Past Exhibitions
Our archive of exhibitions previously viewed at the Frist Center.
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2012 Mayor’s Art Show
March 29, 2012 – May 3, 2012 — Mayor’s Art Show Section 1: March 29–April 12, 2012 Section 2: April 19–May 3, 2012 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...
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Williamson County Schools Art Show
March 3, 2012 – March 18, 2012 — The 2012 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 selected two works per grade...
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Franklin Special School District Art Show
February 12, 2012 – February 26, 2012 — The 2012 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 selected two works per grade...
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Wilson County Schools Art Show
February 11, 2012 – February 26, 2012 — The 2012 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 teachers selected two works per...
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Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison
February 3, 2012 – May 6, 2012 — Answers to Questions features ten videos by the British collaborators John Wood and Paul Harrison. With a deadpan delivery worthy of Buster Keaton, Wood and Harrison create intimate, formally structured mise-en-scènes in which they use their own bodies in restrained...
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To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection
February 3, 2012 – May 6, 2012 — The first international exhibition organized by The Phillips Collection to feature an overview of the museum’s renowned American collection, To See as Artists See incorporates nearly 100 works by 68 artists, including outstanding paintings by George Inness, Winslow Homer, Edward Hicks, Edward Hopper, Maurice Prendergast, John...
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A Decade of Community Outreach
October 20, 2011 – February 19, 2012 — In August 2000, well before the grand opening on April 8, 2001, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts launched its outreach programs by developing community partnerships with respected community organizations in Davidson County. From the beginning, the Frist Center’s intent has been to reach out...
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Egypt and the Creation of Desire
October 7, 2011 – January 8, 2012 — Ancient Egypt has had a significant impact on the cultural imagination of the West. Since the early nineteenth century, its images have been integrated into American literature, architecture, art, film, politics, and religion. This fascination for all things Egypt still exists today. Egyptomania...
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To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum
October 7, 2011 – January 8, 2012 — Following the incredibly successful Quest for Immortality exhibition, which came to the Frist Center in 2006, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum includes 109 important works from the superb collection of the Brooklyn Museum that illustrate Egyptian beliefs regarding the defeat of death and...
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María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Journeys
October 7, 2011 – January 8, 2012 — The Cuban-born artist María Magdelena Campos-Pons creates photographs, video, and multi-media installations that tell the story of the survival of African cultures by evoking rites, myths, and narratives that have evolved through generations. Her work symbolically follows the history of the slave trade from...