Discover the Frist Art Museum where we bring art and people together in one of Nashville’s most beloved architectural landmarks.

Explore our ever-changing exhibitions from around the world, ranging from international displays of classical masterpieces to immersive contemporary installations and local projects. Every time you visit, you’ll see something new.

Don’t miss our current and upcoming exhibitions, as well as Martin ArtQuest , an interactive art experience where visitors can draw, animate, paint, create prints, and more! The Frist Art Museum is easily accessible in the heart of downtown Nashville on Upper Broadway, making it the perfect destination for art lovers and curious minds alike. Plan your visit today!

Two women and a man painting in ArtQuest

Current Exhibitions


Journey through Japan: Myths to Manga
October 25, 2024–February 16, 2025

Designed with our younger audience in mind, yet fun and fascinating for all ages, Journey Through Japan goes on a colorful, atmospheric exploration through Japan to show how popular stories have shaped the country’s art, design, and technology across the centuries. Divided into four thematic sections—Sky, Sea, Forest, and City—it presents over one hundred historic and contemporary objects, ranging from animated movies, origami, and ukiyo-e woodblock prints to photography, robots, and youth fashion.

Girl running through a large gallery with a mural of a big wave in the background


Upcoming Exhibitions Opening January 31


Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism
January 31–May 4, 2025

Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism explores the intersections of art, gastronomy, and national identity in late 19th-century France. Beginning with the 1870 Prussian siege of Paris and the resultant food crisis and continuing through the 1890s, Farm to Table showcases the work of artists such as Rosa Bonheur, Gustave Courbet, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro, who captured the nation’s unique relationship with food, from production to preparation and consumption.

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Tennessee Harvest: 1870s–1920s
January 31–May 4, 2025

Tennessee Harvest focuses on 19th- and early 20th-century painters taking both realist and impressionist approaches to the depiction of food and its cultivation in the state. A companion show to Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism, this exhibition shows how artists like Lloyd Branson, George Chambers, Gilbert Gaul, Cornelius Hankins, Willie Betty Newman, Catherine Wiley, and others absorbed and adapted European influences in both subject matter and style.

Older woman standing in a cabbage patch resting her hands on the top of a hoe

M. Florine Démosthène and Didier William: What the Body Carries
January 31–May 4, 2025

This exhibition of Haitian American artists M. Florine Démosthène and Didier William examines the capacity of immigrant bodies to recall a homeland while also reflecting a new, hybrid existence. Through a selection of figurative paintings, collages, and sculptures, Démosthène and William will offer insight into how they occupy spaces outside Haiti (Démosthène is based primarily in New York and Accra, Ghana; William works in Philadelphia) while still being informed by the country’s cultural and spiritual traditions. 


Martin ArtQuest is a space for everyone!

Martin ArtQuest® is the Frist Art Museum’s interactive art-making space where guests of all ages get creative with activities that delight and inspire. This award-winning space in Nashville’s premier destination for interactive art experiences—and with good reason.

In ArtQuest, accessible art-making stations—where visitors can draw, animate, make prints, paint, and more—help people of all ages discover their unique talents and voices, celebrate their creative energy, and just have fun!

Guests 18 and younger are always free at the Frist!

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General Admission

General admission tickets may be purchased onsite at the museum or online.

  • Frist Art Museum members: FREE
  • Guests 18 and younger: FREE
  • Adults: $20
  • Seniors (65+): $16*
  • Military (w/ID): $16*
  • College students (w/ID): $16*
  • EBT/SNAP/WIC Card: $0 per adult with photo ID for up to 4 adults
  • Groups of 10 or more: $16 with advance reservations

*Discount only available when purchasing tickets in person.
Tickets purchased online are non-refundable.
College students receive free admission on Thursdays from 5:00–8:00 p.m.

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