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Frist Art Museum and WeGo Public Transit Collaborate to Offer Registration Events for Free Explorer Memberships and Journey Passes

September 9, 2026
WeGo Public Transit and the Frist Art Museum are excited to announce a collaboration and series of registration events at which Nashvillians are invited to sign up for WeGo’s Journey Pass and the Frist Art Museum’s free Explorer Membership, both of which offer income-based access to their services and programs. Read More

Frist Art Museum Announces 2027 Schedule of Exhibitions

August 19, 2026
The Great Mughals · Highlights from the Hays Collection · American Art from Pop to Present · French Art Nouveau and Art Deco · M.C. Escher · Beauford Delaney · Jerry Pinkney · Black Crafting Traditions · Jean-Michel Basquiat Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Interactive Installation Addressing Environmental Stewardship and Biodiversity by New-Media Artist Robin Vuchnich

August 13, 2026
The Frist Art Museum presents Robin Vuchnich: In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers—The Memory of a Season, an interactive, light-based exhibition that addresses global issues of environmental stewardship and diminishing biodiversity. Organized by the Frist Art Museum, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from September 25, 2026, through January 3, 2027. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Immersive Exhibition of Contemporary Artists Who Reimagine Humanity’s Relationship with the Environment

August 4, 2026
The Frist Art Museum presents Shimmer: Dreaming the Posthuman, an exhibition of works by 17 contemporary artists who use both analog and emergent technologies to visualize the vital interconnectedness between humanity, other species, and the earth itself. Organized by the Frist Art Museum, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Ingram Gallery from September 25, 2026, through January 3, 2027. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Exhibition Spanning 100 Years of Contemporary Indigenous Art, Highlighting a Continuum of Elders and Emerging Makers

April 29, 2026
The Frist Art Museum presents An Indigenous Present, an exhibition that spans 100 years of modern and contemporary Indigenous art and includes 15 artists who pursue abstraction as a tool for liberated expression. Organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Upper-Level Galleries from June 26 through September 27, 2026. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents New Student-Led Art in the Elevator Installation Project

April 20, 2026
The Frist Art Museum presents Here with You: Awake and Dreaming, an installation of work by Nashville-based artist Dylan Camp that explores family, individuality, fashion, and dreams. Here with You: Awake and Dreaming represents the fourth iteration of the Frist’s Art in the Elevator program and opens on May 7, 2026. Read More

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,… Read More