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Two friends, both renowned creative forces, team up for a striking exhibit at...
Odd Couple by Laura Hutson At the latest art opening at Zeitgeist, a banner stretched down the front window announcing a big-name double lineup as if it were a heavyweight… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe...
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A new Vanderbilt exhibit has a lot to say about words and art
Text Message by Joe Nolan From the recent passing of text-friendly painter Cy Twombly to the exhibition of Richard Prince's personal book collection at the National Library of France this… [ Read more...
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Sylvia Hyman's new exhibit at Gallery One shows Nashville the money
Clay Dough by Joe Nolan A recent article by Reuters blogging editor Felix Salmon pondered whether Andy Warhol's work was being overpriced at auctions through the use of a tactic… [ Read more ] [...
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October's First Saturday festivities start off the spookiest of months with a...
Crawl Space by Joe Nolan October is my favorite month of the year. The muggy, summertime air suddenly snaps with crispness. The sky is ablaze with a bonfire of changing… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to...
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by Jim Ridley For at least the next month, starting Saturday, Nashville will be the site of an uprising — by tiny theater groups, by enormous public institutions,… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the...
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Tracey Snelling's Woman on the Run at the Frist is a near-miss, but a miss...
Femme Banal by Laura Hutson Walking through Tracey Snelling's Woman on the Run, now on view at the Frist Center, is a little like reenacting the scene in Beetlejuice where… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe...
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Humus: A Collaboration of 21st Century Painters gains ground at David Lipscomb
Fertile Soil by Joe Nolan In agricultural terms, humus is any organic matter that has reached a point where no further breakdown is possible. It is also a handy metaphor… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to...
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María Magdalena Campos-Pons explores memory with a video installation at The...
In Search of Lost Time by Laura Hutson During a recent artist's talk at Vanderbilt, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons said that the umbilical cord is the first line we draw as human beings, and… [ Read more...
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A new project allows Nashvillians an intriguing opportunity to buy art...
Sight Unseen by Veronica Kavass If you're interested in the locavore movement, you're likely familiar with the concept of community-supported agriculture. CSAs, as they're known, are farms that sell...
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November's First Saturday gallery lineup offers plenty to be thankful for
Crawl Space by Joe Nolan Wait, it's November already? Fall is my favorite art season, but it seems to be rushing by. I hope we're in for a run of… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this...
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Two friends make art out of existential angst, and it rules
Masters of Reality by Laura Hutson A dismembered arm holds a wet, bleeding bundle of hair. The amount of liquid that is dripping from this greasy mop seems unnatural, like it's… [ Read more ] [...
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A refreshing take on Egyptian antiquities at The Frist puts a contemporary...
Eternity on the Cheap by Joe Nolan The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt, one of the first blockbuster shows at the Frist Center, opened in 2006. Quest featured huge stone… [ Read more...
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Howard Finster exhibit is filled with prophetic visions of spaceships and...
Take Me to the River by Laura Hutson There's a moment during Howard Finster's 1983 appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson — after his open-armed entrance and the "I never dreamed… [ Read...
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December's First Saturday festivities deck the halls for the last crawl of...
Crawl Space by Joe Nolan While we don't expect to see the moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow at this month's Art Crawl, the holidays are here, and… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on...
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Buffalo Bill's not defunct in Cheekwood's Visions of the American West
Once Upon a Time in the West by Jim Ridley John Ford's famous dictum in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance — "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend" — is often cited as… [ Read more ] [...
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Nashville artist Casey Pierce talks about expanding visibility and the local...
Public Access by Laura Hutson Casey Pierce's studio is the front room of a house he shares with his roommate David Hellams, also an artist. For a different tenant, this… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to...
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The first Art Crawl of 2012 offers opportunities for looking backward and...
Crawl Space by Joe Nolan Have I mentioned how much I love the fall art season? The crisp weather complements cozy art spaces, and the yearlong programming cycle at galleries… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe...
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A new photography exhibition offers diverse narratives on the subject of the...
Storied South by Joe Nolan A two-month celebration of photography featuring the work of a diverse group of shutterbugs, The South Through Eight Lenses and a Code at The Arts… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe...
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Nine artists make art out of bioethical concerns
In a Family Way by PERRIN IRELAND Imagine you're a pregnant woman. You're in a hospital gown, sitting at the edge of an examining table, for a routine visit at your OB-GYN.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe...
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This month's crawl proves probing in more ways than one
Crawl Space by Joe Nolan The arrival of February's First Saturday Art Crawl means we've made it through at least one month of 2012 without the world ending. So far… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the...
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