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.

This exhibition of approximately 100 objects defines various types of ancient Greek heroes between the sixth and first centuries BCE.

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.

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!
 

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

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. 

Learn more about our landmark building.

Emjoy some of the finest artwork created by students in the Williamson County school district.

The Nashville Jazz Workshop and the Frist Center are once again presenting the popular jazz performance and education series, Jazz on the Move.

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.

Dr. Timothy F. Winters will focus on the way ancient writers thought about heroes, while offering examples of them.

 

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

Come recognize the artistic accomplishments of Metro Nashville Public School students.

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.

In a culture in which the dominant ideal was masculine, what made one a heroine? Join us to hear Mireille Lee, Ph. D. discuss what it meant to be a heroine in ancient Greek culture.

Join Benigno Trigo, Ph.D., grandson of Luis A. Ferré, for a discussion on the importance of art in communities

Help us celebrate our 9th birthday. Enjoy free admission!

Examine what it means to be a real hero through the film's main charecter, Atticus Finch, a lawyer in a racially divided town in Alabama during the 1930s.

Help create an interactive flashlight show especially for the Frist with performance artist Amelia Winger-Bearskin.

Jay Bloom will look at the art of early modern Antwerp and Amsterdam, cities which, at the time, were major centers of global commerce boasting extraordinary artistic output.

Join one of Nashville’s most accomplished choral ensembles, Nashville In Harmony, a city chorus of GLBT people, friends and allies, for this annual concert at the Frist Center.

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

Join a Frist Center Educator for an enthusiastic reading of an award winning children’s book.

Join glass artist Dale Chihuly at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center as he presents a lecture on some of his works.

Explore the ancient art of glassblowing! Participants will learn the fundamentals of working with hot glass in this fun and challenging workshop.

Be dazzled and amazed as glass artist Ryan Gothrup demonstrates the ancient art of glassblowing in the Frist Center’s Courtyard.

Are you looking for a fun summer camp that will stimulate your child's creativity? Whether your child is the next Picasso or just loves to use his/her imagination, the Frist Art Camp is a wonderful learning experience.

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.

This talk will explore the golden years of Haute Couture in postwar Paris and London when Christian Dior’s “New Look” of 1947 made the headlines, shocking and delighting in equal measure.

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.