Arthur Roger Gallery

08/13/2026

What a night! 🤍 ✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us for White Linen Night to celebrate the opening of our latest exhibitions.

Here’s a look at Matt Elson’s mesmerizing "TÄNZER”, featured in the current show. Find a friend and swap facial features. This is a piece you truly have to experience in person to appreciate.

Didn't make it to the opening? No worries! You can see the incredible work on display through mid-September. Come step inside the experience!

📍 432 Julia St., NOLA
🗓️ On view through mid-September

08/01/2026

It’s White Linen Night on Julia Street!

Join us tonight at Arthur Roger Gallery as we open five incredible new exhibitions across the gallery! The action spills onto Julia St with two Mutant Vehicles outside the gallery and bars open from 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM.

Contemporary art, interactive installations, and new work across all galleries!

Put on your white linen, grab a drink, and come experience the art in person. We can't wait to see you!

Arthur Roger Gallery | 432 Julia Street
Opening Reception: 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Exhibitions On View: August 1 – September 12

ON VIEW TONIGHT:
• ALTERED STATES: "Off the Playa" (Walker Babington, JoLean Barkley, Wendo Brunious, Matt Elson, William Nemitoff, Josh Pitts, Brennan Steele)
• Ché Reed: "Vignettes of an Autistic Mind"
• Sean Svetlik: "Machine Hand"
• Mitchell Gaudet: "Re-Purpose"
• Keith Duncan: "Brass Gods"

07/10/2026

A deep dive into the mythos of George Dureau, a New Orleans art legend.

We are excited to highlight the STREAMING premiere of "George Dureau: New Orleans Artist", a 78-minute documentary feature presented by the New Orleans Film Society!

For those unfamiliar with his impact, George Valentine Dureau was a native New Orleanian painter and photographer who famously pushed the boundaries of propriety. His work was known for a signature blend of classical influence, sumptuous brushstrokes, and profound empathy. Dureau captured raw, sensual, and deeply compassionate portraits of Black, disabled, and LGBTQ+ New Orleanians. He sought out the beauty and dignity of those often pushed to the fringes of society—finding pure visual poetry in human frailty and imperfection.

This Pride Month, join us in celebrating his enduring local legacy. Set to an original score by Oscar Rossignoli, this documentary beautifully traces Dureau’s unique creative process and his deep, swampy roots in the city he called home.

💻 Stream from Home: tinyurl.com/dureaufilm
Available to watch online from June 22 through August 22.

A documentary that explores the life and work of George Dureau, an iconic painter and photographer whose art captured the vibrant, diverse spirit of New Orleans. Known for his evocative portraits of marginalized communities, including Black, disabled, and LGBTQ+ subjects, Dureau challenged conventio...

07/02/2026

EXTENDED: “God Snapped When She Made Water and Black Women”

We have some exciting news! Due to the overwhelming response, we’ve extended the run of Dr. Fahamu Pecou’s exhibition at Arthur Roger Gallery through July 11th.

If you are heading to New Orleans for Essence Fest, we’d love to see you at the gallery. Don’t miss your chance to engage with these powerful works that celebrate the authority, beauty, and regal nature of Black women.

Can’t make it to the gallery yet? Get a preview of the depth behind the exhibition by watching our latest artist talk, featuring Dr. Fahamu Pecou and poet Sunni Patterson. As Dr. Pecou notes, "If there's no tension, if there's nothing to make you uncomfortable, you're not learning anything."

📺 Watch the full artist talk with the link in our bio.

We hope to see you soon!

06/13/2026

We were saddened to learn of the passing of David Hockney, one of the most influential and beloved artists of the last century, who died on June 11 at the age of 88.

Arthur Roger Gallery had the privilege of presenting exhibitions of Hockney's work in 1981 and again in 1986, including original drawings and his innovative photographic collages. These exhibitions were made possible through the vision and generosity of Nathan Kolodner, then director of the Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York.

Looking back through our archives, it is remarkable to remember that New Orleans audiences had the opportunity to encounter this work firsthand decades ago. A review of the 1986 exhibition singled out Hockney's photo collages as among the most compelling works in the show, praising their inventiveness and visual energy.

Arthur often recalls that while the exhibitions generated little commercial success at the time, he never doubted the importance of the work. What mattered was bringing extraordinary art to New Orleans and sharing it with a growing contemporary art audience.

Today, Hockney's work resides in major museum collections around the world, but we remain proud to have played a small role in presenting his work here and grateful for the friendships and collaborations that made those exhibitions possible.

Rest in peace, David Hockney. Your vision transformed how generations of people see the world.

06/06/2026

Happy First Saturday Art Walk!

Looking for your Saturday night plans? Come down to the gallery on Julia Street! We are keeping our doors open late tonight, so you have plenty of time to explore four incredible solo exhibitions. We’ll be here until 8:00 PM!

Here is a look at the shows on view right now:

Holton Rower: If All the Nice People Rose Up
Step into a psychedelic, topographic map of color. Rower’s signature "Pour Paintings" are a mesmerizing collaboration with gravity—featuring vibrant, swirling layers of paint, metallic flecks, and silver leaf that harness the duality of happenstance and planning.

Shawne Major: Crown Shyness
Get up close with these meticulously entwined, abstract mosaic tapestries. Eschewing traditional paint, Major hand-sews everyday found objects—from jewelry and toys to discarded power cords—into dense, charged psychological landscapes

Mary Jane Parker: Overgrown
An intimate, precise collection of recent works on paper. Drawing inspiration from her backyard garden, Parker balances dense, intricate patterns of lace and flora with the open, translucent surface of Yupo paper to explore themes of fragility and ritual.

Fahamu Pecou is The S**T: God Snapped When She Made Water and Black Women
Experience a breathtaking cosmology of monumental paintings and intricate sculptural objects. Moving between mythology and contemporary culture, Pecou reframes Black femininity with lush imagery and rich materials such as gold leaf, cowrie shells, and cast ceremonial whips.

Arts District of New Orleans First Saturday Art Walks
📍Arthur Roger Gallery | 432 Julia Street, New Orleans
🕗 Tonight’s Hours: Open until 8:00 PM!
🎟️ Free and open to the public.

See you tonight!

05/09/2026

Congratulations to Dawn DeDeaux on her installation in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia — one of the most prestigious exhibitions in contemporary art. Her work has priotiy position in the Arsenale until late November.

For decades, DeDeaux has created deeply personal and visionary work rooted in New Orleans, addressing climate change, environmental collapse, memory, mortality, and the fragile future of our planet. Her inclusion in the Biennale is an extraordinary recognition of a singular artistic voice shaped by the Gulf South and informed by the realities of living in a city on the front lines of environmental change.

Curated under the title "In Minor Keys" by Koyo Kouoh, the 2026 Biennale brings together artists from around the world whose work expands the possibilities of contemporary art and culture. As one of two artists from the Gulf South, DeDeaux’s participation places New Orleans firmly within that global conversation.

As recent coverage noted, DeDeaux’s work speaks directly to environmental fragility and humanity’s relationship to catastrophe and survival — themes that feel increasingly urgent on a global stage.

A proud and well-deserved moment for a pioneering New Orleans artist whose work has long imagined the future while remaining deeply connected to this city.



Pictured Works:
"THE WITNESSES from The Vanquished Series"
2014-2026
Digital drawing on Dibond
Total size: 96 x 144 inches
Panel size: 96 x 48 inches
Edition of 3

"Dirt Bowl Table"
2020

"Gulf and Galaxy"
(2005-20)
Floor Installation with crushed saftey glass

04/30/2026

Join us this weekend for First Saturday openings at the Arthur Roger Gallery. We are debuting four distinct solo exhibitions that explore the boundaries of materiality, identity, and the natural world.

Holton Rower: IF ALL THE NICE PEOPLE ROSE UP
Shawne Major: Crown Shyness
Fahamu Pecou: God Snapped When She Made Water and Black Women
Mary Jane Parker: Overgrown

432 Julia Street | 6–8 PM