Focus: Noel Rockmore

Noel Rockmore was a regular patron of the cafes and bars of New Orleans’ French Quarter from the 1960s through the 1990s, and he held court with no less intrigue and charisma than his fellow bohemian, Tennessee Williams. Arriving in "the last frontier of Bohemia" in 1959, Rockmore discovered the place of his dreams, a place that allowed him to both portray the fantasy and decay so central to his personal aesthetic, and to do so by painting what was there, without embellishment.
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In the Beloved A new body of work by Alexis McGrigg

Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents, In the Beloved, a new body of work by Alexis McGrigg, that merges fluid abstraction, spiritual inquiry and an exploration of Blackness as both a physical and metaphysical space. Influenced by dance, film, literature and spiritual philosophy, this series investigates the origin and transcendence of the soul from a third space McGrigg calls The Beloved. This realm is in constant metamorphosis, allowing Black souls to exist in continual transition and transformation.
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Vicinal Visions Dusti Bongé, Ida Kohlmeyer & Dorothy Hood

Vicinal Visions presents the works of Dusti Bongé, Ida Kohlmeyer and Dorothy Hood from the collection of Ogden Museum of Southern Art, highlighting three visionary women who helped expand the boundaries of abstraction in the American South. Though each of these Southern artists developed their own distinct visual language, their work shares a spirit of experimentation and Modernist sensibilities, refracted through individual lenses of personal experience and place.
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Louisiana Contemporary 2026 presented by The Helis Foundation

Ogden Museum of Southern Art first launched Louisiana Contemporary, presented by The Helis Foundation in 2012, as an annual survey exhibition that would bring to the fore the work of artists living in Louisiana and highlight the dynamism of art practice throughout the state. Since the inaugural exhibition, Ogden Museum has shown works by over 650 artists, making Louisiana Contemporary an important moment in the national arts calendar to recognize and experience the spectrum and vitality of artistic voices emanating from New Orleans and art communities across Louisiana.
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