On March 1, 2008, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) hosted a retrospective featuring the work of famed Louisiana artist George Rodrigue, best known for his now-iconic Blue Dog series.… read more
Dario Robleto: The Prelives of the Blues is a solo exhibition of work by conceptual artist Dario Robleto, featuring sculpture and works on paper from the past ten years. This exhibition… read more
An ocean goddess will soon rise inside NOMA, pointing out the water's oil spill-related decline as well as the sometime graffiti artist's rise to stardom.
A giant paper ocean goddess will… read more
What is a Photograph? describes and includes many of the most common photographic processes (daguerreotypes, salted paper prints, gelatin silver prints, and inkjet prints), but it also includes objects, artifacts, and… read more
Highlights of NOMA’s European modern paintings include outstanding examples of the important art movements of the 20th Century: Fauvism, Cubism, Die Brücke, Blaue Reiter, School of Paris, Surrealism and l’art brut.… read more
The Museum’s collection of Chinese ceramic art includes examples from the Neolithic to the end of the imperial era, exploring the earthenware, stoneware and porcelain traditions in China. Highlights in this… read more
It’s been a hell of a year. That can be taken in a number of ways, but what stands out is that more changes have occurred in this city’s art scene… read more
Holiday Camps @ NOMA
Get creative over the holidays! NOMA offers three-day Holiday Camps to engage young artists in the creative process. Campers will explore works of art in the museum… read more
Gambit readers have a lot of opinions - and Gambit has a lot of categories in their annual Best of New Orleans® survey. Every summer, they ask for input in categories… read more
Wayne Gonzales: Light to Dark / Dark to Light is the artist’s first solo museum show in the United States. This exhibition of paintings by nationally recognized Louisiana artist Wayne Gonzales… read more
By Doug McCash, nola.com
“What is a photograph?” an exhibit tracing the history of photo techniques from 1840 onward opens at the New Orleans Museum of Art April 20 and continues… read more
Posted by Wendy Rodrigue on Gambit blog.
Few art exhibitions today span seamlessly two hundred years.
I considered this at The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently during The Renaissance Portrait, a… read more
By Lianna Patch | NOLA Defender
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Now open at the New Orleans Museum of Art: an exhibit that will blow your… read more
What is a photograph? How do we define its history? This exhibition, compiled mostly from NOMA’s permanent collection, examines many forms of photography from the 1840s to the present, in order… read more
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Every photograph depends upon the interplay of shadow and light for its existence. In fact, the earliest photographs were nothing but shadows, cameraless images created by placing some specimen directly on… read more
NOMA’s Prints and Drawings collection is comprised of almost 7000 individual prints, books, portfolios and unique works on paper, the majority of which were executed by noted l9th and 20th century… read more
“It’s almost time for our gentlemen callers to start arriving.
How many do you suppose we’re going to entertain this afternoon?”
-Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
World famous… read more
Artist Wayne Gonzales Premieres New Work, First Solo US Museum Show at New Orleans Museum of Art
Light to Dark / Dark to Light on display October 7 through February 26… read more
By D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly
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Visual art has long been concerned with realism - the accurate depiction of the… read more
NOMA Participates in "America Recycles Day" Thanks to Keep Louisiana Beautiful
(New Orleans, LA) – As New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) celebrates 100 years, the museum is implementing sustainable practices.… read more
Organized by the Walker Art Center, Lifelike invites a close examination of artworks based on commonplace objects and situations, which are startlingly realistic, often playful, and sometimes surreal. This international group… read more
In 2007, NOMA presented a splendid exhibition of works by the Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer from two distinguished German collections. The original engravings and woodcuts date from 1496-1519 and included episodes… read more
From his early figurative work in welded steel, cast bronze, and intaglio printmaking, to his more recent forays into site-specific, public art and mammoth works on paper, Scott incorporates into each… read more
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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Frank Stella, the 76-year-old lion of modern art, shared his views on abstraction with a crowd… read more
By Alex Rawls | My Spilt Milk
The new show at the New Orleans Museum of Art needs to be seen in its space to be fully appreciated.
The subtext of… read more
From the opening of Prospect.2 to NOMA's centennial, 2011 was a good year for art in New Orleans. And not just for the well-established people and places, either. While the traditional… read more
This spring NOMA is pleased to present a solo exhibition of work by conceptual artist Dario Robleto, featuring sculpture and works on paper from the past ten years. Dario Robleto: The… read more
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) in partnership with the Amistad Research Center presented Beyond the Blues: Reflections on African America from the Fine Arts Collection of the Amistad Research… read more
Written by Doug McCash for the Times-Picayune.
Internationally known artist Katie Holten is attempting to obstruct the New Orleans Museum of Art atrium with a set of huge drawings suspended from… read more