The Frist Art Museum in Nashville is launching its 25th-anniversary year with a major group exhibition titled "In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century," on view from January 29 to April 26, 2026. The show features nearly 100 works by 28 Nashville-based women artists, including María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Alicia Henry, and Karen Seapker, and is cocurated by Sai Clayton, Katie Delmez, and Shaun Giles. It is part of the 2026 Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art and is accompanied by a catalogue published by Vanderbilt University Press.
The exhibition matters because it formally recognizes the central yet historically overlooked role of women artists in shaping Nashville's visual arts community, especially during a period of rapid local growth. By asserting that these artists belong in museums and critical conversations, "In Her Place" challenges long-standing gender exclusion in the art world while highlighting Nashville as a city for visual artists of the highest caliber, not just musicians.