<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we transition from summer to fall, the months of 2018 quickly become part of the past. 2018 has been especially significant for New Orleans because it is the city’s 300th anniversary, also known as the tricentennial. And w</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">hat better way to celebrate one of the world’s most unique and diverse cities than through its art? </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">This fall, take time to explore upcoming art exhibitions and festivals that showcase New Orleans’ rich history.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tulane’s very own Newcomb Art Museum is celebrating the tricentennial with </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">EMPIRE</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an art installation by Los Angeles-based artists David Burns and Austin Young. The pair transformed the entire museum into an immersive experience that explores the history of people and place in terms of culture, history, and social constructs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To create </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">EMPIRE</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, David Burns and Austin Young assembled over 400 objects from the diverse archives and collections across Tulane’s campus. The exhibition invites viewers to consider the impacts that colonialism, slavery, trade, and tourism had on the movement of culture across and beyond borders to better understand the cultural position of New Orleans.</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">EMPIRE</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> opened on April 13th and will close on December 22nd.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New Orleans Art Museum (NOMA) is also celebrating the tricentennial with a special collection of pieces from the city’s namesake, Philippe II Duke of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Orléans. The exhibition, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Orleans Collection</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, reunites 40 European masterpieces gathered from museums and galleries across the United States and Europe. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The collection, open from October 26th to January 27nd, features works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Guido Reni, and many others.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Orleans Collection</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, NOMA is celebrating the ongoing expansion of their world-renowned sculpture garden, The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Occupying approximately five acres of City Park, it is home to a rich landscape of grasses, flowers, and trees. Over 60 sculptures from artists around the world are hidden within the landscape of the garden. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The garden, open 7 days a week for free admission, is a wonderful place to enjoy New Orleans’ magnificent fall weather. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Celebrating New Orleans’ tricentennial is a chance to examine the city’s history, however, it is also a time to look to the city’s future. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">LUNA </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fête, a festival of light, art, and technology, uses contemporary lights, sound installations, motion graphics, and video-mapping to create large-scale outdoor light installations across New Orleans. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The festival aims to look at the future of art in New Orleans by highlighting local artists and new talent. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">LUNA </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fête began on November 29, 2014 with an outdoor projection of light and video by France’s La Maison Productions on Gallier Hall. Since then, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">LUNA </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fête has grown to be a festival that creates the next generation of family-friendly outdoor spectacle that is consistent with the New Orleans community. This year, t</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">he festival will be from December 6th to 9th in Lafayette Square.</span></p>
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Fall in Love with NOLA Art: A Guide to Current Exhibitions That Celebrate the Tricentennial
