The Frist Art Museum’s latest exhibit opens Friday. It’s called “Art and Imagination in Spanish America.” The pieces you see are from 1500 to 1800, but what you hear in this exhibit are decedents of “Spanish America” in 2023.
How the Frist embraced museum patrons with dementia
As museums have become more inclusive places, they’ve welcomed patrons with dementia. Many, including the Frist, took cues from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which started its Alzheimer’s Project in 2007.
Davidson County art teachers reflect on the challenges of the pandemic in new Frist exhibition
A new Frist exhibition features the work of 33 Davidson County art teachers in a celebration of how educators helped students navigate through a difficult and unprecedented time in the pandemic.
Nashville Artists Reflect On The Challenges Of 2020 In New Frist Exhibit
It was a hard year for the city of Nashville — from the tornado and the pandemic, to a summer of protests against police brutality and the downtown bombing. More than 150 local artists are looking back for the Frist’s new virtual exhibition, N2020: Community Reflections.
Frist Museum Lends Its Indoor Walls To North Nashville’s Muralists
Listen Along with the population surge in Nashville, there’s been unprecedented growth in public art. If you’ve been to the Gulch lately, you’ve probably seen the line wrapping around the block to take a picture with “the angel wings” — the WhatLiftsYou mural by Kelsey Montague.
Civil Rights Photos At The Frist Show How Nashville Media Took Sides
Listen Some of the closest witnesses to the Nashville civil rights movement were photographers from the city’s two major newspapers at the time, The Tennessean and the Nashville Banner. A selection of their photos — and the Frist Art Museum’s latest exhibit that displays them — offer a glimpse into how media outlets chose to […]
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