San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Visitors to "Spared From the Storm: Masterworks From the New Orleans Museum of Art" at Stanford may leave with mixed feelings of relief and anger: relief and gladness that the museum's staff secured the preservation of so many wonderful art objects during...
The Lobby from SPG (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
As anyone who has ever been there knows, New Orleans is a feast for the senses. The sights, sounds, and aromas that pervade the tree-lined avenues and lush parks of this classic American city create enough fond memories to last...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Museum of Art presents The Baroque World of Fernando Botero , the first major U.S retrospective of the artist's work in more than 30 years, from June 28 to September 21, 2008 . Recognized as one of the most well-known and commercially successful artists to emerge from Latin America, the Colombia native now has his work exhibited and collected by major museums around the...
Brad Pitt Celebrity News (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Goldblum tries his hand again at sleuthingTribune Review, PA - 1 hour ago… will be held Oct. 24-26 at New Orleans' City Park behind the New Orleans Museum of Art. — The Associated Press Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's love for …
Animated News (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
NOLA reveals that Bullard said the New Orleans Museum of Art blockbuster will host an exhibit of cartoon illustration next year called Dreams Do Come True: Classic Fairy Tales from Disney Studios, and set to coincide with the release of Disney’s New Orleans-based The Princess and the Frog.
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
STANFORD, CA - The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art,” on view through October 5, 2008. This exhibition includes 80 paintings, drawings, and sculptures by many of the most influential artists of the 17th through the mid-20th centuries, featuring works by renowned artists such as baroque master Luca Giordano, impressionist...
The Phil Nugent Experience (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
In 1988, I had a summer job working at the New Orleans Museum of Art. I was one of a group of five guys who worked out of basement office and who did all the shit work in the museum that involved handling the artwork or that might require us appearing where we might be seen by the general public; our official job title was "preparators." (We built frames for paintings and platforms for statues, set...
On the Cusp (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
[image from the National Gallery of Art press web site] I kept hearing rumors of an announcement earlier in April that I finally tracked down some info on. Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, two well known and generous collectors from New York, have begun an initiative called 50 works for 50 states . They will be gifting 2500 art works they have collected over the years, many of which are works on paper, to...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Stanford, California - The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art,” June 4 – October 5, 2008 . This exhibition includes 80 paintings, drawings, and sculptures by many of the most influential artists of the 17th through the mid-20th centuries, featuring works by renowned artists such as baroque master Luca Giordano,...
MOLDY CITY (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Five pre-Katrina items about the Canal street things. I. Letter to the editor Times-Picayune April 21, 2004 Transit is not just for tourists After 35 years, I thought I had lived in New Orleans long enough not to be surprised by the incompetence and contempt for the public by those who supposedly provide public services. But as I witnessed the utter chaos on Canal Street Monday morning, I was reminded...
dangerblond.org (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
101_5402 Originally uploaded by dangerblond. I collaborated with Vivian Cahn on an installation for Art in Bloom at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The show opens tonight, but it only runs for a week because of the short duration of cut flowers. This year, the main exhibit at NOMA is the George Rodrigue retrospective. Vivian chose [...]
Letters in Bottles (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
As I told a prospective student before Property class this morning, Tulane's surroundings are key to making it a desirable law school. The many cultural offerings of New Orleans are the perfect antidote to hours of intense study, making any smidgeon of free time well spent. But the antidote has the potential to be a distraction, too, so it's a fine line to walk. This week has been a study in
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
If you're a fan of George Rodrigue, a resident of New Iberia, La., who has become an international art star, then his retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art is like hitting the mother lode. “Rodrigue's Louisiana: Forty Years of Cajuns, Blue Dogs, and Beyond Katrina” is the largest selection of his works ever assembled.
cbs4denver.com: Entertainment (Free subscription) | 01/27/2008
A trip to the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs offers a journey tracing the development of the Impressionist movement in art. It's an exhibit on loan from the New Orleans Museum of Art.
American Artist (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
Throughout his long career, Henry Casselli has looked to drawings to clarify his impressions and better understand his subject. View a gallery of additional work by Casselli. To read more features like this, subscribe to Drawing today!
