New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations
Apr 4th - Aug 10th, 2025
Press Releases
Introducing the New Orleans Museum of Art’s 2024–25 Creative Assembly Cohort
This year’s cohort of Creative Assembly residents at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) includes eight artists from various disciplines. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art Appoints Anne Collins Smith as Chief Curator
In an important role for the museum, Smith leads NOMA’s collection and exhibition initiatives and manages the institution’s team of curators, conservators, and collections staff. Smith is responsible for the museum’s presentations of modern and contemporary art adding significant expertise in African American art. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art to Open Important Exhibition Highlighting West African Masquerade Artists This Spring
In April 2025, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will open New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations, a major exhibition presenting 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
New Orleans Museum of Art and LCMC Health Announce Grant to Support the Museum’s Creative Aging Programs
Today, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and LCMC Health announced a new partnership in support of the museum’s Art Thrives creative aging initiative for ages 55 and older. Read More
October Programs and Events at the New Orleans Museum of Art
Upcoming programs at NOMA include a museum-wide festival celebrating Japanese art and culture; a program offering after-hours access to Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art; and a poetry showcase in partnership with the New Orleans Public Library. Read More
Apply for the 2024–25 New Orleans Museum of Art Creative Assembly Cohort
The New Orleans Museum of Art is seeking applicants for the 2024-2025 Creative Assembly Cohort. The Creative Assembly Cohort is a multidisciplinary group of New Orleans-based creators who immerse themselves within the museum’s collection and use the institution as a catalyst for their work and creativity. The disciplines of cohort members range from musicians, dancers, and poets to mixologists, activists, and educators. Read More
Upcoming Exhibition at NOMA Looks at Artistic Innovation in Glass Over 4,000 Years
Beginning this month, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents the first ever comprehensive look at the institution’s extensive collection of glass objects ranging from tiny ancient Egyptian amulets to large-scale works of contemporary sculpture. Opening Friday, August 30, Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art explores how a common material has inspired innovation in the arts and sciences for millennia. The exhibition is on view in NOMA’s Ella West Freeman Galleries through February 10, 2025. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art Installs Sculpture by Jim Hodges
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announced that it has installed a sculpture by artist Jim Hodges in front of the museum, where it will be on view through June 2025. Read More
Bonfolk Releases New Designs in Collaboration with NOMA
Bonfolk released two new colorful sock designs in collaboration with the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). Inspired by the museum’s iconic griffin, the patterns are now available exclusively from the NOMA Museum Shop (in store and online at shop.noma.org) and from bonfolk.com. Read More
The New Orleans Museum of Art Appoints Orlando Hernández Ying as Lapis Curator of the Arts of the Americas
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
New Orleans Museum of Art Unveils New Installation by Artist Thomas J Price in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
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
New Orleans Museum of Art Names Japanese Art Galleries in Honor of Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen Gitter
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
This Fall the New Orleans Museum of Art Hosts the Visionaries Gala and Garden Party Presented by First Horizon to Mark Twenty Years of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
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
NOMA Opens New Exhibition Highlighting Works by Contemporary African Artists
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
NOMA Shares New Youth and Wellness Programs, Announces Sara Lowenburg as Director of Education
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
NOMA Presents Exhibition on Prohibition and Temperance in New Orleans and the American South
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
The New Orleans Museum of Art Hosts Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon, in Partnership with the Garden Study Club of New Orleans
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
NOMA Announces New Trustees for 2024
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