Phaidon Where Art Meets Nature

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Set among oaks, lagoons, and live Spanish moss, the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at NOMA is not just a collection—it’s a landscape in conversation. Where Art Meets Nature captures the evolution of this 12-acre garden over two decades, where works by Rodin, Bourgeois, Gehry, and Maya Lin settle into a lush New Orleans backdrop. The book traces how the space has grown since 2003, expanding into one of the most celebrated public sculpture gardens in the U.S. With over 100 sculptures, a canal-spanning bridge, and year-round programming, it’s a place where art and ecology intersect. Essays and interviews offer context, while the visual survey gives readers a sense of the garden’s quiet grandeur—and the enduring vision behind it.

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