Tuesday, August 20, 2013

New Orleans' Best Art Galleries

By Harrison Feldman


New Orleans and it's well known for the diversity of art and galleries around town. The old Warehouse District is now called the Art District with a number of the old warehouses being modified into magnificent galleries. Other districts that are graced with a lot of New Orleans art galleries in the Faubourg Marigny, Garden District and French Quarter.

The Contemporary Arts Center

The contemporary Arts Center is one of those old warehoused transformed into a modern gallery composed of 30,000 sq feet in 1976. It displays sculpture, paintings, photography dance, music, theater and other performance art. Visual arts are rotated across the year and come from local, national and international artists to keep enticing visitors to one of the very best art galleries in New Orleans.

The New Orleans Art Museum

The New Orleans Art Museum opened in 1911 by a businessman Isaac Delgado. It is the oldest fine arts museum in the area and has a sizeable permanent collection that includes French, American, African, and Japanese works. It also is made of art glass, Arts of the Americas and photography. Works come from may different time periods and include those of Degas and Picasso, and go all of the way way back to pre-Columbian times. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden consists of five acres of landscaped pools, trees and trails in which 60 sculptures call home.

Arthur Roger Art Gallery

One of the art galleries in New Orleans that has been there for some time is the Arthur Roger Art Gallery. It originally opened in the Garden District, but moved to the Art District in 1988 to grow themselves in to three separate gallery areas. The gallery was instrumental in the renewal for Arts in New Orleans in 2006. The gallery operates over several locations and shows works from a spread of modern artists.

Barristers

Barristers was originally found on Royal Street in the French Quarter and exhibited fine and people art formed by African Artists in a dark and gothic atmosphere. It now can be found in a much bigger, less cluttered building on St. Claude in the Garden District and exhibits paintings, lithographs, carvings, sculpture, masks and other forms of art that are quite wondrous with several exhibits dedicated to spirituality.

New Orleans ArtWorks

New Orleans ArtWorks is in the Arts District and offers works and demos in lampworking, printmaking and glass blowing. Although there are several items on display in the gallery, visitors can also attend workshops to create their own pieces of art in a selection of media including paper, metal and glass. It's one of the best New Orleans art galleries and learning centers.

A Gallery for Fine Photography

This gallery is focused on pictures and found on Charles Street. It presents around ten different exhibitions per year in a 5000 square foot gallery. All images are original coming from the photographer or reliable sources.




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