Gallery News
Mardi Gras Indian suit appears at site of former Jefferson Davis statue in New Orleans
by Doug Maccash for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Canal Street commuters’ heads swiveled on Mardi Gras morning at the sight of a magnificent Mardi Gras Indian suit standing on the spot once occupied by a bronze statue dedicated to Jefferson Davis, the leader of the Confederacy. The feathered and beaded suit, which…
FBI seeks leads on art stolen after shipping from Santa Fe
by Dillon Mullan for Santa Fe New Mexican Erin Cone, a Santa Fe artist, received a suspicious message through her website sometime in 2019. “I was lucky enough to find one of your paintings by the name of stasis,” the message read. “It’s truly a wonderful piece but I was told it was a piece…
Gallery Update | 2020/2021
We are immensely grateful for the continued outpouring of support from our artists, friends of the gallery, and the New Orleans community. Since reopening our doors, we have diligently adhered to national and local guidelines to keep our staff, clients, and artists safe.
New Orleans artist is bringing “Art in the Time of Empathy” to help the community get through the pandemic
“Art in the Time of Empathy” will be on display until December 19th. It can be viewed at the Arthur Roger Gallery at 432 Julia Street in New Orleans by Thanh Truong for WWL NEW ORLEANS — Early in the pandemic, the Arthur Roger Gallery sent out a mass invitation to artists in New Orleans…
Banquet Years: Richard Baker Interviewed by Paul Maziar
For more than three decades, Richard Baker has been painting and reimagining the still-life form, lately focusing on books as objects-turned-portraits. Most recently, during the time of the pandemic and in preparation for a group exhibition at Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans, Baker has painted a series of book covers in gouache as a means to embrace the comfort and pleasure of being at home. Like the poets I’m attuned to, Baker disrupts the familiar and its meaning through juxtaposition, surprising our expectations of image and form. His work evidences the fact that painting begins and ends in imagination.
Together
by Sylvie Contiguglia for Arte-Walk Following a quiet summer, Arthur Roger Gallery is awakening with a bang. Its latest show Art in the Time of Empathy features seventy artists represented by more than one hundred works of art including paintings, sculptures, photographs and site specific installations. A playful series of shoe-mask from Maxx Sizeler leads to a spacious space lined…
A hot dog stand that doubles as a coronavirus test site and other 2020 art at Arthur Roger Gallery
by Doug MacCash for The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate The year 2020 has been a tangle of medical, political, social, economic and ecological trouble. There’s no getting around it. But down on Julia Street, the group exhibit “Art in the Time of Empathy” at Arthur Roger Gallery brings a touch of solace to the situation…
Stephanie Patton in Two Exhibitions
Gallery artist Stephanie Patton has work featured in two exhibitions. Going Through a Phrase Galveston Art Center, October 10 – January 3, 2021 Galveston Arts Center (GAC) presents Going Through a Phrase, a group exhibition of text-based works by Alicia Eggert, Candace Hicks, Stephanie Patton, Andrea Tosten, and Rachelle Vasquez on view in the main gallery from October…
Steppin’ Out Features “Art in the Time of Empathy”
Doug McCash reviews the Art in the Time of Empathy exhibition at the Arthur Roger Gallery for Steppin’ Out on WYES.