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Frist Art Museum Presents Woodblocks, Prints, and Mixed-Media Works by LaToya M. Hobbs

November 30, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Carving a New Tradition: The Art of LaToya M. Hobbs, an exhibition of recent woodblock prints and mixed-media portraits from the Arkansas-born, Baltimore-based painter and printmaker. Organized by the Frist Art Museum with Dr. Rebecca VanDiver, associate professor of African American art at Vanderbilt University, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from January 26 through April 28, 2024. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Major Survey of Modern Art Created in the American South  

November 16, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Southern/Modern, the first comprehensive survey of paintings and works on paper created in the American South between 1913 and 1955 that reflect a period of change and upheaval across the region. Organized by the Mint Museum in collaboration with the Georgia Museum of Art, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Ingram Gallery from January 26 through April 28, 2024. Read More

Frist Arts Fest Celebrates Exhibitions with Artist Talks, Dance, Music, Tours, Art-Making Activities, and More!

October 4, 2023
Celebrating a full house of stunning art, the Frist Art Museum will hold a weekend-long Frist Arts Fest on November 4–5 spotlighting the current exhibitions. Read More

Exhibition of Spanish American Art Examines the Interconnectedness of Cultures in the Early Modern World

September 6, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and more created in Mexico and Central and South America during the early modern era. This is the first exhibition from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)’s notable holdings of Spanish American art and will be on view in the Frist’s Upper-Level Galleries from October 20, 2023, through January 28, 2024.   Read More

Frist Art Museum Announces 2024 Schedule of Exhibitions

August 21, 2023
Southern Art from 1913–1955 · Alexander McQueen & Ann Ray · María Magdalena Campos-Pons · Gilded Age Sculpture · Chicano Graphic Arts Movement · Japanese Art through the Ages · LaToya M. Hobbs · Shahpour Pouyan · and More Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Exhibition of Paintings, Photography, and More by Artists with Disabilities

August 10, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents The Power of Resilience, an exhibition featuring works by more than 80 adult artists with disabilities who are served by five social service agencies in Middle Tennessee. The exhibition includes individual and collaborative artworks and will be on view in the always-free Conte Community Arts Gallery from August 25, 2023, through April 1, 2024. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Afrofuturistic Visions: Dreamscapes of Sicasso

August 7, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Afrofuturistic Visions: Dreamscapes of Sicasso, an installation celebrating African American culture and history through the AI-generated works of Nashville artist Sicasso. On view at the museum from August 11, 2023, through July 20, 2024, the exhibition is the second iteration of Project Uplift. Read More

Frist Art Museum Presents Luminous Paintings by Raqib Shaw Merging Fable, History, and Autobiography

July 26, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West, an exhibition of intricate paintings of dream-like, mysterious realms that blend Eastern and Western influences. Organized by the Frist Art Museum and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the exhibition will be on view in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from September 15 through December 31, 2023. Read More

Frist Art Museum Organizes Major Exhibition Exploring How Black Identity and Experiences Are Expressed in Collage

June 21, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, the first major museum exhibition devoted to this rich yet understudied subject. Featuring approximately 80 collage and collage-informed works, Multiplicity explores the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States. Conceived and organized by Frist Art Museum senior curator Katie Delmez, the exhibition will be on view in the museum’s Ingram Gallery from September 15 through December 31, 2023, before traveling to two additional venues to be announced. Read More

Frist Arts Fest Weekend Celebrates New Exhibitions with Live Music, Tours, Art-Making Activities, and More!

May 8, 2023
Celebrating guitars, photography, and more, the Frist Art Museum will hold a weekend-long Frist Arts Fest on June 3–4 spotlighting the exhibitions Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, Guitar Town: Picturing Performance Today, Ron Jude: 12 Hz, and Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature. Read More