In 2011, the Crescent City saw The New Orleans Museum of Art turn 100, the Louisiana ArtWorks studio complex shut down, more modern sculpture rise up on Veterans Memorial Boulevard, much of Kirsha Kaechele Projects disappear in St. Roch, The Contemporary Arts Center turn 35, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art survive economic stress and… Read More
When asked by Artlog to come up with my 3 or 4 best exhibits of 2011, I balked a bit, knowing that there was no way I’d be able to remember to hundreds of shows I saw this year. Luckily my Foursquare “history” page acts as a handy diary of everywhere I went this year…. Read More
Who would have ever guessed that the most produced playwright of 2011 would be William Shakespeare? The year has seen a tremendously rewarding upswing in interest in the Bard of Avon, thanks largely to the inventive new approach by the NOLA Project. The intrepid troupe first staged a magical “Midsummer Night’s Dream” set throughout the… Read More
It’s been a hell of a year. That can be taken in a number of ways, but what stands out is that more changes have occurred in this city’s art scene over the past 12 months than typically would take place over many years in more normal times. While local galleries maintained their predictably stable… Read More
Next weekend, the New Orleans Museum of Art is throwing itself a marathon 100th birthday party with concerts by Irvin Mayfield and Amanda Shaw, a roaring midnight DJ set by Mr. Quintron in the Great Hall, a second-line, yoga classes, movies and tours of some of the museum’s 35,000-piece permanent collection. That’s a far cry… Read More