King Tides Michel Varisco December 4, 2021-January 22, 2022 King Tides, a photographic installation by Michel Varisco in the library of M.S. Rau, imagines a future where sea level rise has overtaken the land. King tides are the highest tides experienced in coastal cities; they occur when the earth, moon, and sun are all […]
Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body RaMell Ross October 23, 2021-March 27, 2022 Ross will be giving a guided gallery talk during the CURRENTS 2021 Opening and PhotoWALK on Friday, December 10, 6 pm on the Ogden’s 4th floor. In 2018, photographer, filmmaker, and educator RaMell Ross released the documentary film Hale County This Morning, […]
Healing Images John Novak November 22, 2021-January 13, 2022 On View: November 22, 2021 Virtual Opening: December 9, 2021, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm I have always found animals of all sorts fascinating, not only because of their diversity and complexity, but also due to their astounding range of behaviors. Having lived closely with […]
Prospect.5: Yesterday We Said Tomorrow Various Artists Now-January 23, 2022 This Fall, museums, cultural spaces, and public sites throughout New Orleans will host the long-awaited return of Prospect New Orleans Triennial exhibition with Prospect.5: “Yesterday we said tomorrow.” The CAC’s first and second-floor galleries will feature exciting works by 17 leading contemporary artists from […]
Home Sketch Daniela Leal December 11, 2021-January 2, 2022 Opening: Saturday, December 11, 2022, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm In her first solo exhibition in New Orleans, Daniela Leal meditates on home, and the ever-evolving relationship we have to it. Born into many of them as a second-generation with parents from Cuba and Argentina, […]
The Spillway Lily Brooks December 11-January 2, 2022 Opening: Saturday, December 11, 6:00 pm-10:00 pm Since 2016, Lily Brooks has been working within the local landscape of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, visualizing the space as emblematic of global sites of extraction and environmental fragility. The 12-square miles of public land and 7000-foot flood control […]
Shalom Y’all: A Snapshot of Southern Jewish Life Bill Aron Until-April 24, 2022 Over thirty years ago, the original Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in Utica, Mississippi, launched an ambitious initiative with project director Vicki Reikes Fox and photographer Bill Aron to capture images of rural and urban Southern Jewish communities. One trip […]
CURRENTS 2021: NOPA Members Showcase December 10, 2021-February 6, 2022 Opening: Friday, December 10, 2021, 6-9 pm It was a pleasure and an unexpected challenge to look through so many stand-out examples of photography being made today. A pleasure in that I love looking at work; a challenge in that I had to choose […]
Paper Machine Open House Antenna Works and Paper Machine Opening: Saturday, December 11, 2021, 12:00pm-5:00pm An open house at Paper Machine, featuring book, paper and print-based artists from Antenna and Paper Machine. Image: L. Kasimu Harris – The Lobby of the Paper Machine
George Dureau: Photographs George Dureau October 23, 2021-January 23, 2022 Opening: October 23, 2021 George Dureau: Photographs New Orleans artist George Dureau photographed a diversity of people in postures that speak to his keen eye, as well as the trust he developed with his models — many of whom were Black, and/or had amputations, […]
