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River Beats: Melvin Edwards Unveils New Steelwork Exhibit ‘Crossroads’ at the Ogden
Melvin Edwards began showing his art professionally in 1965. Just five years later, he became the first African-American sculptor with...
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Mar 6, 2020


WWNO Inside the Arts: New Orleans French Film Festival, Mickalene Thomas Femmes Noires
Artist Mickalene Thomas joined the studios at WWNO for an interview with Diane Mack on “Inside the Arts.” Thomas currently has an exhibit...
The Helis Foundation
Feb 24, 2020


GoNOLA: Krewe du Vieux, Tet Fest, and More Weekend Picks
This weekend in New Orleans, we’re in full-fledged Carnival mode. Parades roll on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but this isn’t even our...
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Feb 7, 2020


Curbed New Orleans: Peep the new art in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden & Poydras St
It’s almost October, which means it’s time to revamp your look with new fall pieces—and two New Orleans sculpture gardens are doing just...
The Helis Foundation
Oct 31, 2019


RiverBeats: 5 New Sculptures Unveiled on Poydras Street This Week
Chances are you've driven down Poydras Street within the past 6 years. And if you have, you’ve seen tons of art exhibits lining the...
The Helis Foundation
Oct 9, 2019


Times-Picayune/Advocate: 5 new mod sculptures on Poydras Street are "greatest drive-by art exhibit"
As Poydras Street commuters have surely noticed, five eye-catching new sculptures have appeared recently along the street’s neutral...
The Helis Foundation
Oct 9, 2019


WWNO Inside the Arts: New Sculptures Headed to Poydras Corridor
William Andrews, executive director of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, joined “Inside the Arts” to discuss five new sculptures being...
The Helis Foundation
Sep 17, 2019

New Sculptures Coming in September, Including Works by Internationally Renowned Artists
Five new sculptures will join the public art exhibition in downtown New Orleans, known as the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition...
The Helis Foundation
Sep 4, 2019

Public Invited to Celebrate Newest Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition Installations Sept. 24
WHO: Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition Artists Lonnie Holley, Earl Dismuke, Phil Proctor, and Kennedy Yanko The Helis Foundation,...
The Helis Foundation
Sep 4, 2019

Gambit: Divergent visions of contemporary Louisiana art united into coherent expo at the Ogden
Since 2012, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art has undertaken what sometimes seemed an impossible task: to present a survey of work by...
The Helis Foundation
Aug 19, 2019


The Historic New Orleans Collection Hosts Family Day
The Historic New Orleans Collection will host a family day for its exhibition Art of the City: Postmodern to Post-Katrina, presented by...
The Helis Foundation
Aug 12, 2019

ArtForum: Ogden Museum of Southern Art Awards Louisiana Contemporary Prizes
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans has announced the artists who have received awards as part of Louisiana Contemporary, its...
The Helis Foundation
Aug 7, 2019


ArtDaily: Ogden Museum announces Louisiana Contemporary Prize winners
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art announced today the artists who have received awards as part of Louisiana Contemporary, the Museum’s...
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Aug 6, 2019


Nola.com: Winners of Ogden Museum’s 2019 Louisiana Contemporary announced
It was the evening before Hancock Whitney White Linen Night, and the crowd in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s fifth floor gallery...
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Aug 5, 2019

ARTnews: Ogden Museum of Southern Art Names 2019 Louisiana Contemporary Prizes
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans has awarded the 2019 recipients of the Louisiana Contemporary prizes, which honor four...
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Aug 5, 2019

Nola.com: Fancy linen - Galleries, museums spotlight the best for White Linen Night
Over the past 25 years, Whitney Hancock White Linen Night has become an opportunity for attendees to perfect the art of jockeying for the...
The Helis Foundation
Jul 29, 2019


Via Nola Vie: HNOC’s Art of the City searches soul of New Orleans
Jan Gilbert doesn’t see works of art as, well, just works of art. To this artist and curator, the world is multilayered, and so are our...
The Helis Foundation
May 7, 2019

Ritz Herald: History museum in French Quarter opens $38M expansion with contemporary art exhibition
In the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, surrounded by more than 300 years of history, a new exhibition immerses visitors in the...
The Helis Foundation
Apr 25, 2019


The French Quarterly: Excellence…Anything But Plain and Simple
Read the article at The French Quarterly.
The Helis Foundation
Feb 1, 2019
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