If you can imagine an art gallery opening that doesn’t just spill into the streets but fills them, then you might have an idea what goes on at White Linen.
The annual summer gallery-opening party is one of the biggest events of summer in New Orleans. Although linen seems like a good choice for a breezy [...]
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Dancing in the Streets: The White Linen Party
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
It’s been a long time coming. Centuries in the making, a decade in planning but it’s finally here. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is opening to the public the most significant collection of Southern art. Works come from across the South from its earliest artists to its top contemporary ones.
“With the opening of the [...]
Lasting Impressions: Jazz Inspires Visual Artists
It’s been a long time coming. Centuries in the making, a decade in planning but it’s finally here. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is opening to the public the most significant collection of Southern art. Works come from across the South from its earliest artists to its top contemporary ones.
As jazz went from a [...]
Glass & Ceramic Art in New Orleans
While living in New Orleans, Tennessee Williams found the inspiration for Streetcar Named Desire as the Desire Street line rumbled beneath his apartment. He didn’t find such local inspiration for the Glass Menagerie but he easily could have. The city is full of brilliant glass and ceramic art. Many galleries lining Royal Street offer exquisite [...]
The National D-Day Museum commemorates the 60th anniversary of D-Day
On the morning of June 6th, the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion will be commemorated on the historic beaches of France. It will also be commemorated here in New Orleans at the National D-Day Museum, opened in 2000.
While the connection might puzzle some, there is a tie between the invasion of Normandy and the [...]


