Burke’s Delight: The Stacey and Michael Burke Collectiont, features a significant recent donation of more than 80 works by over 50 artists from across the American South. This donation not only expands the Museum’s already impressive collection in this genre but also highlights the profound contributions of self-taught and Visionary artists to the region’s cultural heritage. This exhibition presents work that challenges traditional notions of artistic values and aesthetics. Read More about Burke’s Delight The Stacey and Michael Burke Collection

Herman Leonard is widely considered the most important photographer of Jazz musicians after World War II. Born in 1923 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Leonard lived and worked in Ottawa, New York City, Paris and Ibiza before he moved to New Orleans in 1991. The fifteen years he lived in New Orleans (ending with the loss of his home and studio to the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina) was a period of particular significance to his career – a time of critical recognition and growing fame, with several exhibitions of his work at A Gallery for Fine Photography in the French Quarter and the printing of this important portfolio of 30 photographs. His time in New Orleans culminated in a major retrospective exhibition and corresponding book publication titled Jazz, Giants and Journeys: The Photography of Herman Leonard in 2006, organized by Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Read More about Herman Leonard Images of Jazz

Drawn exclusively from the permanent collection of Ogden Museum of Southern Art, I Am the Face is a mediation on the history of portraiture within Southern Photography. Beginning with the early twentieth century to the present, I Am The Face highlights ever-changing ideas, trends, methods and technologies that define the photographic portrait. Picturing the human condition, the relationship between photographer and subject, and the inherent power of perception that the camera possesses is addressed throughout the exhibition. Read More about I Am the Face