Irises

A week ago the sculpture garden held an Iris Viewing Festival. Since I did not get to go, I thought I'd make point of taking some photos of the irises still in bloom. Irises are placed in a number of areas along the garden paths. To see close up shots of them click here and here.

Panorama of The Sydney and Walda Bestoff Sculpture Garden

Here are some shots of the sculpture garden from both ends.

Additions to The Sydney and Walda Bestoff Sculpture Garden

It’s been a few years since I visited The Sydney and Walda Bestoff Sculpture Garden, which is adjacent to the New Orleans Museum of Art. Since my last journey through the garden, the following sculptures have been added. The guide at the garden told me that there are plans to add even more in the future.


Jaume Plensa, Overflow, stainless steel


Saul Baizerman, Aurora, hammered copper







George Rodrigue, We Stand Together, steel, aluminum, chrome and polychrome acrylic paint



Leslie Dill, Standing Man with Radiating Words, bronze


Giacomo Manzù, Large Seated Cardinal, bronze

Sculpture Garden

Exiting the Rose Garden, I soon found myself back at the Visitor's Center. I strolled through this Sculpture Garden with its patio. It wasn’t a big space.

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

To the left of the New Orleans Museum of Art is a five-acre sculpture garden. Sydney and Walda Besthoff donated forty-one pieces to the museum. The other pieces came from NOMA's permanent collection. The garden reopened the same day that the museum reopened - Sunday, March 5. It was closed because of damage from Hurricane Katrina.


Gates to sculpture garden


Henry Moore, Reclining Mother and Child, bronze


Jacques Lipchitz, Sacrifice III, bronze


Ossip Zadkine, La Poetesse, bronze

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Venus Victorious, bronze


Antoine Bourdelle, Hercules the Archer, bronze
This used to be located on the front steps of the New Orleans Museum of Art.


Sorel Etrog, Large Pulcinella, bronze


Lynn Chadwick, Two Seated Figures, bronze


Aristide Maillot, Venus without Arms, bronze


Barbara Hepworth, River Form, bronze


Stephen de Staebler, Standing Man with Outstretched Arm, bronze


Arman, Pablo Casals' Obliesk, bronze

Alison Saar, Travelin' Light, bronze


Gaston Lachaise, Heroic Man, bronze


Sandro Chia, Figure with Tear and Arrow, bronze


Fernando Botero, Mother and Child, bronze


Fritz Bultman, Barrier (The Big Bird), bronze


Ida Kohlmeyer, Rebus 3D-89-3, painted aluminum


Siah Armajani, Element #29, painted steel


Masayuki Nagare, Bachi, red granite

Elisabeth Frink, Riace Warrriors, I, II, III, IV, patinated bronze


Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, stainless steel


Joel Shapiro, Untitled, bronze


Allen McCollum, Perfect Vehicles, moon glo on cast cement


Minoru Niizuma, Castle of the Eye II, marble


Deborah Butterfield, Restrained, broze


Pietra Consagra. Conversation with a Moon, stone and bronze


Menashe Kadishman, Open Suspense, Cor-Ten steel

Louise Bourgeois, Spider, bronze


Robert Indiana, LOVE, Red Blue, aluminum polyurethane enamel


Jean-Michel Othoniel, Tree of Necklaces, glass and stainless steel


Arnaldo Pomodoro, Una Battaglia (A Battle), bronze and stainless steel


Paul Manship, Tortoise, bronze





Robert Graham, Source Figure, bronze


Seymour Lipton, Cosmos, nickel silver on montel metal