Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
UPCOMING EVENT
Megan Milani- Layered
OPENING FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH, 6:00-8:00 P.M.
Layered debuts new works on paper from Brooklyn-based artist Megan Milani. Each painting starts with a color palette guided by intuition, and a willingness to see what emerges. Layer by layer, a memory takes shape, shifting and settling as the painting comes together. Milani draws from photographs of her home and travels, creating palettes inspired by weathered facades, overgrown gardens, and the small things that reveal themselves when you slow down and look.
Presented at 812 Royal Gallery, Layered comes home to the city where Milani learned to look twice. New Orleans rewards a second glance, and this body of work offers the same experience. The longer you stay with it, the more it gives back. Join us for the opening reception of Layered on Friday, September 25, 2026, from 6:00–8:00 P.M, to experience the fullness of what’s fleeting.
UPCOMING EVENT
Johnston Burkhardt and Seth Fairweather
Friday, October 2nd
5:00-8:00 P.M.
New Works during First Fridays on Royal
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Nicole Katsuras Vestige of Place
New works by Nicole Katsuras capture the tender, fleeting imprints that shape how we see the world around us. As a mother to young children, the only constant for Katsuras is change, as new words, new heights, new worlds unfold by the day. Time slips through the fingers at the moment one thinks to pause.
812 Royal Gallery is proud to present these works in conversation with the layered spirit of New Orleans. Join us for the opening reception of Vestige of Place to experience the captured essence of love, memory, and becoming.
MAY - SEPT., 2026
Second Saturdays Summer Series
A Monthly series of yoga and wellness workshops.
Past Exhibitions
JUNE 26, 2026
Southern Group Show
A celebration of contemporary artists working across the American South. This group exhibition highlights a dynamic range of voices, materials, and perspectives.
JULY 9-12, 2026
Hamptons Fine Art Fair
Southampton Fairgrounds, New York
Featuring René Romero Schuler and Joseph Adolphe
Seven Miniature Cardboard Models of Gas Stations
Carmen Alcocer
View the works and learn more via the link below.
Une Femme Forte
René Romero Schuler
This body of work began as a quiet conversation with myself about strength—what it really looks like, and how it lives in the body. Une Femme Forte is not about power as performance, but about endurance, presence, and the kind of resilience that often goes unseen.
The title Une Femme Forte speaks to the complexity of femininity. Strength is not always loud. It can be gentle, inward, and deeply personal. It can live alongside doubt, tenderness, and uncertainty. For me, strength is the courage to remain open—to feel fully and to endure.
Showing this work in New Orleans feels especially meaningful. It is a city shaped by beauty, loss, and persistence, where strength is woven into everyday life. My hope is that these paintings offer a space for reflection, and perhaps a sense of connection—for anyone who has learned that strength is often born from vulnerability.
— René Romero Schuler
La Belle et La Bête
at 812 Royal Gallery
This show is a curated exhibition exploring the tension between softness and strength, innocence and instinct, revealing how beauty and wildness often inhabit the same form. We will be presenting new work by Garland Robinette, Laine Lovick, Shirley Yang Crutchfield, Gordan Massman, Tess Riehlmann
and other talented and bold artists.
