Fine Arts Gallery

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The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery will reopen on Thursday, Aug. 26, with "Sympathetic Magic," an exhibition presenting objects from Vanderbilt University Collections alongside works by modern and contemporary artists that promote faith, healing and transformation. Read More

The Special Collections and University Archives, History of Medicine Collections and the Fine Arts Gallery are ready to welcome back visitors to these facilities by appointment beginning Tuesday, July 6. Read More

F. Hamilton Hazlehurst, a professor of fine arts, emeritus, whose longtime leadership helped transform the Department of History of Art and Architecture, died on Nov. 12. He was 95. Read More

"Dream for Light Years," a collaboration between contemporary artist Ali Smith and Blair School of Music's Michael Alec Rose, can now be enjoyed online. Read More

An exhibition bringing together 20 artists to interpret an extraordinary but lost "Book of Paintings" created by Afro-Cuban activist José Aponte opens Thursday at the Fine Arts Gallery. Read More

Vanderbilt University will play a key role in the Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art, scheduled for 2021, by hosting artwork for the event in the Fine Arts Gallery. The Tennessee Triennial will be spread across four cities, placing art in museums, contemporary art spaces and universities in Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga.  Read More

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery presents "Embodied: Mosaic Arts International 2019 Invitational," an exhibition surveying figurative works by five renowned mosaic artists, from March 13 through May 25. Read More

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery presents "Then & Now: Five Centuries of Woodcuts," an exhibition spotlighting prints from Vanderbilt’s collections surveying a wide range of woodcuts created over 500 years and across many cultures, from Jan. 10 through March 1. Read More

Programming for "I AM: Middle Eastern Women Artists and the Quest to Build Peace" continues with a discussion about the influential role of Middle Eastern women in the global arts community. Read More

More than 200 attendees filled the Fine Arts Gallery Aug. 30 for the opening reception of "I AM: Middle Eastern Women Artists and the Quest to Build Peace," hosted by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. Read More

A chancellor-sponsored exhibition opening Aug. 30 at the Fine Arts Gallery will showcase 31 premier Middle Eastern women artists whose work focuses on building peace. Read More

Selections from two series of flower studies by celebrated portrait photographer Joyce Tenneson will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery beginning July 26. Summer gallery hours are Tuesday–Friday, noon–4 p.m.; Saturdays, 1–5 p.m.; and closed Sundays and Mondays.  Read More

An oil portrait of former Tennessee Titan Eddie George by America's foremost living portrait artist is on display at the Fine Arts Gallery through July 14. Read More

A portrait of actor and former Tennessee Titan football player Eddie George by one of America's most notable portrait artists will be unveiled at the Fine Arts Gallery July 10. Read More

The Fine Arts Gallery presents its exhibit "America Creative: Portraits by Everett Raymond Kinstler" beginning March 23. Read More

The rich Syriac culture, which has faced continued threats of extinction due to ongoing strife in nations such as Syria and Iraq, is featured in an exhibit at Cohen Memorial Hall through March 2. Read More

"Looking Back (Looking Forward)" will feature a selection of vintage photographs taken at North Carolina's Black Mountain College of John Cage, Merce Cunningham and R. Buckminster Fuller, all central figures in mid-20th century avant-garde music, dance and culture, along with works of art by them and others associated with the groundbreaking school. Read More

Beginning Jan. 11, the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery will present the largest selection of Andy Warhol’s Polaroids exhibited to date from the gallery’s collection of 104 works. Read More

Resilience—the ability to adjust to change, recover from setbacks or overcome life’s challenges—is a key theme being explored by first-year students on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons during 2017-18. Read More