Art Galleries Throughout New Orleans

By Harrison Feldman


New Orleans and the city is well known for the diversification of art and galleries around New Orleans. The old Warehouse District is now called the Art District with a great many of the old warehouses being transformed into magnificent galleries. Other districts that are graced with lots of New Orleans art galleries in the Faubourg Marigny, Garden District and French Quarter.

The Contemporary Arts Center

The up to date Arts Center is one of those old warehoused modified into a modern gallery composed from 30,000 sq. feet in 1976. It displays photography, sculpture, paintings theater, dance, music and other performance art. Visual arts are rotated throughout the year and come from international, local and national artists to keep tempting 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 is composed of five acres of landscaped trees, trails and pools in which 60 sculptures call home.

Arthur Roger Art Gallery

One of the art galleries in New Orleans that has been located there for quite 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 to a few 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 folk art made by African Artists in a gothic and dark atmosphere. It now resides in a much more spacious, less cluttered building on St. Claude in the Garden District and exhibits lithographs, carvings, paintings, sculpture, masks and other media 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 demonstrations and works in lampworking, printmaking and glass blowing. Even though there are several items on display in the gallery, visitors can also attend workshops to form their own artworks in a selection of media including paper, metal and glass. It is one of the best New Orleans art galleries and learning centers.

A Gallery for Fine Photography

This gallery is devoted to photos and found on Charles Street. It presents around ten different exhibitions every year in a 5000 square foot gallery. All photos are original coming from the photographer or reliable sources.




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