Simon of New Orleans

New Orleans


Local artist Simon Hardeveld has made a name for himself by painting groovy signs that hang like artwork in restaurants all over New Orleans. You’ll probably recognize the distinctive stars, dots and sparkles that fill the spaces between letters on colorfully painted signs such as ‘Who Died & Made You Elvis?’

The gallery is part of Antiques on Jackson, an antiques shop that Hardeveld owns with his wife Maria.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby New Orleans attractions

1. Irish Channel

0.34 MILES

The name Irish Channel is a bit of a misnomer. Although this historic neighborhood, which borders the Garden Districts, was settled by poor Irish…

2. House of Broel

0.4 MILES

Built in the 1850s, this historical home is a bit of a fun-house. The entire two-story building was elevated in 1884 – not for fear of floods, but so the…

3. St Vincent’s Infant Asylum

0.42 MILES

This large red-brick orphanage was built in 1864 with assistance from federal troops occupying the city. It helped relieve the overcrowded orphanages…

4. Grace King House

0.44 MILES

Behind a handsome wrought-iron fence, this papaya-hued house was named for the Louisiana historian and author who lived here from 1905 to 1932. It was…

5. Coliseum Square

0.47 MILES

Much of the Lower Garden District was designed as a settlement zone for those Americans who began arriving in New Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase…

6. Goodrich-Stanley House

0.48 MILES

This historic home was built in 1837 by jeweler William M Goodrich. Goodrich sold the house to British-born merchant Henry Hope Stanley, whose adopted son…

7. Lafayette Cemetery No 1

0.53 MILES

Of all the cemeteries in New Orleans, Lafayette exudes the strongest sense of subtropical Southern Gothic. The stark contrast of moldering crypts and…

8. McKenna Museum of African American Art

0.54 MILES

Although the displayed work at this beautiful two-story institution comes from all over the African diaspora, most of it was created by local New Orleans…