By Fritz Esker You can read the full article online here Renowned video, performance, and collage artist Rashaad Newsome returned to his native New Orleans for the opening of Rashaad Newsome: King of Arms at the New Orleans Museum of Art on June 21 as part of NOMA’s Great Hall Exhibition Series. King of Arms… Read More
By Barri Bronston | New Orleans Advocate When the thermometer starts to hover around 100, there may be no better place to cool off than an art museum or gallery. At least that’s what the folks at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and many other arts venues around… Read More
By Doug MacCash You can read the full article online here Artist Rashaad Newsome’s exhibit “King of Arms” brings bling to the New Orleans Museum of Arts’ Great Hall this Friday (June 24). It’s a colorful, upbeat, endlessly bejeweled interpretation of 21st century pop culture, but it has its roots way back in the Middle… Read More
By Priscilla Frank You can read the full article online here Rashaad Newsome’s upcoming exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art will serve up a hypnotizing medley of Baroque and bling. The show, titled “King of Arms,” remixes the Western European coats of arms, infusing the Renaissance heraldry tradition with hip-hop swagger. For years… Read More
By D. Eric Bookhardt You can read the full article online here Is rap the new performance art? Mega-rapper Jay-Z recently punctuated New York’s summer doldrums with his six-hour Pace Gallery Picasso Baby performance featuring art-world notables in conjunction with his new single and accompanying video of the same name. In a related vein, New… Read More