The New Orleans Museum of Art’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden is a magical place, and never more so than on Friday nights this month. That’s because every Friday in May, The NOLA Project performs “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” among the garden’s giant oaks and shimmering lagoons. Continue reading this article Read More

“Organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art, the exhibit showcases personal luxury objects Faberge created for daily use by the tsar and his family as well as members of the Russian aristocracy such as intricately decorated photograph frames, tableware, desk accessories, boxes, clocks, cigarette cases and smoking accessories as well as jewelry and the… Read More

Truth is, there’s nothing much new in the exhibition “Great Collectors/Great Donors: The Making of the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1910-2010,” which meanders through the ground-floor gallery at The New Orleans Museum of Art. Of course, newness isn’t the point. The show, mostly made up of often-seen art and objects from the museum collection,… Read More

“Ancestors of Congo Square: African Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art” an exhibit of traditional art and artifacts tracing the Crescent City’s African cultural connections opens Friday, May 13, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Exhibit curator William Fagaly will lead a tour at 7 p.m. Continue reading this article Read More