Welcome to the new FristArtMuseum.org

We are excited to launch our new website! The design of the new site is spare and clean, but it’s filled with information about our exhibitions, related resources, events, member benefits, family activities, educator resources, and much more. This launch is just the beginning. We are already planning refinements and enhancements and are very excited about the possibilities.

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What’s on view

Temporarily closed
Feb 20, 2020–Jan 10, 2021

Terry Adkins: Our Sons and Daughters Ever on the Altar

This is image of a large installation that takes up most of a gallery wall. It comprises silver bowls and utensils (some modified), glass marbles, leather case, honey, nylon single-sided flags, taxidermied birds, sewing machine, instrument stand, and inkjet print. It's size is approximately 240 x 216 x 144 in.
Mar 13–Oct 12, 2020

Mel Ziegler: Flag Exchange

American flags hanging from the ceiling in the Frist Upper-Level Gallery. The flags are tattered and worn.
Mar 13–Oct 12, 2020

Jitish Kallat: Return to Sender

There is a viewer standing on a scrolling letter from Ghandi to Hitler. The letter has been projected on a screen of mist and the viewer in the gallery is standing on the moving image projected on the floor.
May 1, 2020–Jan 3, 2021

We Count: First-Time Voters

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Upcoming events

Sep 25

Happy Hour Conversation: Terry Adkins and Hidden Histories

September 25, 2020 5:30 pm to September 25, 2020 6:30 pm

Free; registration required; presented on Zoom

Join curators Katie Delmez of the Frist Art Museum, Jamaal Sheats of Fisk University Galleries, and Stephanie Weissberg of the Pulitzer ArtsFoundation for a virtual happy hour conversation on the artist Terry Adkins. Read More
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Sep 30

Engine for Art, Democracy and Justice 2020

Episode 2: Redefining Monuments

September 30, 2020 10:00 am to September 30, 2020 12:00 pm

Presented on Zoom; free; advance registration required

Vanderbilt University hosts a trans-institutional series of virtual conversations and artistic collaborations that address four themes over eight episodes with the objective of exploring creative approaches to living together in the South(s). Read More
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Oct 9

Artist’s Perspective: Conversation with Rina Banerjee and Mark Scala

October 9, 2020 12:00 pm to October 9, 2020 1:00 pm

Presented on Zoom

Rina Banerjee joins chief curator Mark Scala in conversation about the exhibition Make Me a Summary of the World. Learn more about Banerjee’s artistic practice and how exhibiting at the Frist Art Museum, which occupies Nashville’s former main post office, symbolizes the ideal of egalitarian communication that is at the core of… Read More
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Oct 12

Family Mondays

October 12, 2020 10:30 am to October 12, 2020 12:00 pm

Presented on Zoom

Recurring
Storytime with the Frist is online! Enjoy trilingual readings of selected stories, shared in English and Spanish and interpreted in ASL. Read More
Nov 12

Curator's Perspective: Albrecht Dürer: The Age of Reformation and Renaissance

November 12, 2020 5:30 pm to November 12, 2020 6:30 pm

Presented on Zoom; free; registration required

Presented by Kristin L. Spangenberg, curator of prints, Cincinnati Art Museum German artist Albrecht Dürer is celebrated as one of the finest printmakers of all time. Learn more about him and about Albrecht Dürer: The Age of Reformation and Renaissance with Kristin L. Spangenberg, the exhibition’s organizer. Spangenberg serves as… Read More
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Nov 19

Multitudes: Stories from Nashville’s Global Community

November 19, 2020 6:30 pm to November 19, 2020 7:30 pm

Presented on Zoom; free; registration required

Rina Banerjee investigates experiences of identity, tradition, and culture, informed by communities from all over the world. Join Michael McRay and the Frist Art Museum for a virtual event, featuring storytellers from Nashville’s own diverse population. Hear true stories inspired by the works in the exhibition Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World. Read More
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