Individual photographs are powerful but open-ended messages. The photograph gives us a single moment, ripped from the relentless march of time and stripped of its narrative context. Without the before and… read more
MASS PRODUCED as been extended!
This exhibition aims to examine the impact of industrial techniques on mass-produced objects for the home. The nineteenth century saw an explosion in the quantity and… read more
Watch as Dr. Bhansali explains his passion for collection and highlights his numerous rare and noteworthy bronzes. Few private or public collections anywhere can claim so many metal figures of this… read more
The Art Purchase Fund honors Leah's life and legacy. As a talented and tireless chef, Leah began working at Dooky Chase Restaurant after her 1945 marriage to Dooky Chase, Jr. son… read more
If we thought of our eyes as the lenses of a camera and our brains as an endless reel of film, then life can be seen as a lengthy sequence of… read more
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Individual photographs are powerful but open-ended messages. The photograph gives us a single moment, ripped from the relentless march of time and stripped of its narrative context. Without the before and… read more
The French Collection
NOMA’s emphasis on the French painting collection reflects the traditional taste of New Orleans which was originally a French city. Landscape paintings, from the sublime sunset of Claude… read more
In "Read My Pins, The Madeleine Albright Collection," the exhibition that went on display Monday at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the bathroom photo is juxtaposed with an image of… 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
The New Orleans Museum of Art: NOMA (www.noma.org), as everyone calls it, is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. This summer, a literally larger-than-life installation of Thalassa, the Greek Goddess of… read more
New Orleans, LA -? The Elegant Image: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Bronzes from the Indian Subcontinent in the Siddharth K. Bhansali Collection, presented by the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)… read more
"Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial," an exhibit of more than 40 paintings, drawings and sculptures by one of America's premier self-taught artists, opens Feb. 24 at The New Orleans… read more
The exhibition includes over 100 bronze sculptures of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain deities, presenting a rich diversity of figures of the three major religions of ancient India.
The Bhansali collection contains… 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
“The beauty of natural countryside is never surpassed by anything created by the human imagination.” – Bernard Faucon
As New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) kicked off centennial celebrations, Bernard Faucon:… read more
“The beauty of natural countryside is never surpassed by anything created by the human imagination.” – Bernard Faucon
As New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) kicks off centennial celebrations, Bernard Faucon:… read more
NOMA Honors Chef Leah Chase with an Exhibition of Paintings Capturing Her Lifelong Dedication to the Culinary Arts
Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III on view April 24 – Sept.… read more
New Orleans, LA – The Elegant Image: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Bronzes from the Indian Subcontinent in the Siddharth K. Bhansali Collection, presented by the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)… read more
By Doug MacCash for The Times-Picayune
The New Orleans Museum of Art’s “Ralston Crawford and Jazz” exhibition, a collection of 150 New Orleans-inspired photos, drawings, paintings, prints and short films by… read more
LEAH CHASE ART PURCHASE FUND AND GALA
Chef Leah Chase is celebrating her 90th year!
Earlier this year, we asked Leah how she wanted to mark the beginning of her ninth… read more
By Nick Stillman | Pelican Bomb
From the digital revolution all the way back to when photography was so primitive that an "operator" needed to affix a portrait sitter's head to… read more
Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III on view April 24 – Sept. 9
New Orleans, LA – In celebration of Chef Leah Chase's longstanding contributions to the city of New… read more
By Liz Mardiks for Offbeat.
One of the New Orleans Museum of Art's most-anticipated recent exhibitions-"Ralston Crawford and Jazz"-opens tonight with a big celebration. Crawford, a prominent American artist of the… read more
Photography, Sequence, and Time
Exhibition Examines the Intersection of Narratives, Meaning and Time in 19th Century Photographs
(New Orleans, LA) – Continuing the focus on the museum's vast photography collection, The… read more
On view November 11 to January 27, Lifelike explores the boundaries between the real and fabricated in the work of over 50 artists from around the globe. Artists featured in the… 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 Alex Rawls for Offbeat
The goat is probably the wrong place to start a discussion of Thornton Dial's art, but how often does a spray-painted silver goat show up on… read more
By Doug MacCash, the Times-Picayune
NOMA presents “Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III,” an exhibition in honor of Leah Chase's upcoming 90th birthday. This exhibition will be on view in… read more