Gehry on the Gulf Coast: Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Opens in Biloxi

Don’t blame George Ohr (1857-1918) for looking gobsmacked. The self-proclaimed “Mad Potter of Biloxi” is celebrated in a new museum designed by another master of curves, Frank Gehry. Founded in 1994 and boosted by a 1998 capital infusion from Jerry O’Keefe, the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art was building its new home in Biloxi, Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Work on the 25,000-square-foot museum complex, which was decimated by the storm, recommenced thanks largely to deep-pocketed