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Ranging in date from the 14th to the early 20th century, iconic works by Francisco de Zurbarán, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Bernardo Strozzi, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti are included in this exhibition.
Choe’s kinetic sculptures are made of delicately curved sections of wrought metal, joined together in movable parts that are driven by motors to suggest the autonomic motions of such primitive life forms as plants and single-celled aquatic creatures.
Come recognize the artistic accomplishments of Metro Nashville Public School students.
This exhibition of approximately 100 objects defines various types of ancient Greek heroes between the sixth and first centuries BCE.
Emjoy some of the finest artwork created by students in the Williamson County school district.
The 2010 Superintendent's Art Show features some of the finest artwork created by students.
This exhibition showcases the diversity and dynamism of American modernism and features work by O’Keeffe, Arthur G. Dove, Stuart Davis, and more.
New York-based artist Oliver Herring creates photographs cut into jigsaw puzzle-like shapes and adhered to sculpted figures, lending the uncanny quality of a photograph seen in the round.
Enjoy a selction of Benton's drawings and watercolors featured in many of beloved author Mark Twain's classic books as well as works on Benton's love of Americana music.
Twilight Visions celebrates Paris as the literal and metaphoric foundation of Surrealism and includes photographs by such arists as Man Ray, Eugène Atget, Brassaï, and Hans Bellmer.
Featuring masterpieces of photography and film from throughout history, this exhibition includes works by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Alfred Stieglitz while also presenting various versions of famous photographs.
The twenty-eight-foot-tall Two Lines Oblique Gyratory II is an elegant composition of linear elements extending diagonally from a central stem, evoking a simple antenna or an austere interpretation of a tree.
Enhance your experience after viewing Extra-Ordinary and learn about how transformation is a key element in many of the works in this exhibition from the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The ancient Egyptian concept of the afterlife is dramatically illustrated by The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt.
In collaboration with the Land Trust for Tennessee, Nashville Metro Parks and Recreation and a number of professional photographers, the Frist Center conducted a two-week landscape photography mentorship program for thirty 14- through 18-year-olds.
This educational exhibition will explore paintings from three different eras and reinforce concepts emphasized in the Renaissance to Rococo: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art exhibition.
The Mayor’s Art Show, originally begun in the 1990s under Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen and his wife, Andrea Conte, has continued under Mayor Bill Purcell.
As a complement to James McNeill Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision, Exploration of Prints explains each step of Whistler's printmaking processes, while providing a look at the tools of the trade.
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