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Free Admission to NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden Resumes on July 12
The New Orleans Museum of Art resumes free admission to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at 10 am on Monday, July 12. The Garden will be free and open to the public, seven days a week. Read More
NEW AT NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art presents NEW at NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, on view through June 26, 2022. NEW at NOMA spotlights contemporary art recently purchased or gifted to the museum and focuses on works by BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and female-identifying artists. Read More
William A. “Bill” Fagaly (1938 – 2021)
NEW ORLEANS – Bill Fagaly, renowned curator, scholar, and author at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) passed away today. For 50 years, Bill worked at NOMA spearheading the establishment and development of the museum’s internationally acclaimed collection of African art. By far the longest serving member of NOMA’s staff, he leaves an extraordinary legacy. Read More
New Lapis Center for the Arts at NOMA
NOMA announces the opening of the Lapis Center for the Arts. The newly renovated cultural space will serve multiple functions, including film screenings, lectures, theater and dance performances, and much more Read More
Art in Bloom Returns as a Celebration of New Orleans Creativity
The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans announce Art in Bloom 2021 | Home Grown presented by IBERIABANK | First Horizon. One of the most anticipated spring events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom returns to showcase spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers and creative talents from across New Orleans. Read More
NOMA Announces New Acquisition of The Seated III by Wangechi Mutu for the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
NOMA announces the addition of The Seated III, a sculpture by contemporary Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu, to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Read More
NOMA Announces Extraordinary Gift of Photographs from Cherye and James Pierce
Distinguished collectors Cherye R. and James (Jim) F. Pierce have gifted more than 260 photographs by master art photographers, ranging from the nineteenth-century to the present, to the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). Read More
Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society
On view March 13 through June 7, 2020, Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon showcases the broad range of bronzes, ceramics, and metalwork assembled by John D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978) and his wife Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909–1992) between the 1940s and the 1970s. With highlights including Chinese vases, Indian Chola bronzes, and Southeast Asian sculptures, the collection reveals great achievements in Asian art spanning more than two millennia. Read More
NOMA Announces Major Fund and Pledged Endowment from Del and Ginger Hall
The New Orleans Museum of Art announces a major fund and pledged endowment by Del and Ginger Hall of Chicago, Illinois, in support of the NOMA photography department. The fund will support and augment an ambitious set of exhibitions and programs in the department of photographs over the next five years, while the endowment will provide a foundation for the department’s activities in perpetuity. Read More
NOMA Announces Transformative Gift of Photography from Dr. Russell Albright
Noted radiologist and art collector Dr. H. Russell Albright (1934-2017) bequeathed his extensive and important photography collection to the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), and left a fund to create an endowment in support of the museum’s Department of Photographs. Dr. Albright had a long and significant relationship with NOMA, filling many roles over the span of 30 years, ranging from Trustee to longtime Fellow. Read More
NOMA welcomes Natrang Stanley as new Human Resources Manager
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is pleased to announce and welcome Natrang Stanley as the museum’s Human Resources Manager. Read More
NOMA announces revised hours of operation and free Thursdays
Out of an abundance of caution and in consideration of the safety of visitors and staff, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) is temporarily revising visitation hours through March 3, 2021. Read More
NOMA announces trustees joining board in 2021
The Board of Trustees of the New Orleans Museum of Art elected a slate of new members who will join the board in January 2021. The Board of Trustees works together to support NOMA’s mission of uniting, inspiring, and engaging diverse communities and cultures through the arts. Read More
New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile
New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile brings together the work of four contemporary photographers who all work with and critique new practices in photography. In a world where photography has become an open-source language, these artists pose questions about who gets to use that language and what it can communicate. Read More
Mending the Sky: Creating Space for Care, Collectivity, and Critique
he New Orleans Museum of Art presents Mending the Sky, the museum’s first major exhibition following New Orleans’ months-long shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition brings together ten artists’ projects that respond to a world turned upside down. Working across the fields of art, animation, and performance, the artists work to shift conversations, challenge entrenched views, and subvert the established order. Read More
“Stunting” for New Orleans: NOMA unveils commissioned work by Roberto Lugo
In 2019, the New Orleans Museum of Art commissioned Philadelphia-based artist Roberto Lugo to create the “Stunting” Garniture Set, a set of porcelain covered vases and sculpture that expands the parameters of NOMA’s ceramics collection to highlight New Orleans music icons Louis Armstrong, Lil Wayne, and No Limit Soldiers hip-hop recording artists. Read More
Enrique Alférez Mural to Return to Public View, Historic Mural Gifted to the New Orleans Museum of Art
Created for the lobby of the New Orleans Times-Picayune Building in 1967, Enrique Alférez’s plaster relief mural Symbols of Communication will find a new home in NOMA’s renovated auditorium complex. Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art announces free admission to first responders and healthcare workers
As an expression of deep appreciation and gratitude, the New Orleans Museum of Art will offer free admission to first responders and healthcare professionals upon the reopening of the museum through December 31, 2020. Read More