Past Exhibitions
Our archive of exhibitions previously viewed at the Frist Center.
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2013 Mayor’s Art Show
April 11, 2013 — Section 1: April 11–25, 2013 Section 2: May 2–16, 2013 Created as an opportunity to recognize the artistic accomplishments of Metro Nashville Public School students, Mayor Phil Bredesen launched the Mayor’s Art Show during his term in the 1990s. The Frist Center...
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Camille Utterback: Tracing Time/Marking Movement
February 1, 2013 — MacArthur Foundation Fellow Camille Utterback is an internationally acclaimed artist whose interactive installations and reactive sculptures engage participants in a dynamic process of kinesthetic discovery and play. Her work explores the aesthetic and experiential possibilities of linking computational systems, through her own software...
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Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age: Highlights from the Detroit Institute of Arts
February 1, 2013 — In the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic enjoyed unprecedented wealth and prosperity and the period is known as the Dutch Golden Age. Painting and the decorative arts flourished in this small, predominantly Protestant nation in northwest Europe, which gained independence from the...
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2013 Williamson County Schools Art Show
January 31, 2013 — The 2013 Williamson County Art Show features some of the finest artwork created by students in the school district. More than three hundred young artists from kindergarten through twelfth grade are included in this exhibition. Elementary and middle school art teachers...
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2013 Franklin Special School District Art Show
January 31, 2013 — The 2013 Franklin Special School District Art Show features some of the finest artwork created by students in the district. More than sixty young artists from kindergarten through eighth grade are included in this exhibition. Elementary and middle school art teachers...
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2013 Wilson County Schools Art Show
January 31, 2013 — The 2013 Wilson County Schools Art Show features some of the finest artwork created by students in the district. More than one hundred-fifty young artists from kindergarten through twelfth grade are included in this exhibition. Elementary and middle school art...
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Young Tennessee Artists: 2012 Statewide Upper-Level Studio Art
November 2, 2012 — This fourth biennial exhibition showcases a selection of the finest artwork created in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate* studio art programs throughout Tennessee in 2012. The thirty-four drawings, paintings, photographs, and mixed-media works represent student artists from eighteen schools and were...
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German Expressionism from the Detroit Institute of Arts
October 19, 2012 — This exhibition features works from the Detroit Institute of Arts’ renowned collection of early twentieth-century German Expressionist paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, by artists who belonged to the groups known as The Blue Rider (active in Munich) and The...
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Brian Alfred: It’s Already the End of the World
September 21, 2012 — Brian Alfred’s haunting visual reveries find beauty and trauma in the tissue of culture. He explores the impact of filtered public imagery—newspaper photographs, television advertising, and the Internet—on our perceptions of the...
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Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video
September 21, 2012 — Carrie Mae Weems is a socially motivated artist whose works invite contemplation on issues surrounding race, gender and class. Increasingly, she has broadened her view to include global struggles for equality and justice. This retrospective, which is composed of more...
