New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations
Apr 4th - Aug 10th, 2025
Press Releases
When Worlds Collide: NOMA celebrates artistic coincidence in Regina Scully | Japanese Landscape: Inner Journeys
NEW ORLEANS, LA — It was not until artist Regina Scully had the opportunity to closely explore the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)’s collection of Japanese paintings that she… Read More
NOMA recognizes Ghost Army veteran and printmaking pioneer in Jim Steg: New Work
Works celebrating the life-spanning accomplishments of printmaker, war veteran, and professor Jim Steg will be on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) from March 31 – October 8, 2017 in Jim Steg: New Work. Steg was the most influential printmaker to be based in New Orleans in the twentieth century. Read More
Prized Ferraris find their way to NOMA as Venice exhibition opens
In conjunction with the opening of the New Orleans Museum of Art’s forthcoming exhibition, A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s, Ferrari of Houston, in partnership with the Ferrari Club of America, will bring New Orleans’ first Concorso d’Eleganza to the museum on February 18th. Read More
A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s
The grandeur of Venice comes to America’s most historic city in “A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s”, an exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art February 16 – May 21. Read More
NOMA Receives a Major Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a $400,000 grant to the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) to support two curatorial fellowships in the fields of photography and modern and… Read More
NOMA Awarded a $150,000 Grant to Digitize the Museum’s Permanent Collection
The New Orleans Museum of Art was selected to receive a $150,000 grant from The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The funds, from the Museums for America program, will… Read More
NOMA presents first comprehensive museum retrospective for Louisiana native George Dunbar
NEW ORLEANS, LA–George Dunbar: Elements of Chance is the first comprehensive museum retrospective for the artist George Dunbar (American, b. 1927), who played a pivotal role in introducing abstract art… Read More
NOMA is only southern venue for blockbuster exhibition “Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection”
NEW ORLEANS, LA-Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection features 39 masterpieces exploring the evolution of European and American landscape painting from the collection of Paul… Read More
NOMA EXHIBITIONS EXPLORE OBSTRUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Something in the Way: A Brief History of Photography and Obstruction and Photography Is are on view September 9, 2016-February 19, 2017 NEW ORLEANS, LA-Based on NOMA’s permanent collection, Something… Read More
NOMA Receives $125,000 Grant from Walton Family Foundation to Debut Immersive Intern Program for Teens
NEW ORLEANS, LA-Beginning this summer, NOMA will debut the Creative Careers Internship, a new immersive educational program for teens in the New Orleans area. “NOMA’s education programs introduce youth to… Read More
New Orleans Museum of Art Announces Anne Phayer Baños as Deputy Director
NEW ORLEANS, LA- Susan M. Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), announced today the appointment of Anne Phayer Baños as Deputy Director who… Read More
The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction, an exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum, celebrates simplicity in design
This is the first exhibition at NOMA dedicated to 20th century and contemporary design NEW ORLEANS, LA- The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction, on view June… Read More
NOMA Receives $25,000 from National Endowment for the Arts
More Than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide NEW ORLEANS, LA—National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects… Read More
William A. Fagaly, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, to retire from the New Orleans Museum of Art after 50 years of service
NEW ORLEANS, LA– William A. Fagaly, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, is retiring from the New Orleans Museum of Art after 50 years of service. “Since joining NOMA… Read More
NOMA and The NOLA Project present “Don Quixote” in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden May 4-22
New Orleans, LA– This spring, The NOLA Project and NOMA have once again partnered to bring a new and hilarious adaptation to Miguel de Cervantes’ classic tale, “Don Quixote”. Pete… Read More
NOMA Exhibits Major Works by Contemporary Photographer Vera Lutter While Exploring the Historical Role of the Photographic Negative in Two Related Presentations on view April 15-July 17
NEW ORLEANS, LA – This spring, NOMA will explore the historical and contemporary role of the photographic negative in three related presentations. Drawing mostly on its own permanent collection, NOMA… Read More
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART ACQUIRES LYNDA BENGLIS ‘WING’ SCULPTURE
Acquisition complements the installation of the artist’s ‘Wave of the World’ in City Park NEW ORLEANS, La. — The New Orleans Museum of Art has acquired Wing, a 1970… Read More
NOMA’s Allison Reid, Deputy Director for Interpretation and Audience Engagement, awarded 2016 Southeastern Region Museum Education Art Educator of the Year
NEW ORLEANS, LA— The National Art Education Association has named Allison Reid, of the New Orleans Museum of Art, the 2016 Southeastern Region Museum Education Art Educator of the Year…. Read More