Events

Upcoming events

May 24
People walking around and visiting vendor tents

Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Arts Festival

Saturday, May 24, 2025, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Auditorium Free

Come celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with API Middle Tennessee for their fifth annual Arts Festival! Join us to enjoy food, arts vendors, a K-Pop DJ, and cultural performances throughout the day.  About API Middle Tennessee API Middle Tennessee emerged out of community conversations that started in 2019. Read More
Music
May 25
A print of an elderly black man and a young black boy

Curators’ Perspectives: Kindred Spirits

Sunday, May 25, 2025, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Auditorium Gallery admission required

Join Julie McGee, associate professor of art history and Africana studies at the University of Delaware; Jamaal B. Sheats, associate provost of art and culture at Fisk University and director and curator of the Fisk University Galleries; and Michael Ewing, associate curator at the Frist Art Museum, for this discussion about the exhibition Kindred Spirits: Intergenerational Forms of Expression, 1966–1999. Read More
Lectures + Gallery Talks
May 25
Art Deco atrium.

Architecture Tour

Sunday, May 25, 2025, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Meet in the Grand Lobby Free; no reservations necessary

Offered every Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
When was the Frist Art Museum built? Who was the architect? Can you tell me about the floors in the galleries? Enjoy a guided tour of our landmark art deco building at 3:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Read More
Tours
May 29
A blonde female draws on a clipboard in the gallery.

Drop-In Drawing

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Gallery admission required Materials included (first come, first served); all skill levels are welcome

Practice different techniques and skills, access technical guidance, and be inspired by the artworks in our galleries and the architecture of our building. Borrow materials from the station near the Ingram Gallery Information Desk or bring your own! (Note that only pencils and digital drawing surfaces are allowed in the… Read More
May 29
A female guides a group through the David C. Driskell & Friends exhibition,

Thirty-Minute Exhibition Tour 

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 6:30–7:00 p.m.

Gallery admission required

Repeats every Thursday evening
Learn more about David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship on this informal thirty-minute tour with a Frist Art Museum docent. Tours meet at the Ingram Gallery Information Desk. Read More
Tours
May 30
Pierpaolo Foti

Performance: Pierpaolo Foti

Friday, May 30, 2025, 6:00–6:30 p.m.

Auditorium Included with gallery admission

Presented by the Consul of Italy, Allegra Baistrocchi, and the Honorary Consul of Italy, Chris Caputo, this special performance by Venetian electric violinist Pierpaolo Foti celebrates the seventy-ninth anniversary of the Republic of Italy and the opening of the exhibition Venice and the Ottoman Empire.  Immediately following the performance, join Stefano… Read More
Performance
May 30
Painting of two women and one man. One of the women sits on a throne while the other women kneels at her feet, and the man stands next to her. The painting uses rich red tones.

Opening Conversation: Venice and the Ottoman Empire

Friday, May 30, 2025, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Auditorium Gallery admission required

Presented by Dr. Stefano Carboni, exhibition curator, and Trinita Kennedy, Frist Art Museum curator at large Join Stefano Carboni, exhibition curator, and Trinita Kennedy, Frist Art Museum curator at large, for this conversation about the exhibition Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Just prior to the conversation from 6:00 to 6:30… Read More
Lectures + Gallery Talks
May 31
Ellen Altfest. Rock, Foot, Plant, 2009. Oil on canvas; 9 x 14 in. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography. Courtesy White Cube

Opening Conversation: Ellen Altfest: Forever

Saturday, May 31, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Auditorium Gallery admission required

Presented by Ellen Altfest and Mark Scala Join artist Ellen Altfest and Mark Scala, Frist Art Museum chief curator, for this conversation about the exhibition Ellen Altfest: Forever. About Ellen Altfest Ellen Altfest lives and works in New York City and Rising Fawn, Georgia. She received an MFA from Yale… Read More
Lectures + Gallery Talks
May 31
Detail of the handrail on the marble steps in the Frist building

Architecture Tour

Saturday, May 31, 2025, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Meet in the Grand Lobby Free; no reservations necessary

Offered every Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
When was the Frist Art Museum built? Who was the architect? Can you tell me about the floors in the galleries? Enjoy a guided tour of our landmark art deco building at 3:30 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Read More
Tours
Jun 5
Woven Nashville graphic showing faces of hosts and guests

Woven Nashville: An Evening of Music, Art, and Conversation

Thursday, June 5, 2025, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Café Cheeserie Free

Woven Nashville: An Evening of Music, Art, and Conversation is a creative experience hosted by Sunday Night Soul’s Jason Eskridge and East Side Storytellin’s Chuck Beard. This monthly event brings together unique pairings of extraordinary Nashville creators working in all kinds of media. Each specially curated show will pair musicians… Read More
Music

Exhibitions on view today

Closing soon
Mar 14–Jun 1, 2025

David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship

Abstract painting with vertical bars and paint strokes in a variety of colors on a dark background
Closing soon
Mar 14–Jun 1, 2025

Kindred Spirits: Intergenerational Forms of Expression, 1966–1999

African American boy sitting in front of a large tree with sunflowers blooming all around him.
Mar 21–Jun 29, 2025

Enough to Go Around: Food and Community in Nashville

Man holding harvest of cherry tomatoes
Apr 10, 2025–Apr 10, 2026

Sole Study

Drawing of a black man in four different poses drawn in different colors.