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Nashville Artists Address Food Justice and Production in Exhibition of Painting, Photography, and More

February 27, 2025
The Frist Art Museum presents Enough to Go Around: Food and Community in Nashville, an exhibition that addresses topics of food production, food insecurity and food’s role in bringing people together. The juried exhibition of paintings, photography, and more serves as a companion exhibition to Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism and Tennessee Harvest, 1870s–1920s and will be on view in the always-free Conte Community Arts Gallery from March 21 through June 29, 2025. Read More

Frist Art Museum Elects Five New Members to Board of Trustees

February 20, 2025
The Frist Art Museum is excited to announce that five board members have been elected to the Frist Art Museum Board of Trustees. The new members—Kendra Deas, Bryan Frist, Kent Kirby, Ken Levitan, and Will Meyer—bring broad experience in fields ranging from architecture and entertainment to finance and HR. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Companion Exhibitions Celebrating David C. Driskell, His Contemporaries, and the Legacy of Fisk University’s Art Department

January 15, 2025
The Frist Art Museum presents David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship, an exhibition that traces the artist’s career and his relationships with contemporaries. It will be shown concurrently with Kindred Spirits: Intergenerational Forms of Expression, 1966–1999, an exhibition that explores the legacy and influence of Fisk University’s art department, which Driskell led from 1966 to 1976. Read More

Exhibition of Multimedia Works by Haitian American Artists M. Florine Démosthène and Didier William Explore Cultural Duality and the Immigrant Experience

December 12, 2024
The Frist Art Museum presents M. Florine Démosthène and Didier William: What the Body Carries, a multimedia exhibition of figurative paintings, collages, and sculptures by Haitian American artists M. Florine Démosthène and Didier William. Organized by the Frist Art Museum, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from January 31 through May 4, 2025. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Companion Exhibitions Exploring Food and Identity Through Impressionist and Realist Paintings

December 5, 2024
The Frist Art Museum presents Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism and Tennessee Harvest: 1870s–1920s, two companion exhibitions that explore the intersections of art, gastronomy, and identity. Both exhibitions will be on view in the Frist’s Ingram galleries from January 31 through May 4, 2025. Read More

Family-Friendly Exhibition Offers Engaging Exploration of Japanese Culture Through the Centuries

September 5, 2024
The Frist Art Museum presents Journey through Japan: Myths to Manga, an exhibition that shows how imagination, playfulness, and the environment have inspired Japan’s folklore, design, and technology through the centuries. Organized by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Journey through Japan will be on view from October 25, 2024, through February 16, 2025, in the Frist’s Upper-Level Galleries. Read More

Frist Art Museum Announces 2025 Schedule of Exhibitions

August 26, 2024
French Impressionism · Venice and the Ottoman Empire · Contemporary African Masks · David Driskell and Contemporaries · American Quilting · Paul McCartney Photographs · Didier William and M. Florine Démosthène · Ellen Altfest · and More Read More

The Grilled Cheeserie to Debut New Bistro Concept at the Frist Art Museum

August 14, 2024
Café Cheeserie Opens to the Public September 5 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 14, 2024)—The Frist Art Museum and The Grilled Cheeserie are excited to announce Café Cheeserie, a creative new concept from The Grilled Cheeserie featuring a new fromage-focused, bistro-inspired menu, weekly and seasonal specials, as well as many… Read More

Multidisciplinary Artist LaJuné McMillian Explores Black Freedom and Movement Through New Digital Media and Performance

August 8, 2024
The Frist Art Museum presents LaJuné McMillian: The Portal’s Keeper—Origins, an exhibition of multimedia projections, sculptural installations, and holographic self-portraits by the New York–based artist LaJuné McMillian. Organized by the Frist Art Museum, the exhibition will be on view in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Gallery from September 27, 2024 through January 5, 2025. Read More

Career-Spanning Exhibition of Works by María Magdalena Campos-Pons Features Photography, Installation, Video, Painting, and Performance

July 22, 2024
The Frist Art Museum presents María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold, a sweeping exhibition of photography, installation, video, painting, and performance spanning the nearly four-decade career of the Cuban-born artist who now lives and works in Nashville. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Ingram Gallery from September 27, 2024 through January 5, 2025. Read More