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NOMA Presents Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans

by New Orleans Museum of Art May 19, 2022May 18, 2022

This exhibition explores the work and short-but-impactful life of the groundbreaking ceramic artist. Now on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

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An Artist’s Altar to Divine Feminine Energy

by Laurence Ross January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Anastasia Pelias’s sculpture builds on this mythological legacy, suggesting we all have the ability to commune with a higher power and influence our futures.

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Ten Nineteen Exhibits Rare Vintage Prints From Nancy Rexroth’s IOWA

by Ten Nineteen December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Nancy Rexroth: IOWA, which features 28 photographs from the groundbreaking series, is on view at the New Orleans art space through January 30, 2022.

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Dawn DeDeaux Connects Social Justice and Environmentalism in a Retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art

by New Orleans Museum of Art November 5, 2021November 5, 2021

In a retrospective on view at NOMA, Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds demonstrates the artist’s longstanding concern with the most pressing issues of our time.

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Louisiana Artists Mobilize to Help Hurricane Ida Victims

by Valentina Di Liscia September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

With official authorities overwhelmed and underfunded, locals have mobilized a robust relief response, among them members of the state’s thriving arts community.

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Open Letter Lambastes Racism and Homophobia at New Orleans Museum of Art

by Hakim Bishara June 25, 2020November 5, 2020

Incidents include a staffer being asked to cut their dreadlocks and the permanent installation of a plantation parlor against the advisement of Black staff.

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Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis

by Megan N. Liberty May 2, 2020May 4, 2020

Thomas’s Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what’s expected in an art institution.

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Marches Can Only Come and Go: The Reality of Dread Scott’s “Slave Rebellion”

by William C. Anderson November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

In highlighting a neglected piece of history that struck fear in the hearts of white enslavers, Scott made a statement about who gets to mine our history, simultaneously prompting questions about intentions, impact, and praxis.

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Dread Scott’s “Slave Rebellion” Promises an Empowering Take on the Historical Reenactment Trope

by William C. Anderson November 7, 2019

In 1811, hundreds of enslaved people marched through Louisiana chanting “freedom or death.” While their oft-forgotten journey ended in massacre, artist Dread Scott spent six years organizing a reenactment to celebrate the legacy of their courage, to be staged November 8-9.

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Sadie Roberts-Joseph, Founder of Baton Rouge African-American Museum, Found Dead in Trunk of Car [UPDATED]

by Jasmine Weber July 16, 2019August 14, 2019

Baton Rouge police have arrested and charged Ronn Germaine Bell, a tenant in one of Roberts-Joseph’s rental properties, with first-degree murder.

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Initiative to Restore Black Churches Targeted by Racist Arsonist Reaches $1.3 Million

by Hakim Bishara April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

The crowdfunding campaign skyrocketed after the restoration of the Notre-Dame cathedral received $1 billion in public donations.

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Stark Photos of a Louisiana Prison that Was Once a Slave Plantation

by Abe Ahn November 30, 2018March 12, 2019

Two photographers document the lives of incarcerated men at Angola, a former slave plantation that is now the largest maximum-security prison farm in the US.

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