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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Nashville Public Radio | Music to Our Ears
John Reed | A Road Through the South
Music City Business
Franklin Art Scene | Celebrating Color & Community