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The lecture is TONIGHT. Eva Díaz is here to talk about her experience as a writer, art critic, and art historian among other professions, emphasizing the importance of building community through art and building meaningful dialogue. Come by the Woldenberg Art Center of Tulane University at 6:30pm- admission is always free and open to the public.

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Hew Locke's The Nameless being installed in the gallery as part of Prospect 3. #p3nola #nolaart #newcombgallery #hewlocke (at Newcomb Art Gallery)

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Thank you to Luba Zygarewicz and her group from Northlake Christian School for coming to see the Chakaia Booker and Katherine Taylor exhibitions! 

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Come join us at the gallery right now for family art day! #newcombgallery #familyartday (at Newcomb Art Gallery)

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Felicia McCarren, Professor in the French and Italian Department at Tulane, gives her thoughts on a recent trip to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: 

As do many of my School of Liberal Arts colleagues, I frequently travel to present my research in other places.  In September, I was invited to Copenhagen to speak to the students at the Danish National School for the Performing Arts about my book, French Moves, on the cultural politics of the French hip hop movement.

While in Denmark, I visited the renowned Louisiana art museum, which houses spectacular collections of modern and contemporary art. For a special exhibition, artist Olafur Eliasson has filled the galleries with tons of pebbles and stones that recall the volcanic rock of his native Iceland, and turned the gallery space, complete with a running stream, into a space of play for children, and of wonder for adults.  The installation makes us wonder, not only about the place of nature in art but also the place of art in our lives. I recalled the few times in my life I have seen water springing out of the ground, making life possible for those in its reach.  I thought also about the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland that—this year—didn’t prevent me from speaking to students in Denmark. And I reflected on how one word, Louisiana, can mean differently in different places.