One of the leading political and performance artists of her generation, Tania Bruguera will speak about her projects: intensive interventions on the institutional structure of collective memory, education, and politics. Her work The Francis Effect is currently on view in New Orleans as part of False Flags, a group exhibition curated by Noah Simblist, at […]
Join us in celebrating the opening of First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare with a jazz funeral for the Bard. Led by Dr. Michael White, this special parade will honor and remember the greatest playwright and poet the world has known. Celebrating life at the moment of death, the traditional New Orleans jazz […]
Join us in celebrating the opening of three exhibitions: - First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare - Diana Al-Hadid - Elena Dorfman: Syria's Lost Generation Prior to the public reception, a jazz funeral for Shakespeare will be led by Dr. Michael White around the Newcomb Quad. Free and open to the public.
Diana Al-Hadid will discuss her upcoming NAM exhibition, which runs from May 9 – July 24, 2016. The works appear to be trapped in an eternal moment of precariousness and decay. Inspired by historical forms from art and architecture, Al-Hadid’s highly material sculptures and paintings are charged with drips, textures, patterns, and ornaments that recall […]
A reading of Shakespeare’s love poetry, on the site of the First Folio exhibition, will be hosted by Peter Cooley (Tulane Professor of English and Poet Laureate of the State of Louisiana).
Lecture given by Hillary Eklund, Associate Professor of English, Loyola University as part of the First Folio! event. The First Folio! exhibition at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane — part of the international events planned for 2016 in observance of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death — will feature a First Folio of Shakespeare open to the famous […]
Join us in celebrating the opening of Women of Newcomb, Recent Acquisitions. 5:30-6:30 pm VIP reception & members-only exhibition tour A special opportunity for our VIPs and members to see the exhibition before it opens to the public. Email museum@tulane.edu to join, renew, or inquire into membership. 6:30-8:00 pm Exhibition public reception Free & open […]
