Cool Art in New Orleans

New Orleans is a city full of music. But I found plenty of art to enjoy too, in the amazing warm days we had in mid-February. I couldn’t get a good image of all of the works I liked — I tried about ten times to get a decent picture of this fantastic and disturbing spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park, but failed. (Link is to a photo by Paul Moline on Panoramio.)

Here are a few of the works I liked.

Karma, a 23-foot-tall sculpture by Do Ho Suh at the Besthoff Sculpture gardens.

Profile of an Artist with Grandmother Inside, by Lonnie Holley, at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

Large Seated Cardinal, by Giacomo Manzu, at the Besthoff Gardens.

Large Seated Cardinal, Manzu, side view.

Stained glass window at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, New Orleans (built 1826).

 

Here are links to some of these sites:

The wonderful Besthoff Sculpture Gardens, which I loved!

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, New Orleans