Music in the Garden presents Radio Bird Quartet
This fall, join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Radio Bird Quartet will take the amphitheater stage on Friday, October 30, at 6 pm. CANCELED.
New Photography Virtual Lunch Hour Preview
Join NOMA for an exhibition preview during lunch hour for our fall exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. Sign up to join the Zoom video session on Monday, November 2, from 12 to 1 pm with Russell Lord, the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints and Drawings, and Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator for Photography, as they share the work of four contemporary photographers and discuss themes from the exhibition. Questions and feedback are encouraged.
New Photography Happy Hour Preview
Join NOMA for an exhibition preview during happy hour for our fall exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. Sign up to join the Zoom video session on Thursday, November 5, from 6 to 6 pm with Russell Lord, the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints and Drawings, and Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator for Photography, as they share the work of four contemporary photographers and discuss themes from the exhibition. Questions and feedback are encouraged.
Music at the Museum with the Louisiana Philharmonic Brass Quintet
Here’s your chance to resume attending live concerts! Join us Thursday evenings in the fall as Louisiana Philharmonic Orchetra chamber ensembles will perform at various museums around town. On November 5, the LPO Brass Ensemble will present an eclectic concert at the amphitheater of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Gates open at 5 pm, and the performance begins at 6 pm.
Mozart and the Garden, presented by NOMA and Opéra Nouvelle
The New Orleans Opera and the New Orleans Museum of Art are thrilled to continue a three-year collaborative partnership with the Opéra Nouvelle series. This year’s theme is “Mozart and the Garden.” The concert is free but requires advance registration limited to 100 attendees.
NOMA Book Club Special Event: Guest Speaker Susan Hymel
In conjunction with November's reading selection, A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925–1928 by Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose, NOMA's Book Club has invited Susan Hymel, the Gregory family historian, to share her insights into the renowned artist by way of a Zoom video conference.
NOMA Book Club Discussion Program
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. The selection for November is A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925 – 1928 by Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose.
Music in the Garden: Mahmoud Chouki and Noah Young
This fall, join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden, assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki. Chouki will join fellow musician Noah Young for an evening concert in the amphitheater. SOLD OUT. Join a wait list.
Closed for Thanksgiving Day
The Museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Thursday, November 26, in observance of Thanksgiving. We will reopen on Friday, November 27.
Museum Store Sunday
Save up to 10% on select merchandise in store only (20% for NOMA members) on Sunday, November 29. Enjoy complimentary gift wrap on purchases of $100 or more.
Odyssey 2020 – An Epic Journey (Postponed)
Due to modifications on the size of indoor gatherings, Odysssey events scheduled for December 3 and 4 have been postponed until 2021. Ticket holders will be individually contacted.
Helen Gillet in Virtual Concert for Mending the Sky
In conjunction with Mending the Sky, across a series of three performances Helen Gillet will weave together a soundscape using cello, drum machine, sounds in nature, loop pedal, poetry, and storytelling. Watch a livestream concert on YouTube or the home page of this website.