Born in Edo state, Nigeria, in 1942, Colette Oluwabamise Omogbai exhibited surrealist paintings at the Mbari Club in Ibadan in 1963 at the invitation of Black Orpheus founder Ulli Beier. Read More
NOMA announced today the appointment of W. Brian Piper as the museum’s new Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings. Read More
The Crescent City Classic is an annual tradition that takes runners, walkers, and rollers from the Superdome to the front of NOMA. Read More
The influence of the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus extended far beyond the African continent. Read More
Susanne Wenger created the art featured on some of the distinctive covers of the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus. Read More