The exhibition “Michalopoulos: Mystical Expressionism,” on view in the top level of the Cabildo through Sept. 27, 2026, takes place only a few steps and decades away from the artist’s start in New Orleans, painting plein air on French Quarter streets.

The James Michalopoulos brand has traveled widely and well throughout and beyond the art world. In addition to exhibits of his work in Geneva, London, Berlin and his own Bienville Street gallery, he founded Orleania Art Studios, Celebration Distillation (a rum distillery that closed in 2021), and recently the art-centric Hotel Pompadour on Elysian Fields Avenue.

His eighth Jazz Fest poster , adding Tank and the Bangas to the lineup of Dr. John (1998), Louis Armstrong (2001), Aaron Neville (2013) and others, headlined the 2025 festival.

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