NOMA displays an African tronie from the Dutch Golden Age
A diminutive portrait of an African woman by Willem van Mieris is an extraordinary acquisition, broadening NOMA’s presentation of art from the global Dutch Golden Age. Read More
Timothy Duffy captures roots musicians on tintype, exhibition on view through August 4
The tintype portraits of musicians by Timothy Duffy are a thoroughly American enterprise: his choice of materials aligns with and challenges a distinctly American history of photography, while his subjects represent one of the most important musical legacies in the United States. Read More
Raising a Child is an Art Unto Itself: 10 Depictions of Motherhood in NOMA’s Collection
NOMA honors Mother’s Day by granting free admission to all moms on May 12, and Café NOMA will serve complimentary “Mom-osas” during brunch. Numerous works of art throughout the museum and sculpture garden depict motherhood in all of its complicated facets. Read More
Clementine Hunter’s Mural Practice
In the spring of 2018, NOMA acquired a monumental mural painting by Clementine Hunter (1887–1988), one of Louisiana’s most beloved and accomplished artists. An extremely rare example of one of the large-scale, site-specific murals Hunter created for the interiors of Melrose Plantation in the Cane River region near Natchitoches, where she spent much of her life working as a field hand before pursuing her talent as a painter after age 50. Read More
Q&A: A.J. Allegra discusses The NOLA Project’s neo-Shakespearean play staged in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
For fifteen nights, on select dates from May 8–31, The NOLA Project will stage The Henchman in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The production marks the eighth collaboration between NOMA and this innovative theater company and centers upon a lesser-known character from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the “changeling boy,” portrayed by a Lusher High School student. Read More