ended on May 19th, 2013
In the nineteenth century, French artists created prints, drawings, oil sketches, photographs, and paintings of the forest that challenged traditional conceptions of landscape depiction. This exhibition reconsiders the role of those works of art in the reinvention of nature in the Forest of Fontainebleau. Read More
ended on May 12th, 2013
In the wake of the Civil War, the New Orleans-based artists Richard Clague, Marshall Smith Jr., and William Buck emerged to form a cohesive landscape tradition, the first of its kind in the region. These landscapes are fascinating not only for what they picture, but also for what they ignore. Clague, Smith, and Buck collectively turned away from the bustling and at-times contentious city they inhabited and focused on the seemingly un-complicated rural life of the post-Civil War Gulf South. Today, the paintings of Clague, Smith, Buck, and the followers of their style are collectively known as the “Bayou School.” Read More
ended on April 14th, 2013
In honor of Ida Kohlmeyer’s 100th anniversary, NOMA will present a selection of key works based in the permanent collection called “Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights” on view on in the museum’s second floor Fredrick R. Weisman Galleries. Kohlmeyer’s versatile style will be illustrated through examples of rich abstract expressionist paintings, vibrant prints, and powerful sculpture. Read More
ended on February 24th, 2013
This fall the New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of the paintings by renowned New Orleans artist Jim Richard. Read More
ended on December 2nd, 2012
‘Photography, Sequence, & Time’ will examine the ways in which meaning, narrative, and time intersect in photographic sequences from the 19th century to the present. Read More
ended on November 11th, 2012
Highlighting rich examples of British decorative arts in our collection, exploring the fascinating relationships between design, technology, & mass production. Read More
ended on October 14th, 2012
NOMA presents “Ralston Crawford and Jazz,” an exhibition that considers the relationships between music, photography, painting, drawing and film as they intersect in Crawford’s work in New Orleans. Organized by the Sheldon Art Galleries, in Saint Louis, MO, the exhibition includes over 150 photographs, prints, paintings, drawings and films, many never before published. Read More
ended on September 16th, 2012
Inspired by Robleto’s visits to New Orleans, and focuses on the transference of music across multiple generations. Opens March 23, 2012 Read More
ended on September 16th, 2012
Celebrating Leah’s upcoming 90th year! Leah Chase Gala on April 23. Exhibition opens April 24. Read More
ended on September 9th, 2012
This summer the New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to present a new work by Katie Holten (born 1975, Dublin, Ireland) for the 2012 iteration of the Great Hall Project series, which is designed to debut large-scale site-specific installations in NOMA’s Great Hall space. Read More
ended on August 19th, 2012
This exhibition describes and includes many of the most common photographic processes (daguerreotypes, salted paper prints, gelatin silver prints, and inkjet prints), but it also includes objects, artifacts, and practices that have typically been considered marginal to the history of photography (reproductions of photographs in ink, negatives, camera-less photographs, cartes-de-visite, color processes, and even a piece of jewelry). Read More
ended on June 7th, 2012
“Self-Taught Artists from NOMA’s Permanent Collection” features the work of eleven nationally recognized self-taught American artists. This Great Hall exhibition is curated by Alice Yelen. Read More
ended on May 20th, 2012
Over 40 of Dial’s large-scale paintings, drawings and found-object sculptures, including 25 new works. Read More
ended on April 8th, 2012
This exhibition includes works in a variety of media- sculptures, prints, paintings, and photographic collages- but the Vogels were especially interested in drawings of all kinds, from preparatory sketches and designs for sculptures to discrete finished works. Read More
ended on February 26th, 2012
Edo-period paintings from the permanent collection Read More
ended on February 26th, 2012
The exhibition features paintings depicting crowds, which Gonzales is well‐known for, including waiting crowds in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The newest painting is a large blue Seated Crowd completed this year, depicts a passive audience in a movie theater. Gonzales will also paint two original murals on the walls of the galleries that will contrast idyllic scenes of nature with war images. Read More
ended on January 29th, 2012
Founded by the curator Dan Cameron, Prospect New Orleans is one of the leading biennials of international contemporary art in the United States. Conceived in the tradition of the great… Read More
on view starting April 30th, 2025
This exhibition pairs vibrant monochromatic photographs of the color of water made under the surface with dramatic black-and-white landscape photographs made along the banks of the Mississippi and its tributaries—from Louisiana and across the country. Read More
on view through August 10th, 2025
New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations spotlights the work of four contemporary artists working in cities across West Africa: Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa, Sheku “Goldenfinger” Fofanah, David Sanou, and Hervé Youmbi. Read More
Public Programs Coordinator Connor Kilian discusses artworks by Twins Seven-Seven on view in Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club. Read More