The New Orleans Museum of Art is a proud partner of the Google Cultural Institute, a website offering high-resolution images of works in the museum’s permanent collection for viewing audiences around the world. Read More
Between World Wars I and II, James Van Der Zee was one of the most popular photographers in Harlem, New York. Known primarily for his portraits, Van Der Zee also worked for a wide range of clients outside of his studio, including a variety of Harlem’s diverse faith communities. Read More
In this community-oriented activity, create your own sun inspired by artist Ugo Rondinone’s The Sun, a sculpture in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Read More
NOMA’s staff offer suggestions on books for all ages related to themes of art, the natural world, and environmental issues. Read More
Around the world and throughout history artists have engaged with diverse beliefs in their artistic endeavors. Here is an opportunity for you to participate in an exchange of beliefs within the NOMA community. Read More
NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival Presented by @hancockwhitney is Saturday, April 12! 
Join us for one of our favorite annual traditions featuring arts & crafts, games, face painting, food, drinks, sweets, music, and more!
The festival is set within the picturesque Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, and for many families, the Egg Hunt may be their first introduction to NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
The festival is 10:00 am–12:30 pm with egg hunts for ages 4 & under and ages 5 and up starting at 10:45 am.
Click the link in our bio to get your tickets today.
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: Patrick Davis
THIS FRIDAY 
Get ready for NOMA at Night on April 4, 6–9 pm, as we celebrate the opening of “New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations”!
Featuring
After hours access to the exhibition and gallery talks led by artists, curators, and collaborators
Dancing to music selected by DJ Ojay of @afrobeatnola and @cestfunk
Artmaking for all ages
Specialty cocktail and happy hour menu from @cafenoma inspired by the exhibition
Click the webpage in our bio to learn more or drop a 
emoji in the comments and we’ll DM you the link to purchase tickets.
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: “Kimi” masquerade ensemble in honor of André Sanou’s “Qui Dit Mieux?,” 2022 (headpiece by David Sanou in the studio of André Sanou; the maker of the body requests anonymity). Collection of the Fitchburg Art Museum. Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art.
In this portrait of Marie Antoinette by Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, every object has a meaning, including the flowers. 
Painted in 1788 as the calls for revolution grew loud, Le Brun’s monumental portrait presents her friend sympathetically, with details meant to both elevate the monarchy and humanize the deeply controversial queen of France.
Artists have often included floral bouquets in portraits of women to symbolize femininity and fertility, and here the prominent placement next to the French crown is a reminder of the queen’s role to deliver an heir to the French monarchy.
The artist lavishes attention on the flower bouquet giving accurate details to the pale pink peonies, red carnations and a lavender hyacinth. Marie Antoinette’s hand gestures toward a spray of flowers on the table, perhaps suggesting that we’ve just intruded on the queen herself arranging the vase.
Click the link in our bio to learn more about the symbolism in this portrait in a @nolanews article by Mel Buchanan, NOMA`s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design.
—: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, "Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France," c. 1788. Oil on canvas. Museum Purchase: Women’s Volunteer Committee and Carrie Heiderich Fund, 85.90.
: Second floor, Armande Billion Gallery
ON VIEW THROUGH SUNDAY 
Showstopping floral displays have taken over all three floors of the museum for Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon Bank!
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond.
Your support through Art in Bloom provides critical resources for both NOMA’s educational initiatives and exhibitions and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans’s community grants program.
Click the link in our bio to learn more.
—: @piquebypk: Country Club Home Gardeners: @pameladennisneworleans: @sosusuboutique: Richard Cranford, Sogetsu: @judyattherink: Lakeview Botany Guild: Hammond Garden Club: Eden House New Orleans: Susan Vanderkuy, Sogetsu
Music in the Garden (or in this case, the front of the museum) with @markcolemanfunkblues on the Piano Truck 
Music in the Garden with @brettgardnermusic and the @cigarboxserenaders 
