Through clothing, shoes, and photographs, this exhibition demonstrates how designers such as Dior, Balenciaga, and Chanel brought glamour back to Europe after World War II.

Dale Chihuly, the most acclaimed glass artist of our time, is beloved for his abstract evocations of sea life, flowers, and other graceful subjects.

Presence or Absence is an exhibition of 13 landscape photographs by one of Japan’s most acclaimed and best-known contemporary artists

Learning is FUN in the Martin ArtQuest Gallery! This gallery on the upper level is a colorful, exciting, interactive education space where visitors of all ages discover exciting ways to learn about art. 

This panel exhibition outlines the history of the transformation of the Frist Center from a federal post office to Nashville's premier art exhibition center.

College students can visit FREE every Thursday and Friday night. It's the perfect place for a group outing or to make a great impression on a date!
 

On Thursday and Friday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. (with the exception of Frist Fridays evenings) the Frist Center presents free music in the Grand Lobby. 

Unwind at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts with stimulating conversation about great art!

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts and WAMB-AM present Senior Mondays, a series of events on select Mondays for those who admit their “senior” status.

Interested in making your own handmade fashion accessories? Then this is the workshop for you!

Come celebrate The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957 with cocktails, canapés, and a luxury silent auction.

Learn more about our landmark building.

Sabrina, a rags-to-riches Cinderella story, was the film that began a lifelong association between French designer Hubert de Givenchy and actress Audrey Hepburn.

Designed for 5–10 year olds, the Frist Center Kids Club offers exciting opportunities for children to explore, discover, and create art!

Don’t miss out on an exciting Family Free Day with fun activities including a special performance by the Nashville Children's Theatre and presentations from the Dyer Observatory.

Dr. Robert Barsky will discuss Frederick Worth’s fashion house with reference to French novelist Émile Zola’s description and weave a tale of fashion, debt, lust, and disaster as expressed in both fiction and reality.

Join Japanese artist Tokihiro Sato as he discusses some of his work presented in Presence or Absence, on view in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery.

SOLD OUT.  Has The Golden Age of Couture inspired you to create your own handmade garments? Spend the weekend sewing a woman’s skirt designed by Nashville-based textile and sewing pattern designer Anna Maria Horner!

Grace Kelly is remembered not only as one of the leading Hollywood actresses of the 1950s, but also as a style icon both on and off screen.

“Art and Opera: From Monarchy to Modernity” will explore how the French Revolution altered the social and political landscape of France during the late eighteenth century and paved the way for the Impressionists of the nineteenth century.

The exhibition includes approximately 100 masterpieces of mid-to-late 19th-century French painting from the Musée d’Orsay, a museum in Paris dedicated to the art of the early modern period.