10:30 and 5 more dates | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
NOMA provides guided tours of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden every Saturday. During these tours, you’ll learn about a selection of the 100 large-scale works installed in the garden.
No registration is required. NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to all, seven days a week. Tours start at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive.

Musical Encounters: April 1
2026-04-01 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us for NOMA’s Musical Encounters Gallery Talk series, where local musicians and scholars host conversations connecting their practice to works on view in the museum’s collection. This year’s Musical Encounters gallery talks will take place at 6 pm on Wednesdays April 1, June 10, August 26, and November 11.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. No registration is required for this event series.

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