Mardi Gras designs by Bror Anders Wikstrom
Bror Anders Wikstrom made a name for himself in New Orleans by engaging with the heart of the city’s creative culture: Mardi Gras. Read More
Object Lessons
Arts and Letters combine in expressive works found in NOMA’s collection
At the New Orleans Museum of Art, the writing is literally on the wall, not only in descriptive labels for works on view but also in a select paintings and sculpture that feature written communication. Read more about five examples. Read More
Object Lesson: Rabbit Pounding the Elixir of Life Under the Moon by Mori Ippo
Rising above a minimal landscape of reeds and clouds, a rabbit is silhouetted against the moon, busy at work using a mortar and pestle. In Japanese folklore, a mystical hare… Read More
Object Lesson: North Polar Stars by Maynard Walker
Maynard Walker’s photograph of North Polar Stars seems to trace the path of the stars through the night sky over a long period of time. What it actually records, of course, is our own planet earth spinning through space and time. Read More
Object Lesson: Apollo and the Muses by Maerten van Heemskerck
By the 1540s the theme of Apollo and the Muses, established during the sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance, had made its way to northern Europe where Maerten van Heemskerck seems to have… Read More