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The Stain Sublime: Ellen Gallagher & History Painting

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March 2018 by Mark W. Scala, Chief Curator, Frist Center for the Visual Arts Ellen Gallagher, An Experiment of Unusual Opportunity, 2008, Ink, graphite, oil, varnish, and cut paper on canvas, 80” x...

Report from Venice: Emotional History in Art

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December 2017 by Mark W. Scala, Chief Curator, Frist Center for the Visual Arts Damien Hirst, Pair of Slaves Bound for Execution, Painted bronze As the Frist Center organizes its upcoming exhibi...

Artists as Worms; Art as Dirt

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November 2017 by Liz Clayton Scofield Liz Clayton Scofield is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, thinker, all-around adventurer, and nomad. They hold an MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington. Se...

“I went to the ocean and fell in love with thirteen people.”

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October 2017 by Liz Clayton Scofield Liz Clayton Scofield is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, thinker, all-around adventurer, and nomad. They hold an MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington. See...

If you build it, they will come … if it’s convenient.

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September 2017 by Liz Scofield Liz Clayton Scofield is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, thinker, all-around adventurer, and nomad. They hold an MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington. See their...

Art Control: Regarding Censorship Now!!

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August 2017 by Mark W. Scala, Chief Curator, Frist Center for the Visual Arts Should the arts be directed, encouraged, and even coerced toward building a good and just society? In his book Censorshi...

Empathy or Exploitation: White, Black, and Gray

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May 2017 by Mark W. Scala/ Chief Curator Frist Center for the Visual Arts Dana Schutz, Open Casket, 2016, Oil on canvas, 39” × 53”, Collection of the artist; Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Ar...

Passion and Subjectivity: Artists as Curators

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April 2017 by Mark W. Scala/ Chief Curator Frist Center for the Visual Arts At the New York art fairs in March, an avid art addict may have seen thousands of works of art that have been created aro...

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