O What A Night! Live Auction

With the health and safety of its supporters in mind, Ogden Museum of Southern Art has transitioned its annual O What a Night! Gala to an online format, featuring live and silent art auctions that will support the Museum’s educational mission to share the art and culture of the American South.  Live Art Auction: Saturday, October...

Opening Day: BUILT: Sculpture from the Collection

Opening today at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is the exhibition, BUILT: Sculpture from the Collection BUILT draws from Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s permanent collection to examine how Southern artists engage various mediums and practices to explore the power of sculptural form. Unlike painting and photography, sculpture engages three coordinates, existing in the same space...

OPENING DAY: OUTSIDE IN, IMPROVISATIONS OF SPACE: THE CERAMIC WORK OF MAPÓ KINNORD

Opening today at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is the exhibition, Outside In, Improvisations of Space: The Ceramic Work of Mapó Kinnord. Outside In, Improvisations of Space brings together works from throughout MaPó Kinnord’s career to illustrate her practice in clay. Allowing herself to be led by the material, she finds her greatest joy in the...

Opening Day: PRESERVATIVE FORCE: RECENT ACQUISITIONS TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

Opening today at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is the exhibition, Preservative Force: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection Preservative Force brings together recently acquired works from a diverse group of artists working in various styles and media. By presenting a range of voices that have been added to the collection to tell the story of...

Opening Day: SHELDON SCOTT: PORTRAIT, NUMBER 1 MAN (DAY CLEAN TA SUN DOWN)

Opening today at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is the exhibition, Sheldon Scott: Portrait, number 1 man (day clean ta sun down) With Portrait, number 1 man (day clean ta sun down), Sheldon Scott uses his own body to create a portrait of his ancestors, enslaved Africans from the Gullah Geechee region of the Southeastern U.S....

Opening Day: Roland L. Freeman Portfolio

Opening today at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is the exhibition, Roland L. Freeman - Portfolio.  Roland L. Freeman is one of the most important documentarians of 20th century Black American culture. The twelve photographs contained within the Roland L. Freeman – Portfolio were culled from hundreds of published and unpublished photographs made by the photographer from 1969-1985. These photographs...

Opening Day: REVELATIONS II: RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY ACQUISITIONS

Opening today at Ogden Museum of Southern Art is the exhibition, Revelations II: Recent Photography Acquisitions Revelations II: Recent Photography Acquisitions presents a sweeping survey of documentary and fine-art photographic traditions practiced in the region from the early 20th century to the present. Acquired by the Museum over the past decade, these photographs represent diverse perspectives and experiments...

Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, Closing Celebration

Ogden Museum of Southern Art 925 Camp Street, New Orleans, United States

On Saturday, January 7th, 2023, join us in celebrating the final day to view this year's Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation. Festivities will begin at 6:00 p.m., featuring live music by LAC artist Madison Spinner. This event is FREE and open to the public.