Remembering Curator and Collaborator Diego Cortez (1946-2021)
NOMA honors the life and lasting legacy of curator and collaborator Diego Cortez (1946-2021). Read More
Conversations in Color: AfricaTown USA
Amistad Research Center presents Conversations in Color featuring community activist Hannibal Lokumbe and the pastor of Union Missionary Baptist Church of AfricaTown USA, Rev. Derek Tucker. They discuss the cultural restoration of the historic community of AfricaTown, which was founded in 1866 by the survivors of the last documented slave ship to transport enslaved Africans to the Americas. The Amistad Research Center also shares an oral history of AfricaTown descendant Lorna Woods. Read More
In Conversation: Dr. Robert Del Bonta and Dr. Siddharth Bhansali
In conjunction with Pursuit of Salvation: Jain Art from India, join curator Robert del Bonta for a virtual conversation with Dr. Siddharth Bhansali, who loaned works from his collection to the exhibition. Read More
Object Lesson: Remember the UpStairs Lounge by Skylar Fein
Skylar Fein’s immersive installation Remember the UpStairs Lounge commemorates the 1973 arson at a popular gay bar in the French Quarter. Fein, whose work has long explored New Orleans’ many diverse subcultures and informal communities, recreated the space of the UpStairs Lounge to offer a haunting memorial to the event and those impacted by the tragedy. Read More
Object Lesson: Scholar’s Objects by Okuhara Seiko
In this work, by Okuhara Seiko (Japanese, 1837–1913), an orchid in full bloom sits atop a wooden plant stand—a “scholar’s rock” at its feet adjacent to a stack of traditionally bound books and a Chinese-style vase holding an ornamental reishi mushroom. The objects are closely associated with the furnishings and decor of a scholar’s study, and represent—individually and in the aggregate—a scholar’s intellectual curiosity and taste. Read More