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Frist Art Museum Presents Midcareer Retrospective of Renowned Pakistani American Artist Anila Quayyum Agha 

April 7, 2026
The Frist Art Museum presents Anila Quayyum Agha: Interwoven, an exhibition spanning two decades of the Pakistani American artist’s multifaceted practice. Interwoven features mesmerizing installations, drawings, and sculptures that address some of the most urgent issues of our time. Organized by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from May 22 through August 30, 2026—the final stop on a four-venue tour. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Prismatic Site-Specific Installation by Gabriel Dawe 

April 2, 2026
The Frist Art Museum presents Plexus No. 47, a new long-term installation by artist Gabriel Dawe. The vast suspended work is the latest in the Frist’s Art in the Atrium series and will be on view in the space from April 16, 2026 through April 30, 2028. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Exhibition Exploring Surrealism Featuring Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Dorothea Tanning, and Many Others

March 30, 2026
The Frist Art Museum presents International Surrealism from Tate: Fifty Years of Dreams, an exhibition that investigates the global appeal of surrealism and how it has widely influenced culture and society over the last century through the work of artists including Eileen Agar, Louise Bourgeois, Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Yves Tanguy, and Dorothea Tanning. Organized in collaboration with Tate, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Ingram Galleries from May 22 through August 30, 2026. Read More

Frist Art Museum Elects Three New Members to Board of Trustees

February 17, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (February 17, 2026)—The Frist Art Museum is pleased to announce that three board members have been elected to the Frist Art Museum Board of Trustees. The new members—Grace Awh, Melinda Balser, and Ben Weprin—bring abroad range of experience in the fields of law, education, real estate development, and… Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Exhibition Tracing the Rebellious Origins of Impressionism to Its Legacy

January 14, 2026
The Frist Art Museum presents The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art, an exhibition that tells the enthralling story of Impressionism from its origins in 1874 to its legacy in the early 20th century through paintings and sculptures by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh,and many others. Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Upper-Level Galleries from February 26 through May 31, 2026. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Bold, Incisive Paintings and Illustrations by Nashville-Based Artist Barbara Bullock (1946−1996)

December 17, 2025
The Frist Art Museum presents Sistah Griot: The Iconoclastic Art of Barbara Bullock, an exhibition that showcases the incisive and still-timely work of Nashville-based artist Barbara Bullock (1949−1996). Organized by the Frist Art Museum with guest curator Carlton Wilkinson, the exhibition is part of the Tennessee Triennial and will be on view in the Frist’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from January 29 through April 26, 2026. Read More

Frist Art Museum Celebrates 25th-Anniversary Year with Major Group Exhibition Spotlighting the Work of Nashville-Based Women Artists

December 4, 2025
The Frist Art Museum presents In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century, an exhibition spotlighting the central role women have played—and continue to play—in shaping Nashville’s visual arts community. Organized by the Frist Art Museum, the exhibition kicks off the Frist’s 25th anniversary year and will be on view in the museum’s Ingram Gallery from January 29 through April 26, 2026. Read More

Frist Art Museum Marks 25th Anniversary with Presentation of A Landmark Repurposed: From Post Office to Art Museum

November 12, 2025
The Frist Art Museum presents A Landmark Repurposed: From Post Office to Art Museum, an exhibition celebrating the historic building the Frist is privileged to occupy—Nashville’s former main post office. The exhibition will be on view in the always-free Conte Community Arts Gallery from December 19, 2025, through August 1, 2026. Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY: Public Murals by Artist Tay Butler Celebrating Edgehill Community Organization to be Unveiled at William Edmondson Park

September 29, 2025
The debut of three large new mural works by artist Tay Butler installed on the MNPS Visual and Performing Arts Building in William Edmondson Park and the Edgehill Branch Library. Butler, one of the artists featured in the Frist Art Museum’s landmark 2023 exhibition Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, worked with student participants in the Edgehill United Methodist Church’s Brighter Days After School Tutoring program to create digital collage murals featuring members of the Edgehill community.   Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Exhibition of Fahamu Pecou’s Work Examining Contemporary Representations of Black Identity Through Sculpture, Painting, and Video

September 3, 2025
The Frist Art Museum presents This Face Behind This Mask Behind This Skin, a survey exhibition of recent work by Dr. Fahamu Pecou, an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose work bridges hip-hop, fine art, and popular culture to examine contemporary representations in Black culture. Organized by the Frist Art Museum, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from October 10, 2025 through January 4, 2026. Read More