With so much to do in New Orleans, don’t forget that the city’s art scene is just as vibrant as the food and music. Fall brings exciting exhibits at various museums. Check out the highlighted exhibits below and search our calendar to find even more art in New Orleans.
"Each One Teach One"
Opening October 4, 2025 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, “Each One Teach One” celebrates the rich, intergenerational legacy of Xavier University of Louisiana’s art program, emphasizing the deep impact of mentorship, collaboration, and cultural expression. This exhibition draws its title from an often-repeated phrase from John T. Scott. Scott guided his students with the mantra “Each one teach one,” instilling a practice of giving and mentorship alongside developing artistic skills. Co-curated by Ron Bechet, it honors a century of creative growth shaped by the philosophy that each person has the power and responsibility to teach and uplift the next. The exhibit will be on view through January 4, 2026.
“it takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig"
"it takes a long time to stay here" is artist Jordan Ann Craig’s (Northern Cheyenne) largest institutional exhibition to date. Her large-scale abstract paintings reflect her engagement with Indigenous, especially Northern Cheyenne, aesthetic traditions and her dynamic and innovative exploration of color, line, and geometric form. Craig’s practice often begins with research in museum collections and archives—studying, learning from, and engaging in a dialogue with traditional Indigenous artistic forms, such as beadwork, pottery, and textiles. She also draws inspiration from the landscape of what is now the Southwestern United States, where she lives and works. See it at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane through January 16, 2026.
"Poetic Gaps: Opacity in the Photographic Imprint"
Curated by Kaillee Coleman and Fei Xie, "Poetic Gaps: Opacity in the Photographic Imprint" draws on poet-philosopher Édouard Glissant’s idea of “opacity,” exploring how photography, sculpture, and installation can highlight what resists being fully seen or captured. Through vignettes of images, objects, and landscapes, the exhibition asks what lingers before, beyond, or outside the frame, emphasizing presence, absence, and the unseen. See it at Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane through January 16, 2026.