Drinking, Dining, and Developing Community: a Study of 10 Objects at NOMA
A dramatic installation in Café NOMA displays over 90 objects from the museum’s collection related to food and dining cultures around the world. Read More
Video: People Museum in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
New Orleans–based pop art band People Museum presents a special performance in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden responding to the work of artist Louise Bourgeois. Read More
Object Lesson: Art and Independence
Many artworks have been created within the context of resistance, and nowhere has this been vividly captured than in a painting by the Nigerian artist, Demas Nwoko (b. 1935), one of the artists featured in Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Though not currently on view in the exhibition, Nwoko’s Nigeria in 1959 was painted within the context of the dawn of independence and nationhood of Nigeria in 1960. Read More
A New Partnership Between NOMA and Blue Bikes
Blue Bikes—New Orleans’ community run bikeshare—is a great way to get to NOMA! Lock up at the two conveniently located hubs near the museum at City Park and Esplanade Avenues or at Café du Monde. For a limited time, use the promo code NOMA23 for a free 30-minute ride on Blue Bikes to or from NOMA. Read More
Announcing the 2023 NOMA Book Club Picks
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. Read More