Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans

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Robert Colescott, Power for Desire-Desire for Power

Opening this month at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans showcases renowned art collector and gallery owner Arthur Roger’s transformational gift of his entire personal art collection to NOMA. Spotlighting one of the city’s most groundbreaking collections, the exhibition explores the rise of modern and contemporary art in the Crescent City

Since its founding in 1978, the Arthur Roger Gallery has been one of New Orleans’ most visible venues for contemporary art. Roger’s personal collection of more than eighty paintings, photographs and sculptures reflects the gallery’s storied forty-year history, as well as Roger’s skill and sophistication as an art collector. Bringing together works of art Roger has collected from the 1970s through today, Pride of Place unfolds as an evolving narrative about place, identity, and belonging in New Orleans over the course of the last four decades.

Roger’s personal collection includes works by many artists that his gallery exhibited over the years, including experimental works by local artists as well as vanguard works made all across the country. Many works were purchased long before the artists became established voices in contemporary art. Featured artists include: Luis Cruz Azaceta, Willie Birch, Douglas Bourgeois, Robert Colescott, George Dureau, Robert Gordy, Deborah Kass, Catherine Opie, Robert Polidori, Holton Rower and John Waters. 

Tuesday—Sunday at 1 Collins Diboll Circle. Free admission for Louisiana residents on Wednesdays. noma.org.