The New Orleans Museum of Art’s collection of tribal arts from Oceania focuses on art works from Polynesia, Melanesia and Indonesia.
Polynesia
The connection features an 18th Century temple figure collected… read more
This video on Leah Chase and the exhibition “Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III” aired on fox news the last week of May. This exhibition is in celebration of Chef… 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
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
November 08, 2012
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“Lifelike,” the big new exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art,… 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
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
The Southwestern United States has been the homeland of indigenous peoples for more than 10,000 years. Over the millennia, drastic changes occurred in the natural environment, producing the semi-arid desert and… read more
The New Orleans Museum of Art’s permanent collection includes noteworthy works by American artists from the 18th Century to the present day. John Singleton Copley, represented at NOMA by his Portrait… read more
Impressionism to 1945
NOMA has a personal tie with Impressionist art, especially because of Edgar Degas’ family connections with the city. Degas spent a few months his mother’s native city of… read more
New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announced the first solo exhibition of Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) entitled Déjà Vu All Over Again: Generic Art Solutions, on view in the second floor… read more
The NOMA collection of tribal arts from sub-Saharan Africa is considered one of the most important half-dozen collections of its type in American art museums. NOMA’s commitment to collecting African art… read more
By Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune
Trust me, you're going to love the 40 huge, lusciously colored, lavishly textured, carefully composed paintings, sculptures and drawings in the exhibit "Hard Truths: The Art… read more
The New Orleans Museum of Art opened in 1911 with fewer than a dozen works of art of its own. The collection has grown dramatically over the past 100 years, and… read more
By Steven Forster for the Times-Picayune
To honor Chef Leah Chase's contributions to the city, the New Orleans Museum of Art opened an exhibition of 20 paintings that capture her at… 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
After a long season of cramped department stores, family gatherings and endless eating, you deserve a little "me time." Why not enjoy a quiet, cultural respite and perhaps a light lunch?… read more
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial highlights the artist’s significant contribution to the field of American art and shows how Dial’s work speaks to the most pressing issues of our… read more
D. Eric Bookhardt on Jim Richard’s paintings at the New Orleans Museum of Art
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Art that refers to earlier art is… read more
1911 – 2011
The New Orleans Museum of Art, the city’s oldest fine arts institution, has a magnificent permanent collection of almost 40,000 objects. The collection, noted for its extraordinary strengths… read more
A World Class Collection in the South
The New Orleans Museum of Art, the city’s oldest fine arts institution, has a magnificent permanent collection of almost 40,000 art objects. The collection,… 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
NVC Membership entitles you to:
Three general meetings a year with informative speakers and light lunch
Camaraderie
Newsletters
Studio Salons
Art Trips
The opportunity to volunteer in our beautiful museum
NVC… 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
Sneak into the kitchen of Dooky Chase Restaurant (2301 Orleans Ave., 821-0535) on any given weekday and you'll probably see Leah Chase chopping trinity or completing one of her classic Creole… 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
With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and statehood in 1812, Louisiana formally became a part of the emerging American republic. Many Louisiana natives however, still considered themselves part of the earlier… 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 D. Eric Bookhardt | Gambit Weekly
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Visual art has long been concerned with realism - the accurate depiction of the… 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 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