What's Coming: Birth of Impressionism at the Frist

Saying "I love museums" for me is like saying "I breathe all the time." It's totally obvious and a bit of an understatement. Ever since I can remember, I have been obsessed with going to museums. In college, I took an amazing art class, and one Saturday in April we drove on a bus 2 hours to go to 3 different museums in St. Louis. To say that I was in heaven might not do justice to that amazing day. Sadly, for the last 4 years during school, I've been a bit museum-deprived. Not only were there zero museums where I lived, but the only way to get to a one would have been to drive 2 hours. So, I'm making up for lost time now that I've returned to my hometown of Nashville.

We have a gem of a museum called the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. It is a fabulous art deco building that used to be the post office; I think that the style is better suited to it's current job as a museum. It's only been open since 2001, and this year has been it's best year yet. The last exhibit was a collection of couture fashion from the Victoria Albert museum in London. I went on the last day it was open, and it was spectacular. Now, opening on October 15, the Musee d'Orsay has loaned "The Birth of Impressionism" mega-exhibit that boasts some of the finest masterpieces from the movement. I am beyond excited to see it. Manet and Degas will be there, and so will I!