| Long Description The Frist Center is a world-class art center dedicated to presenting exciting and inspiring visual art. The Center hosts traveling exhibitions from the U.S. and abroad, as well as develops its own exhibitions on a diverse range of themes. With ever-changing treasures from around the world, each visit provides new opportunities for discovery. The Center also features an exciting interactive gallery, special educational programs, a gift shop and cafe. It’s a place for everyone to explore, learn, and enjoy world-class exhibitions.
Exhibit highlights for 2012:
A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery until February 5
Tracy Snelling`s Woman on the Run until February 5
Connecting Cultures until June 3
To See As Artists See: American Art from the Phillips Collection February 3-May 6
Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison February 3-May 6
Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial May 25–September 3
Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts May 25–September 3
Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum June 22–September 30
Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video September 21, 2012–January 13, 2012
German Expressionism: Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts, October 19, 2012–February 10, 2013
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