The Frist Art Museum in Nashville is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a major exhibition titled “In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century.” Occupying the museum's largest gallery space through April 26, the show features nearly 100 works including paintings, sculptures, and textiles by women artists based in the city. The exhibition is organized into three thematic sections—“Materiality and Memory,” “Scenes and Dreams,” and “Patterns and Abstraction”—highlighting the diverse generations, ethnicities, and styles that define Nashville's contemporary art scene.
This exhibition is significant as it honors the foundational role women have played in shaping Nashville's creative identity while marking a milestone for the Frist Art Museum, a non-collecting institution housed in a historic Art Deco post office. By featuring prominent figures such as Vanderbilt University faculty members María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Marilyn Murphy alongside local talents like Lauren Gregory and Kelly S. Williams, the show underscores the intersection of academic excellence and regional artistic practice in the American South.