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Steve Forbert

Steve Forbert

Every Picture Tells A Story

“You can say, man, it’s just a fireplug,” says steve Forbert. “But aren’t they all unusual?” They actually are, though most folks in and out of the art world find fireplugs about as unusual as…

02.1.2012 | NEWS

To See As Artists See

To See As Artists See

American Art from The Phillips Collection  at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts

Among the great American museums, only a handful reflect the singular aesthetic vision of their founders: the Frick Collection in New York, the Barnes Collection in Merion, Pennsylvania, and the Phillips Collection  in…

02.1.2012 | NEWS

Jim and Janet Ayers

Jim and Janet Ayers

 Private Collection | Public Vision

To work with Jim and Janet ayers is to work with two forces of nature. They are each focused and dedicated to every enterprise they take on. Collectively, when one of their enterprises takes on life as…

02.1.2012 | NEWS

Publisher's Note | February 2012

Publisher’s Note | February 2012

Art Creates a City

Two fabulous exhibits kick off the busy February art scene. The Phillips Collection from Washington, D.C., opens February 3 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts with works by Rothko, Homer, Hopper, and Gottlieb, among others. Please check…

02.1.2012 | NEWS

Visions of Villarreal

Visions of Villarreal

If the creative fervor of youth, stylistic appreciation of antiquity, and existential propensity for introspection were to unite on canvas, the results would likely resemble the works of twenty-four-year-old artist Jesús Villarreal. Luckily for us, Villarreal recognizes the fortuitous outcome when he assumes the dual roles of…

02.1.2012 | NEWS

Kathleen O'Brien | Looks at the Year Ahead

Kathleen O’Brien | Looks at the Year Ahead

Tennessee Performing arts Center President and CeO Kathleen O’brien has steered the non-profit arts organization through changes to its business model that have included expansion of the board of directors, the move to independent ticketing, and independent presenting of broadway tours. She’s also overseen record-breaking ticket sales and…

02.1.2012 | NEWS

Direct Metal | The Art of Victor Schmidt

Direct Metal | The Art of Victor Schmidt

Victor schmidt’s studio is in the May hosiery Mill—built in 1940, deco brick and stone on the outside, offices and shop space on the inside, well used but still solid after seven decades. Victor leads me down dark halls and up stairs, past tiers…

02.1.2012 | NEWS

NPT Guide | February 2012

NPT Guide | February 2012

Click here to view the full NPT Guide for February 2012!

02.1.2012 | NEWS

John Wood & Paul Harrison Conquer the World

John Wood & Paul Harrison Conquer the World

Starting at the Frist, February 3 – May 6

A British invasion arrives at the Frist Center this month as artists John Wood and Paul harrison bring their delightfully quirky perspective to the Gordon Contemporary artists Project Gallery. The duo…

02.1.2012 | NEWS

The Look of Love

The Look of Love

From the Lens to the Heart

In 1874 Alfred Lord Tennyson looked to the newly emerging art of the photograph to illustrate his epic arthurian legend, Idylls of the King. He asked his friend Julia Margaret Cameron to provide a series of photos to capture the…

02.1.2012 | NEWS