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Degas' Little Dancer

Born to a wealthy banking family in Paris in 1834, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas began his studies at the…

Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection

The New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to be organizing Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff…

Prospect.3: Notes for Now

Prospect New Orleans launched its first international contemporary art biennial in November 2008. This October, Prospect.3 will…

REPARATION: Contemporary Artists from New Orleans

REPARATION: Contemporary Artists from New Orleans is an exhibition of 187 works by 180 New Orleans artists,…

Sphere of Influence: Pictorialism, Women, and Modernism

Networks or groups of female photographers have played pivotal roles throughout the history of photography. Traditional histories,…

Alexis Rockman: Drawings from Life of Pi

Alexis Rockman’s watercolor drawings were the first stage in the development of the fantastical, imaginary world of…

Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492–1898

Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898 is the first major exhibition in the…

Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College

In 1938 Atlanta-based artist Hale Woodruff was commissioned to paint a series of murals for Talladega College,…

Mel Chin: Rematch

Since the 1970s, Mel Chin (born 1951, Houston) has influenced a generation of artists and curators interested…

Photography and the American Civil War

More than two hundred of the finest and most poignant photographs of the American Civil War have…

Camille Henrot: Cities of Ys

The New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to debut the first U.S. solo exhibition this fall…

Woven Histories: Houma Basketry

Woven Histories: Houma Basketry celebrates the history and current practice of basket making and palmetto weaving amongst…

Chinese Jades from the Collection of Marianne and Isidore Cohn Jr.

Chinese Jades from the Collection of Marianne and Isidore Cohn Jr. Chinese artists have worked jade for…

NOMA -> CAC presents EDWARD BURTYNSKY: WATER

NOMA->CAC is proud to present Edward Burtynsky: Water, the world premiere of the latest body of work…

Photography at NOMA

Featuring masterpieces by photographers such as William Fox Talbot, André Kertész, and Edward Weston, Photography at NOMA:…

Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument

This exhibition explores the making of Gordon Parks’ first photographic essay for Life magazine in 1948, “Harlem…

Lin Emery: in Motion

For much of her life, Lin Emery has been fascinated by chaos theory, particularly as it relates…

Rashaad Newsome: King of Arms

This summer the New Orleans Museum of Art will celebrate the third installment of its Great Hall…

Shadow and Light

Every photograph depends upon the interplay of shadow and light for its existence. In fact, the earliest…

Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs

From nearly a century following their inception in 1851, world’s fairs were the most important vehicles for…

Portrait of Faith: John Paul II in Life and Art

The Archdiocese of New Orleans and the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas, TX have collaborated to…

NOMA—>CAC presents Brilliant Disguise: Masks and Other Transformations

NOMA→CAC, a new partnership between the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Contemporary Arts Center is…

Reinventing Nature: Art from the School of Fontainebleau

The Forest of Fontainebleau became an experimental lab for picture-making in the nineteenth century. There, in this…

The Bayou School

“The Bayou School: 19th Century Louisiana Landscapes of Clague, Buck, and Smith” Landscape painting flowered in America…

Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights

Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights In 1953, nearly sixty years ago, Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer submitted Cityscape –…

Jim Richard: Make Yourself At Home

This fall the New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of the…

Lifelike

Organized by the Walker Art Center, Lifelike invites a close examination of artworks based on commonplace objects…

Photography, Sequence, & Time

Individual photographs are powerful but open-ended messages. The photograph gives us a single moment, ripped from the…

MASS PRODUCED

MASS PRODUCED as been extended! This exhibition aims to examine the impact of industrial techniques on mass-produced…

Ralston Crawford and Jazz

Though he is often remembered for his pre-World-War II precisionist paintings of urban and industrial subjects, Ralston…

Dario Robleto: The Prelives of the Blues

This spring NOMA is pleased to present a solo exhibition of work by conceptual artist Dario Robleto,…

Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III

NOMA Honors Chef Leah Chase with an Exhibition of Paintings Capturing Her Lifelong Dedication to the Culinary…

Katie Holten: Drawn to the Edge (The Great Hall Project)

For her Great Hall exhibition called “Drawn to the Edge” Holten created a series of large-scale drawings…

What is a Photograph?

What is a photograph? How do we define its history? This exhibition, compiled mostly from NOMA’s permanent…

Self-Taught Artists from NOMA's Permanent Collection

This exhibition features the work of eleven nationally recognized self-taught southern American artists born from the turn…

Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial

Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial highlights the artist’s significant contribution to the field of American…

Making a Mark: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

Over fifty years ago, an unassuming New York couple, she a librarian, he a postal worker, began…

Forty Years in Edo: Edo-period Paintings from the Permanent Collection

Wayne Gonzales: Light to Dark / Dark to Light

Wayne Gonzales: Light to Dark / Dark to Light is the artist’s first solo museum show in…

Prospect.2

Founded by the curator Dan Cameron, Prospect New Orleans is one of the leading biennials of international…

NOMA 100: Gifts for the Second Century

The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) opened on December 16, 1911 owning just nine works of…

Bookmarks: The Artist's Response to Text

The genre of the livre d’artiste emerged in the late 19th century and astonished contemporaries. This marked…

Residents and Visitors: 20th-Century Photographs of Louisiana

Residents and Visitors: 20th-Century Photographs of Louisiana marked the eighth collaborative exhibition between The Historic New Orleans…

The Elegant Image: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Bronzes from the Indian Subcontinent in the Siddharth K. Bhansali Collection

The exhibition includes over 100 bronze sculptures of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain deities, presenting a rich diversity…

Swoon: THALASSA (The Great Hall Project)

Zen Painting from the Permanent Collection

Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection

Ancestors of Congo Square: African Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art

Ancestors of Congo Square: African Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art, on display May 13…

The Sound of One Hand

NOMA presented a new exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by the most significant Japanese Zen master of…

Bernard Faucon: The Most Beautiful Day of My Youth

“The beauty of natural countryside is never surpassed by anything created by the human imagination.” – Bernard…

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Generic Art Solutions

New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announced the first solo exhibition of Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) entitled…

Great Collectors/ Great Donors: The Making of the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1910-2010

On November 13, 2010, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) debuted the exhibition Great Collectors/Great Donors:…

Ancestors and Descendants

A little known American Indian archive was unveiled at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) from…

Scents and Sensibility: Perfume Bottles & Related Accessories from Antiquity to the Present

Just as young gentleman charmed the women in Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility, perfumes have inspired people…

Swamp Tours: Exploring the Louisiana Contemporary Collection

New Orleans Museum of Art curators William Fagaly and Miranda Lash set out on a journey to…

Beyond the Blues

The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) in partnership with the Amistad Research Center presented Beyond the…

Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park

Widely known for multimedia performances in music clubs and alternative art spaces over the past 15 years,…

Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studios

From November 15, 2009 to March 14, 2010, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presented Dreams…

Käthe Kollwitz: Graphics from the Jean Stein Collection

From November 15, 2009, to March 14, 2010, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presented a…

William Woodward: An American Impressionist in New Orleans

William Woodward 1859–1939: An American Impressionist in New Orleans, was the sixth collaborative exhibition between The Historic…

Skylar Fein: Youth Manifesto

Fall 2009, the New Orleans Museum of Art presented Skylar Fein: Youth Manifesto, the first solo museum…

The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography

From May 16 to October 11, 2009 the New Orleans Museum of Art presented The Art of…

Objects of Desire: Faberge from the Hodges Family Collection

OBJECTS OF DESIRE: Fabergé from the Hodges Family Collection featured sculpture, jewels, smoking accessories, scientific instruments and…

Prospect.1

For 11 weeks—from November 1, 2008, to January 18, 2009—the New Orleans Museum of Art showcased works…

Gentlemen Callers: Paul Cadmus and George Dureau

“It’s almost time for our gentlemen callers to start arriving. How many do you suppose we’re going…

A Tribute to Cole Pratt

The summer of 2008, the New Orleans Museum of Art presented A Tribute to Cole Pratt: His…

George Rodrigue’s Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs, and Beyond Katrina

On March 1, 2008, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) hosted a retrospective featuring the work…