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:
Prospect 6 New Orleans
Various locations
There’s still a chance to catch the last few days of this ongoing event, which ends on Feb 2nd. In their own words, Prospect is: “A recurring civic exhibition of art is an idea that originated with the Venice Biennial in 1895. Designed according to this model, Prospect is a citywide contemporary art triennial and the first exhibition of its kind in the U.S. with a decade-long history.” More info
Routine Bites Hard: Dan Charbonnet / Resonance: Luba Zygarewicz
Good Children Gallery
Also closing soon. Charbonnet presents works spanning from 2005 to the present. The show explores how familiar routines and objects offer a sense of stability amidst chaos. Drawing on the rituals of the mundane, the artist juxtaposes precision and emotion, with each piece presenting carefully curated arrangements that evoke memories of stability and nostalgia. Resonance explores the concept of querencia, a Spanish word that describes a beloved place where one feels honored, safe, and secure; a source of strength and growth, where one is challenged yet at home. It also reflects the search for that place, a sense of home, within social constructs and expectations in a foreign land. Closing Feb 2nd. More info
ZsONA MACO
Octavia Gallery
The figurative, photographic work of Yemeni-Bosnian-American artist Alia Ali. Ali’s strong belief that textile is significant to all of us, reminds us that we are born into it, we sleep in it, we eat on it, we define ourselves by it, we shield ourselves with it, and eventually, we die in it. Textile can move past language and offer an expansive, experiential understanding of self, culture, and nation. In keeping with focus on figure and textile, the booth will feature three sculptures by Mexican-American artist Enrique Alférez which highlight traditional coverings. These three sculptures will exist in a garden, created by featuring photographs with floral textiles by Ali. Feb 4th-9th. More info
Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass
NOMA
Explore 4,000 years of world history in "Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art." Featuring over 250 objects from NOMA's permanent collection of historic and contemporary glass, the exhibition looks at how one material has impacted art, science, culture, and food. Ends Feb 10th. READ OUR REVIEW / More info
Crud Joy: From Waste To Wonder
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Ogden Museum’s Youth Climate Action Project (led by Ogden Museum HBCU Intern Kennedy Timmons and Ogden Museum Teen Interns) uses the City of New Orleans Climate Action Plan as a catalyst for the initiative. The project consists of a collaborative art installation between Milagros Collective, Ogden Museum Interns and the community. The goal of the project is to spark conversation on the Circular Economy and Waste Reduction. More info
Delicate Sights: Photography And Glass
NOMA
This exhibition looks at several processes and formats of photography made on glass surfaces—ambrotypes, magic lantern slides, and glass plate negatives—illustrating ways that glass facilitates the production and presentation of photographs, and offering a chance to consider its unique visual qualities. On view through July 14th, 2025. More info
Mardi Gras Throws: It’s the Gettin’ Not the Havin’!
Historic New Orleans Collection
From sweet treats handed from ladies in carriages, to today's wonderfully colorful souvenir trinkets of sparkling and blinking plastic, Mardi Gras throws have a long history in the celebration of Carnival in New Orleans, but they also bring unintended consequences. Learn from HNOC’s resident Carnival expert on the evolution of Mardi Gras throws through the years, the challenges beads bring and the efforts to address and reduce those issues. Every Wednesday and Saturday during Carnival, it’s a free pop-up talk. More info
Carlo Saraceni’s Our Lady Of Loreto And Peruvian Viceregal Statue Paintings
NOMA
Paintings of richly dressed statues of the Virgin Mary were among the preferred themes in Spanish and Peruvian 17th- and 18th-century painting. This installation reflects the gradual process of adoption and adaptation of this iconography by Indigenous and Mestizo artists in Viceregal Peru in the creation of Marian images. On view through December 28th, 2025. More info
Prospect 6 New Orleans
Various locations
There’s still a chance to catch the last few days of this ongoing event, which ends on Feb 2nd. In their own words, Prospect is: “A recurring civic exhibition of art is an idea that originated with the Venice Biennial in 1895. Designed according to this model, Prospect is a citywide contemporary art triennial and the first exhibition of its kind in the U.S. with a decade-long history.” More info
Routine Bites Hard: Dan Charbonnet / Resonance: Luba Zygarewicz
Good Children Gallery
Also closing soon. Charbonnet presents works spanning from 2005 to the present. The show explores how familiar routines and objects offer a sense of stability amidst chaos. Drawing on the rituals of the mundane, the artist juxtaposes precision and emotion, with each piece presenting carefully curated arrangements that evoke memories of stability and nostalgia. Resonance explores the concept of querencia, a Spanish word that describes a beloved place where one feels honored, safe, and secure; a source of strength and growth, where one is challenged yet at home. It also reflects the search for that place, a sense of home, within social constructs and expectations in a foreign land. Closing Feb 2nd. More info
ZsONA MACO
Octavia Gallery
The figurative, photographic work of Yemeni-Bosnian-American artist Alia Ali. Ali’s strong belief that textile is significant to all of us, reminds us that we are born into it, we sleep in it, we eat on it, we define ourselves by it, we shield ourselves with it, and eventually, we die in it. Textile can move past language and offer an expansive, experiential understanding of self, culture, and nation. In keeping with focus on figure and textile, the booth will feature three sculptures by Mexican-American artist Enrique Alférez which highlight traditional coverings. These three sculptures will exist in a garden, created by featuring photographs with floral textiles by Ali. Feb 4th-9th. More info
Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass
NOMA
Explore 4,000 years of world history in "Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art." Featuring over 250 objects from NOMA's permanent collection of historic and contemporary glass, the exhibition looks at how one material has impacted art, science, culture, and food. Ends Feb 10th. READ OUR REVIEW / More info
Crud Joy: From Waste To Wonder
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Ogden Museum’s Youth Climate Action Project (led by Ogden Museum HBCU Intern Kennedy Timmons and Ogden Museum Teen Interns) uses the City of New Orleans Climate Action Plan as a catalyst for the initiative. The project consists of a collaborative art installation between Milagros Collective, Ogden Museum Interns and the community. The goal of the project is to spark conversation on the Circular Economy and Waste Reduction. More info
Delicate Sights: Photography And Glass
NOMA
This exhibition looks at several processes and formats of photography made on glass surfaces—ambrotypes, magic lantern slides, and glass plate negatives—illustrating ways that glass facilitates the production and presentation of photographs, and offering a chance to consider its unique visual qualities. On view through July 14th, 2025. More info
Mardi Gras Throws: It’s the Gettin’ Not the Havin’!
Historic New Orleans Collection
From sweet treats handed from ladies in carriages, to today's wonderfully colorful souvenir trinkets of sparkling and blinking plastic, Mardi Gras throws have a long history in the celebration of Carnival in New Orleans, but they also bring unintended consequences. Learn from HNOC’s resident Carnival expert on the evolution of Mardi Gras throws through the years, the challenges beads bring and the efforts to address and reduce those issues. Every Wednesday and Saturday during Carnival, it’s a free pop-up talk. More info
Carlo Saraceni’s Our Lady Of Loreto And Peruvian Viceregal Statue Paintings
NOMA
Paintings of richly dressed statues of the Virgin Mary were among the preferred themes in Spanish and Peruvian 17th- and 18th-century painting. This installation reflects the gradual process of adoption and adaptation of this iconography by Indigenous and Mestizo artists in Viceregal Peru in the creation of Marian images. On view through December 28th, 2025. More info