Turmoil at the Contemporary Arts Center
June 5th, 2012
Charles Maldonado reports on the CAC: high-profile departures, membership woes and New Orleans artists in open revolt
by Charles Maldonado
The Contemporary Arts Center’s website (www.cacno.org) advertises 30,000 square feet of event space, including 10,000 feet of gallery space, but the vast majority of that was unoccupied on a Wednesday in late May. Shortly after 11 a.m., five men who appeared to be European tourists entered the four-story building at 900 Camp Street in search of New Orleans’ cutting-edge art. ??They made their way through the first floor (now showing NOLA Now Part II: Abstraction in Louisiana, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures from the CAC’s archives), then walked up a winding oval ramp to find what’s left of the second floor exhibit.…
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