One of the defining characteristics of the Frist Art Museum is that it doesn’t have a permanent art collection — instead, it organizes and hosts a rotating slate of temporary exhibitions. One of the strengths of that model is that it allows exhibitions to... See more
I’ve been known to push the documentary Sherman’s March onto people with the fervor of an evangelical. It’s so many things at once — a time capsule of mid-1980s aesthetics, a menagerie of eccentric characters baring their souls, a master class in the art ... See more
We’ve already documented the presence of Nashville artists at the Venice Biennale, but there’s even more Nashville-related international art news: Jack White opened an exhibition at Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery in London last week. White’s show i... See more
If you’re a local, you know June in Nashville means you’re doing three things: dealing with festival traffic, applying bug spray and writing YASNI entries. That’s right — the Scene’s long-running You Are So Nashville If … season is back, and we’re once ag... See more
It happens every year. After a certain point, usually around mid-July, I start to dread the outdoors. The reasons are both obvious and endless: the heat, the sweat, the mosquitoes, the ridiculous amounts of sunscreen required. Summer has always seemed lik... See more
