Exhibition of paintings by James Michalopoulos focuses on music-themed work
James Michalopoulos, New Orleans’ most recognized living artist, conjures the moods and syncopation of jazz in an exhibition at the New Orleans Jazz Museum that opens on Thursday, April 29. This retrospective, titled From the Fat Man to Mahalia: James Michalopoulos’ Music Paintings, will span the artist’s most recent paintings of street musicians to rarely seen works, loaned from private collections across the United States–including the original painting for the Jazz Fest poster of Louis Armstrong, which hasn’t been in Louisiana in more than 20 years. The exhibition will run th...
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