Bob Schwartz

The post below is from 2015, after one of our visits to New Orleans. (Note to Americans and other world citizens: Visit New Orleans, and the rest of Louisiana, including Acadia and Vermillion Parish.)

I keep saying that among others, artists will save us. They really will.

There’s a lot of art in the world. A lot in New Orleans. A lot on Royal Street in New Orleans. But nothing in the world, in New Orleans, or on Royal Street, like the art of Chris Roberts-Antieau.

Having just discovered her work, I would say much more. But instead I’ll just say that she works in fabric. That she does what artists should do: delight you, inspire you, deliver the combination of joy and thoughtfulness that can be mistaken for mere craft or whimsy but is nothing less than art.

Only a few examples are shown here. Just visit the website of the Antieau Gallery. Visit the gallery on Royal Street in New Orleans, or in Santa Fe, or in Carmel-by-the-Sea. See her work at various museums.