NEW ORLEANS (AP).- The room is lit by flashlights, an escape hole chopped in the roof with an ax lying nearby. Steps away, rising floodwaters seep down a levee wall; across the way, a storm diary written in black felt marker on a housing project wall …
Newseum in Washington Retells Katrina Story 5 Years Later
WASHINGTON (AP).- Jarring headlines from the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina said it all: “Catastrophic,” ”Hitting Bottom,” ”Help Us, Please.” Five years later, the Newseum on Friday will open a special, one-year exhibit, “Covering Katrina,” that…
Newseum in Washington Retells Katrina Story 5 Years Later
WASHINGTON (AP).- Jarring headlines from the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina said it all: “Catastrophic,” ”Hitting Bottom,” ”Help Us, Please.” Five years later, the Newseum on Friday will open a special, one-year exhibit, “Covering Katrina,” that…
New Orleans to Remember Hurricane Katrina with Richard Misrach Exhibition
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- In honor of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) hosts a weekend of events, all of which are free and open to the public. American photographer Richard Misrach will premiere an exhibition: …
Jazz Scene Photographer Herman Leonard Dies at 87 in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Jazz scene photographer Herman Leonard, famous for his smoky, backlighted black-and-white photos of such greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87. L…
Kathleen Ariatti Banton’s The River of Forget at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents The River of Forget featuring new works by artist Kathleen Ariatti Banton in her first solo exhibition with the gallery since 2008. The exhibition includes large abstract works on canvas as well as sc…
Louisiana State Museum’s Riveting New Exhibit to Document Tragedy and Rebirth After Katrina
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Hurricane Katrina’s deluge was Biblical. When it hit Louisiana and Mississippi the morning of August 29, 2005, the storm caused fearsome destruction. Then the disaster grew worse. The levees – the man-made walls built to pro…
Studio Museum in Harlem Summer Exhibition Features Zwelethu Mthethwa
HARLEM, NY.- The first New York museum exhibition of South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa (b. 1960, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) brings together three compelling series: “Interiors” and “Empty Beds” document the dome…
Destroy this Memory: Photographs by Richard Misrach
NEW YORK, NY.- The photographs in Richard Misrach’s Destroy This Memory (Aperture, August, 2010) are an affecting reminder of the physical and psychological impact of Hurricane Katrina as told by those on the ground, and seen through the lens of a…