We haven’t looked at the visual arts for a while, and we thought it’s high time we rounded up what’s going on across the city. Here are some selected highlights - exhibitions that you can still catch:
NOMA
Debbie Fleming Caffery: In Light of Everything : Including nearly 100 dramatic black-and-white photographs installed in three distinct spaces of the museum, In Light of Everything is the first career retrospective for the important Louisiana-born photographer . The exhibition presents examples from her most important series made in the American South, Mexico, and France, from the 1970s to the present. Through May 5th
Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined : brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan–American artist’s multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. Through July 14th.
Double Space: Women Photographers And Surrealism : On the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, The New Orleans Museum of Art presents works by six women photographers whose work explores the subconscious mind, blurs the boundary between reality and dreams, or magnifies the uncanny in everyday life. Through August 4th
CAC
Gestures of Refusal: Black Photography and Visual Culture : Explores the production of Black visual culture, bringing attention to the ways contemporary photographers and visual artists regularly wield the power of the camera. Through April 29th
Robust Moribund & the Charnel House : Basqo Bim’s first solo museum exhibition. Rich with expression, emotion, and suggested connection, Bim’s handmade masks act as windows into fantastic worlds. Through July 9th
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
The First Blue Dog : George Rodrigue was a Louisiana painter known for his depictions of the landscape and people of Acadiana, as well as his later Pop Art paintings featuring the figure of a blue dog. This painting, Watchdog from 1983, was the first ever painting in what would become known as the Blue Dog series. Through June 8th.
Louisiana Wildlife: Where Y’at? : New Orleans based artist Jacob Reptile spent three weeks working with second through fifth graders from Young Audiences Charter School at Lawrence D. Crocker Campus to create a forest of cypress trees made from recycled fabric and paper bags.
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
A Better Life for Their Children : This evocative black-and-white photodocumentary exhibit by Andrew Feiler tells the story of the Rosenwald schools.
Historic New Orleans Collection
Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art : This traveling exhibition showcases more than 80 intriguing and captivating objects, ranging from grave markers and serpent-headed staffs to embroidered textiles and ceremonial regalia. Through May 10th.
Octavia Art Gallery
In the Moment : A selection of still lifes, landscapes, and interiors; a collection of paintings depicting singular moments in time. Utilizing vivid colors and patterns, each artist’s work conveys a story of both the ordinary and significant aspects of daily life. Through April 27th.
Good Children Gallery
Les Nouvelle Enfants : Exhibition of work by gallery members, Denna Ameen, Samantha Combs, Paige DeVries, Ariya Martin, Jeff Rinehart, and Maddie Stratton. Through May 9th.
Upcoming:
Graphite Gallery
Ramona Nordal : A stunning solo show opening on May 17th. Nordal is acclaimed for her vibrant use of color and thought-provoking selection of female subjects. Instead of merely replicating external appearances, these bold portraits serve as portals to a journey encompassing the past, present, and future. More info
NOMA
Debbie Fleming Caffery: In Light of Everything : Including nearly 100 dramatic black-and-white photographs installed in three distinct spaces of the museum, In Light of Everything is the first career retrospective for the important Louisiana-born photographer . The exhibition presents examples from her most important series made in the American South, Mexico, and France, from the 1970s to the present. Through May 5th
Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined : brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan–American artist’s multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. Through July 14th.
Double Space: Women Photographers And Surrealism : On the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, The New Orleans Museum of Art presents works by six women photographers whose work explores the subconscious mind, blurs the boundary between reality and dreams, or magnifies the uncanny in everyday life. Through August 4th
CAC
Gestures of Refusal: Black Photography and Visual Culture : Explores the production of Black visual culture, bringing attention to the ways contemporary photographers and visual artists regularly wield the power of the camera. Through April 29th
Robust Moribund & the Charnel House : Basqo Bim’s first solo museum exhibition. Rich with expression, emotion, and suggested connection, Bim’s handmade masks act as windows into fantastic worlds. Through July 9th
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
The First Blue Dog : George Rodrigue was a Louisiana painter known for his depictions of the landscape and people of Acadiana, as well as his later Pop Art paintings featuring the figure of a blue dog. This painting, Watchdog from 1983, was the first ever painting in what would become known as the Blue Dog series. Through June 8th.
Louisiana Wildlife: Where Y’at? : New Orleans based artist Jacob Reptile spent three weeks working with second through fifth graders from Young Audiences Charter School at Lawrence D. Crocker Campus to create a forest of cypress trees made from recycled fabric and paper bags.
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
A Better Life for Their Children : This evocative black-and-white photodocumentary exhibit by Andrew Feiler tells the story of the Rosenwald schools.
Historic New Orleans Collection
Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art : This traveling exhibition showcases more than 80 intriguing and captivating objects, ranging from grave markers and serpent-headed staffs to embroidered textiles and ceremonial regalia. Through May 10th.
Octavia Art Gallery
In the Moment : A selection of still lifes, landscapes, and interiors; a collection of paintings depicting singular moments in time. Utilizing vivid colors and patterns, each artist’s work conveys a story of both the ordinary and significant aspects of daily life. Through April 27th.
Good Children Gallery
Les Nouvelle Enfants : Exhibition of work by gallery members, Denna Ameen, Samantha Combs, Paige DeVries, Ariya Martin, Jeff Rinehart, and Maddie Stratton. Through May 9th.
Upcoming:
Graphite Gallery
Ramona Nordal : A stunning solo show opening on May 17th. Nordal is acclaimed for her vibrant use of color and thought-provoking selection of female subjects. Instead of merely replicating external appearances, these bold portraits serve as portals to a journey encompassing the past, present, and future. More info