“Museum spotlight: David Bates gallery talk,” Dallas News
No American artist captured the devastation of Hurricane Katrina more forcefully than Dallas’ own David Bates in his stunningly powerful 2008 exhibition “The Storm.”
Monthly Archives: April 2014
“Bunny Matthew’s Alphabet Soup,” New Orleans Art Review
“Cartoonists take the salient features of the seemingly mundane which normally escape our attention, and blow them up to larger than life proportions, forcing us to acknowledge their emotive qualities.”
George Dureau Memorial at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Artist George Valentine Dureau, Jr. died April 7, 2014. On Friday, April 18, friends and family gathered in the Patrick Taylor Library at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art to honor him. Speakers included the artist’s longtime friend Kenneth Holdtich, Ogden curator Bradley Sumrall, Ogden director William Andrews, brother Don Dureau, friend Judge Ginger Berrigan and friend and caretaker Katin Nachod.
“Artist George Dureau’s memorial at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Friday (April 18),” The Times-Picayune
Artist George Valentine Dureau Jr. died April 7. He was a magnificent New Orleans painter and photographer, known for his wit and bohemian values. On Friday (April 18), Dureau’s friends and fellow members of the Crescent City art community gathered in the Ogden Museum of Art’s splendid Richardson library to remember the great man.
“Backstage at Versailles: A Handyman’s Tour of the Palace,” Messynessy Chic
Robert Polidori has the keys to the palace. But not the perfectly-polished, museum-ready palace we’re used to seeing from behind the velvet ropes.
“Artist George Dureau left his mark on the French Quarter like few others,” The Advocate
The Vieux Carre’s figurative freak flag dropped to half-staff last week when news circulated that one of the district’s last remaining embodiments of local color had faded to black. George Dureau, one of the city’s most nationally recognized artist and a major player in the local arts scene from the 1970s through the ’90s, was dead at 83, having succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease.
“Remembering George Dureau,” Hyperallergic
NEW ORLEANS — When news of George Dureau’s death was announced by his gallery this past Monday afternoon, word traveled quickly among my extended circle of friends and professional acquaintances in New Orleans. Within a few hours, my Facebook feed was full of images of Dureau’s work, personal reminiscences, and links to quickly sketched obituaries (the longer tributes would come later) in the New Orleans Advocate and Times-Picayune.
Amy Weiskopf: Still Lifes
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present Still Lifes, an exhibition of paintings by Amy Weiskopf. The exhibition will be on view at Arthur Roger@434, located at 434 Julia Street, from April 26 – July 12, 2014. The gallery will host an opening reception with the artist in attendance on Saturday, May 3 from 6-8 pm.
Dale Chihuly: CHIHULY
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new artworks by artist Dale Chihuly. The exhibition will be on view at Arthur Roger Gallery, located at 432 Julia Street, from April 26 – July 12, 2014. The gallery will host an opening reception on Saturday, May 3 from 6-8 pm.
“New Orleans Photographer and Artist George Dureau Has Died,” The Advocate
The artist and photographer’s work ranged from the erotic to the unsettling. He was a mentor of Mapplethorpe and a long-time contributor to Drummer magazine. Long-time icon of the creative world of New Orleans, George Dureau died Monday (April 7) morning at the Walden Healthcare Center in Kenner according to NOLA.com. He was 84.