Exhibitions Archives - New Orleans Museum of Art https://noma.org/category/exhibitions-2/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:59:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 “​​Spirit in Motion: Activating the Contemporary African Masquerade” by Creative Assembly Resident Artist Carl Harrison Jr. https://noma.org/spirit-in-motion-activating-the-contemporary-african-masquerade-by-creative-assembly-member-carl-harrison-jr/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:23:03 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=90649 2024-2025 Creative Assembly artist-in-residence Carl Harrison Jr. wrote an essay reflecting on his experiences engaging with the works and themes of the recent exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and...

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]]> Educator Guide for Dawoud Bey: Elegy Now Available Online for Free https://noma.org/educator-guide-for-dawoud-bey-elegy/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:14:19 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=90631 This free, downloadable Educator's Guide to the exhibition "Dawoud Bey: Elegy" features resources that can be used during visits to the exhibition, itself, as well as in post-visit lessons and activities in the K-12 classroom.

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]]> Dawoud Bey: Elegy Explores Early African American Experiences as Imagined through Historical Landscapes https://noma.org/dawoud-bey-elegy-explores-early-african-american-experiences-as-imagined-through-historical-landscapes/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:21:19 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=90397 This month, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) opens the highly anticipated exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy, on view at the museum September 26, 2025—January 4, 2026. A profound exploration of early experiences of African Americans in the United States, the groundbreaking survey, organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, marks the comprehensive exhibition of three photographic series and two film installations by renowned contemporary artist Dawoud Bey.

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]]> Educator Guide for Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed https://noma.org/educator-guide-for-nicolas-floch-fleuves-ocean-mississippi-watershed/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:35:30 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=89831 This free, downloadable Educator's Guide to the exhibition Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed features resources that can be used during visits to the exhibition, itself, as well as in post-visit lessons and activities in the K-12 classroom.

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]]> NOMA and SUNOMA Collaborate on Free “African Art, History, and Culture in New Orleans” Guide for New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations https://noma.org/noma-and-sunoma-collaborate-on-african-art-history-and-culture-in-new-orleans-guide-for-new-african-masquerades-artistic-innovations-and-collaborations/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:41:52 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=89588 this "African Art, History, and Culture in New Orleans" guide offers readers locations and resources that highlight New Orleans' connections to African art, history, and heritage.

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]]> Spring Festival: New African Masquerades Scavenger Hunt Available Online https://noma.org/spring-festival-new-african-masquerades-scavenger-hunt-available-online/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:05:22 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=89500 Dive into the works of "New African Masquerades," "Afropolitan," and NOMA's African Art Gallery with this free scavenger hunt, featured at this year's Spring Festival.

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]]> Excerpts from New African Masquerades Catalogue Introduction Available for Free Online https://noma.org/excerpts-from-new-african-masquerades-catalogue-introduction-available-for-free-online/ Fri, 23 May 2025 18:56:33 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=89329 Read selections from the introduction to the "New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations" catalogue online for free.

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]]> Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa Welcomes Visitors to New African Masquerades and Introduces Co-curator and Ekpe Chief Dr. Jordan Fenton https://noma.org/chief-ekpenyong-bassey-nsa-welcomes-visitors-to-new-african-masquerades-and-introduces-co-curator-and-ekpe-chief-jordan-fenton/ Thu, 22 May 2025 21:09:19 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=89315 Watch as Chief Bassey Nsa introduces himself to visitors of the "New African Masquerades" exhibition and honors Dr. Jordan A. Fenton, an Ekpe Society Chief and exhibition co-curator.

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]]> Educator Guide for New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations https://noma.org/educator-guide-for-new-african-masquerades-artistic-innovations-and-collaborations/ Thu, 15 May 2025 21:36:10 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=89223 This New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations Educator Guide includes introductions to the four major artists highlighted in this special exhibition, plus additional resources (including image and video links, as well as a curriculum standards overview) to support learning around the exhibition’s contents. Reflective questions, classroom activities, and a “Community + Collections Connection” section help students draw parallels between West African masquerades, other collaborative art forms, New Orleans arts and cultures, and their own lives.

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]]> Gallery Talk with Brian Piper on Show & Tell: A Brief History of Photography and Text https://noma.org/gallery-talk-with-brian-piper-on-show-tell-a-brief-history-of-photography-and-text/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:00:57 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=89176 On December 11th, NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings, Brian Piper, opened up the floor for a tour and conversation on Show & Tell: A Brief History...

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]]> Major Exhibition of Artist Wangechi Mutu Opens at the New Orleans Museum of Art This Month https://noma.org/mutu-programming/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:10:10 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=83908 On view January 31–July 14, 2024, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined features installations in the museum and site-specific interventions in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden.

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]]> New Orleans Museum of Art Announces Major Exhibitions for 2024 https://noma.org/major-exhibitions-2024/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:55:27 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=83281 The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announces its major exhibitions for 2024, showcasing NOMA’s curatorial scholarship and highlighting the museum’s exceptional collection across genres and disciplines.

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]]> New Orleans Museum of Art to Present First Major Retrospective of Photographer Debbie Fleming Caffery https://noma.org/debbie-fleming-caffery/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:40:10 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=82579 Debbie Fleming Caffery: In Light of Everything is the first exhibition to include examples representative of her entire body of work, including photographs taken throughout Louisiana and Mississippi, Mexico, and France over six decades. The exhibition includes Caffery’s renowned documentary images of people working in Louisiana’s sugar cane fields, as well as her most recent project creating exquisitely humanized portraits of birds around the world, some of which live in rescue and rehabilitation centers.

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]]> Gallery Talks with James F. and Cherye R. Pierce on Photogenic https://noma.org/gallery-talks-with-pierces-on-photogenic/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:04:01 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=82140 Art collectors James and Cherye Pierce recall the stories behind a few works currently on view in Photogenic: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce.

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]]> Why Do Ancient Egyptian Objects Belong to an Italian Museum? https://noma.org/why-do-ancient-egyptian-objects-belong-to-an-italian-museum/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:59:06 +0000 https://noma.org/?p=75375 Visitors to the New Orleans Museum of Art’s Queen Nefertari’s Egypt exhibition may ask, why do ancient Egyptian objects belong to an Italian museum? The brief history below seeks to locate the Museo Egizio’s collection within the larger context of European colonial history in Egypt and the circulation of ancient Egyptian art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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