Prospect.4 New Orleans

Trevor Schoonmaker, Artistic Director of P.4, makes opening remarks for artists, members of the press and VIP pass holders on the preview day for Prospect.4. Schoonmaker is Chief Curator and Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum. Photo by J Caldwell.

Naama Tsabar, Composition 21 from the Composition series (2006–ongoing). Performed first in New Orleans in 2017 as part of Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp. Photo by J Caldwell.

Trevor Schoonmaker at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

Miranda Lash and Jim Mulvihill at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

The P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala.

The P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala.

Entertainment at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

Entertainment at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher artist Stacy Lynn Waddell at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist and Nasher artist Pedro Lasch at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Hông-Ân Tru’o’ng at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Dario Robleto (left) with friends at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

Friends Board member and gallery guide Mindy Solie (B.S.’78, M.S.’81, P’10) (left), enjoys the gala with Director of Development Stephanie Wheatley and gallery guide and supporter Stefanie Kahn (P'11,P'13, P'20). Photo by J Caldwell.

Trevor Schoonmaker and Teka Selman at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Miss Pussycat at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artists Tita Salina and Taiyo Kimura at the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Dave Muller with Duke student and Nasher Museum marketing intern Caroline Frank. Photo by J Caldwell.

Board of Advisors member Derek Wilson (T’86, B’90) enjoys the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala with Nasher Museum Director Sarah Schroth. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Satch Hoyt (left) enjoys the Swamp Galaxy Gala with Nasher artist/cultural practitioner William Cordova. Photo by J Caldwell.

Susan Hendricks (right) enjoys the P.4 Swamp Galaxy Gala. Her late husband, P.4 artist Barkley L. Hendricks, was honored at the gala. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Derrick Adams. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Genevieve Gaignard poses within her installation, "Grassroots," on view at the Ace Hotel. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher artists George Jenne (right) and Jeff Whetstone chat at the Ace Hotel, one of the P.4 venues. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher artist and P.4 artist Hank Willis Thomas created this sculpture, "History of the Conquest," which is installed at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher artist Hông-Ân Tru’o’ng’s sculpture, "To Speak a Language," is installed in Crescent Park. Photo by J Caldwell.

A crowd at the Ogden Museum takes in John Akomfrah's much-anticipated three-channel video, "Precarity." This video will be one of the Nasher Museum's major spring 2018 exhibitions. The Nasher Museum co-commissioned the new work, thanks to the generosity of Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger. Photo by J Caldwell.

John Caccavale (left) and Liz Sappenfield take in videos within an installation by P.4 artists Quintron and Miss Pussycat, on view at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Photo by J Caldwell.

A Nasher group crowds around Mark Bradford’s sculpture, "A Private Stranger Thinking about His Needs," part of the exhibition "Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection," at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Photo by J Caldwell.

Acclaimed British filmmaker John Akomfrah poses at the Ogden Museum, where his three-channel video, "Precarity," premiered as part of Prospect.4.This video will be one of the Nasher Museum's major spring 2018 exhibitions. The Nasher Museum co-commissioned the new work, thanks to the generosity of Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher artist Mickalene Thomas poses with her partner, Raquel. Photo by J Caldwell.

Photo by J Caldwell

Liz Sappenfield (left) and her husband Henry Sappenfield, former Friends Board president, chat at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Hank Willis Thomas takes a selfie with P.4 artists Hông-Ân Tru’o’ng and Jeff Whetstone. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher friends Michelle Hooper (left) hangs out with artist Damian Stamer and Stacy Lynn Waddell at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

Jason Rubell takes a seat on one of Taiyo Kimura’s sculptures, "Untitled (Stool for Guard)," at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Alfredo Jaar (left) poses with New York gallery owner Jack Shainman. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher Museum Director Sarah Schroth (center) poses with Jennifer McCracken New (T’90, L’94) (right) at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

Katharine Lee Reid takes a selfie outside of P.4 artist Penny Siopis's installation at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

Visitors move around P.4 artist Kader Attia's sculpture, "Halam Tawaaf," made of 2,978 folded beer cans, at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Lavar Munroe poses in front of his sculpture, "Of the Omens He Had as He Entered His Own Village, and Other Incidents That Embellished and Gave Color to a Great History," at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Satch Hoyt chats with a visitor at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

Trevor Schoonmaker (left), Artistic Director of P.4 and also Chief Curator at the Nasher Museum, pauses in a gallery at the Contemporary Arts Center with Ellen Cassilly, a member of the Nasher Museum Friends Board, and her husband, longtime supporter Frank Konhaus. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher artist Taiyo Kimura (pictured) sits on one of his own sculptures, "Untitled (Stool for Guard)," on view at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Kader Attia created this sculpture, "Halam Tawaaf," with 2,978 folded beer cans, meant to evoke Muslims in prayer. It is on view at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Dave Muller poses with posies (leftover from the wedding of Serena Williams) in front of his mural, "Grass, Birds, Congo Square Sign, Cypress Knees, Swamp Plants, Spinet, Sidney Becker Sculpture, 78 RPM Record Sleeve, Second Line, American Music Labels, Vine, One Mississippi, The Clarinet, Palmetto, Monk Parakeet, Brass Band Flyer, Magnolia," at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

This work by P.4 artist Evan Ifekoya, "Disco Breakdown," is on view at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Alfredo Jaar created this video, "One Million Points of Light," in 2005. It is on view at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

A visitor takes a close look at P.4 artist Rebecca Belmore's sculpture "Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-Mowan: Speaking to Their Mother," created in 1991 and on view at the Contemporary Art Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

"Untitled (Stool for Guard)" is one of seven sculptures in a series by Nasher artist Taiyo Kimura, who installed them throughout the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

P.4 artist Maria Berrio, who was born in Columbia and lives in Brooklyn, New York, created these large collages with Japanese paper and watercolor. Photo by J Caldwell.

Artist Hank Willis Thomas (left) greets art collector Dr. Kenneth Montague at the Contemporary Arts Center. Photo by J Caldwell.

Nasher artist Radcliffe Bailey’s sculpture, "Vessel," featuring a conch shell and soundscape inside a tall, steel tower is installed at Crescent Park. Photo by J Caldwell.