The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present Art in the Time of Empathy, an exhibition of gallery and invited artists examining the year 2020 as a unique historical moment and a transformative time. Art in the Time of Empathy is the largest exhibition in the gallery’s history, featuring over 70 invited and represented artists. Playing off the iconic title of Gabriel García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera, artists address the many aspects of quarantine, politics, social justice, science, and community in a time where physical distance has redefined these dialogues. A time capsule for our period, Art in the Time of Empathy is an exploration of the human side of this moment, an opportunity for a community to pause and reflect on the many perspectives of a shared experience. Read More
The Arthur Roger Gallery, like other art galleries both locally and nationally, remains subject to the business closure policies necessitated by COVID-19. Galleries around the world are looking for ways to maintain connections between artists and the public. The Arthur Roger Gallery and its artists are creating self-made videos called “Artists’ Chronicles: 2020”. The gallery… Read More
The local artist who crafts international installations from his Cheyenne Canyon workshop talks about his work and inspiration. By Steven Hayward – for Springs Magazine – May 31, 2018 I first met Pard Morrison a decade ago. I asked him what he did for a living and his reply was simple: “I’m a sculptor.” A kind of local… Read More
The Arthur Roger Gallery is very pleased to be a part of Art Miami again this year. The exhibition will be on view from December 5 – December 10, 2017 at its new location at One Herald Plaza at NE 14th Street On Biscayne Bay in Downtown Miami Between the Venetian & MacArthur Causeways. Read More
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to announce the inclusion of gallery artists Wayne Gonzales and John T. Scott in Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, currently on view at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Read More
At the occasion of his latest exhibition at the Arthur Roger Gallery, “R.I.P. Bruce A. Davenport, Jr./Artwork by Dapper Bruce Lafitte”, the artist Dapper Bruce Lafitte gave an interview and offered his latest thoughts about his art, art in general and how he became an artist. Read More
Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans celebrates art collector and gallery owner Arthur Roger’s transformational gift of his entire personal art collection to the New Orleans Museum of Art. Spotlighting one of the city’s most groundbreaking contemporary art collections, the exhibition (on view June 23–September 3, 2017) explores the rise of modern and contemporary art in New Orleans. Read More
Images from White Linen Night | August 2017 Exhibition Openings at Arthur Roger Gallery and Arthur Roger@434. Read More
It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s summer; which means the time has yet again come for droves of art patrons and revelers alike to garb themselves in linens woven of white and gather in the streets to party like an artist. Julia Street to be precise. The annual art-meets-wine extravaganza known as Whitney White Linen Night is once again upon us. Read More
WYES Steppin’ Out host Peggy Scott Laborde speaks with Louisiana Life art columnist John Kemp about the NOMA exhibition Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans, currently on view through September 3, 2017. Pride of Place showcases a selection of 20th-century paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures recently donated to NOMA by prominent New Orleans gallerist and art collector Arthur Roger. Read More
