Frist Center One of Three Venues, Worldwide, for The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces From the Musee d’Orsay
2010 Schedule also Features Dale Chihuly, Golden Age of Couture, Masterpieces of European Painting
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has planned its most ambitious exhibition schedule yet for 2010, with an entire year filled with magnificent art from acclaimed institutions in the U.S. and abroad, expected to draw crowds from around the region and beyond.
In a year of spectacular exhibitions, The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, the home of the world’s finest collection of Impressionist paintings, is expected to be the highlight. The exhibition also will travel to Madrid and San Francisco.
In addition to Masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay, the Frist Center will welcome The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London, 1947-1957 from the Victoria and Albert Museum; a site-specific installation designed for the Frist by acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly; and Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce, and Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
The 2010 Frist Center’s major exhibitions:
January 29 – April 25, 2010
Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece
Organized by the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, with loans from museums in the United States and Europe, this exhibition of approximately 100 objects defines various types of ancient Greek heroes between the sixth and first centuries BCE.
February 19 – May 16, 2010
Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce
This exhibition is composed of 56 paintings from a great but largely unsung collection in Ponce, Puerto Rico, begun in 1950 by the philanthropist and governor Luis Ferre. Works by Francisco de Zurbaran, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Bernardo Strozzi, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Edward Coley Burne-Jones are included in this dazzling assemblage. Organized by Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.
May 14, 2010 – January 2, 2011
Chihuly at the Frist
A site-specific exhibition will present selections from a variety of renowned series, among them Seaforms, Millefiori, Macchia, Ikebana, and Persians. The Frist Center exhibition will be presented in conjunction with a major outdoor installation at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art and a theater design for the Nashville Symphony’s Bluebeard.
June 18 – September 12, 2010
The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London, 1947-1957
Through clothing (primarily evening dresses and suits), shoes, and photographs, this exhibition demonstrates how designers such as Dior, Balenciaga, and Chanel brought glamour back to Europe after World War II. Exhibition organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
October 15, 2010 – January 30, 2011
The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay
The exhibition includes approximately 100 masterpieces of mid-to-late 19th-century French painting from the Musee d’Orsay, a museum in Paris dedicated to the art of the early modern period (1840s through the early 20th century). The exhibition provides a broad context for understanding the roots of Modernism by combining seminal works by innovators such as Courbet, Manet, Cezanne, Monet, and Renoir; Salon painters such as Bouguereau; and artists who moved easily between convention and innovation, such as Degas, Fantin-Latour, and Whistler.
About the Frist Center
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, located at 919 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tenn., is an art exhibition center dedicated to presenting the finest visual art from local, regional, U.S. and international sources in a program of changing exhibitions. The Frist Center’s Martin ArtQuest Gallery features 21 interactive stations relating to Frist Center exhibitions. Gallery admission to the Frist Center is free for visitors 18 and under and to Frist Center members. Frist Center admission is $8.50 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and military, and $6.50 for college students with ID. Thursday and Friday evenings, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m., admission is free for college students with a valid college ID. Discounts are offered for groups of 10 or more with advance reservation by calling (615) 744-3246. The Frist Center is open seven days a week: Mondays through Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and Sundays, 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., with the Cafe opening at noon. Additional information is available by calling (615) 244-3340 or by visiting our Web site at www.fristcenter.org.
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