Celebration and Discussion: George Dureau, the Photographs

Join us as we host a celebration of the life and work of George Dureau, and the release of Aperture Foundation’s George Dureau, The Photographs. The panel discussion will feature author and photography critic Philip Gefter, Executive Director of Aperture Foundation Chris Boot, and the Ogden Museum’s Curator of the Collection Bradley Sumrall. Other panelists will include: music executive and photographer Michael Alago, historian and scholar Dr. Kenneth Holditch, and organist and former Dureau model, Dr. Herndon Spillman. Following the discussion there will be a book signing and cocktail reception. Sponsored by the John B. Harter Charitable Trust. Courtesy of the Arts Council New Orleans and timed with the celebration of Dureau's life and work, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art is honored unveil the newly-conserved mural, The Parade Paused. This mythic depiction of a Mardi Gras parade is part of the City of New Orleans' Percent for Art Collection was commissioned for the wall of Gallier Hall in 1990, where it served as backdrop to city functions for twenty-five years, becoming an iconic part of the visual landscape of New Orleans.