NOMA has announced the appointment of Orlando Hernández Ying as the museum’s Lapis Curator of the Arts of the Americas. This is the first permanent curatorial role at the museum dedicated to an expanded look at the arts of North, Central, and South America. Read More
A significant artistic figure in New Orleans and Louisiana, George Dunbar shaped the course of abstract art in the American South with a career spanning over 75 years. At the… Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art has installed a new outdoor sculpture by artist Thomas J Price in the museum’s Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Read More
We’re excited to welcome and celebrate new staff across all of the museum’s departments and at all levels of experience. Join us in congratulating these employees, who make our mission to inspire lifelong learning through the arts possible. Read More
NOMA announced the dedication of its third-floor Japanese art gallery in honor of longtime museum supporters and patrons. The Kurt A. Gitter, MD and Alice Yelen Gitter Gallery will open to the public on Friday, May 10, with a new installation Envisioning Japan: Transformational Gifts from Kurt A. Gitter, MD and Alice Yelen Gitter. Read More
Frank Stella was one of the most important figures of modern painting and sculpture in the United States, ushering in a generation of American art marked by formalism. Read More
This month’s intergenerational beading class at the New Orleans Museum of Art was an experience in tradition, creativity, and connection. Read More
In a gallery talk, Creative Assembly Cohort member Kr3wcial discusses Roberto Lugo’s “Stunting” Garniture Set, on view on the museum’s second floor. Read More
NOMA has announced dates and details for the Visionaries Gala and Garden Party Presented by First Horizon, marking twenty years of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The two events—on Thursday, November 7, and Friday, November 8, respectively—will raise funds to support the future of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and NOMA, and they will serve as capstones for a year of programming designed to highlight the natural and artistic beauty of the garden. Read More
Afropolitan: Contemporary African Arts at NOMA—on view in The Helis Foundation Gallery on the museum’s second floor—includes paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works by some of the most pioneering artists of the 20th and 21st centuries working in cities across the African continent. Read More
On Wednesday, February 28, NOMA hosted the retirement celebration for Big Chief Victor Harris, also known as the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi, honoring 59 years as a Black Masking Indian with a night of drumming, words from community leaders and tribe members, film, and food. Read More
Mary L. Proctor of Tallahassee, Florida says she paints “the world I want to live in. I want to be peaceful. I want to see joy.” Creating art from found objects, Proctor celebrates people and especially chooses to glorify women. Read More
In January 2024, Laura Ochoa Rincon, NOMA’s Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow, gave a presentation at the Decorative Arts Trust’s eighth annual Emerging Scholars Colloquium in New York, New York. Read More
Last week, the New Orleans Museum of Art hosted Urban Mosaics, an electrifying event showcasing the extraordinary talent of Creative Assembly Cohort artists Kr3wcial and Charm Taylor. True to the artists’ visions—and this year’s Creative Assembly theme—the night blended the essence of hip-hop with the rich cultural tapestry of New Orleans’s diverse neighborhoods. Read More
This winter and spring, the New Orleans Museum of Art introduces a suite of new public programs designed to bolster the organization’s commitment to inspiring learning through the arts for visitors of all ages. In addition to new programs, the museum announced that Sara Lowenburg joined the museum as Director of Education. Read More
Friday, March 1, the New Orleans Museum of Art opens a new decorative arts exhibition that looks at Prohibition in the American South. Rebellious Spirits: Prohibition and Resistance in the South explores the unique methods in which communities in the United States, particularly in New Orleans, dealt with the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which banned alcohol in the country. Read More
Next month, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans host the popular springtime celebration Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon. Garden clubs and other creative talents will build innovative floral installations throughout all three floors of NOMA. Read More
During their December 2023 meeting, the Board of Trustees of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) elected seven new members, who joined the board on January 1, 2024. Read More