Food and Drinks
How to See the Best Art (and Eat the Best Food) in New Orleans Right Now
The Prospect.4 arts festival has brought a complex slate of international artists to the Crescent City, just in time for its 300th anniversary. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss and the spots where you should stop to eat and drink along the way.
On the ferry across the Mississippi to the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, the abstract painter Odili Donald Odita has installed a colorful flag with a wavy pattern. It’s one of 18 flags planted around the city, in 16 places that have historical significance for black struggles. (Algiers was the Parish where African slaves were held before being sold.)
“The city itself is the artwork, and the flags are just markers,” said the Nigeria-born artist, who is known for his kaleidoscopic-colored paintings. “The struggle is the fight for freedom. It’s something people died for and continue to fight for. But I wanted to underscore the act of celebration of what has been accomplished.”