About the Artist Born in Odense, Denmark in 1979, artist Thomas Dambo’s mission is to create art that inspires people…

Tour the exhibition with co-curator Robert Flynn Johnson, Curator Emeritus of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums…

Featuring over fifty drawings, prints and photographs from a private collection by the great French artist, Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the…

Prepare to be enchanted this March with the debut of Cheekwood’s Masterpiece Art Series. This new series, dedicated to showing…

Students submit photographs of their works online to be judged at Cheekwood by expert panels of jurors. Jurors pour over…

Mixed media artist Sarah Nguyen is Cheekwood’s 2023 Artist-in-Residence. Working primarily with paper, Nguyen carves both recognizable and abstract forms…

Positioning the Body Explorations in American Figural Studies This exhibition examines the development of figural studies in America in the…

The luminous light installations featuring the work of renowned British artist Bruce Munro return to Nashville in the exhibition, LIGHT:…

Five boldly colorful, geometric sculptures by Cuban-born, American artist Carmen Herrera are featured in Cheekwood’s gardens. It’s an opportunity to…

The orchid show activates a third season at Cheekwood and celebrates the beauty of nature at a time when the…

The Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Ruralism and Regionalism in American Art Beginning with the advent of farming during the Neolithic Era,…

Following 2021’s Spanning the Atlantic: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Britain, this exhibition is the second of a two-part series…

“They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky,” so describes the characters to spring forth from the mind of Charles…

This exhibition centers on the work of George Hurrell (1904-1992), whose pioneering approach to photography became synonymous with the glamour…

INTERVENTIONS, an arts initiative focused on activating the mansion’s historic period rooms, aims to create a dialogue between the craftsmanship…

...of Light and Space artworks in Nashville. This program will begin with a tour of Light, Space, Surface: Works from…

Chroma: The Exploration of Color Field Printing features works by artists known broadly as Color Field Painters, who embraced the boldness…

COLORSCAPES is an immersive, site-specific exhibition by the acclaimed Chicago art collective Luftwerk (Petra Bachmaier & Sean Gallero). Exploring the perception…

Craig Black is a Scottish visual artist who specializes in bespoke artwork, murals, and installations. Black believes in creating exciting and…

The Arts & Crafts movement was an international trend in the decorative arts that first developed in the British Isles…

For the 31st consecutive year, Cheekwood partnered with the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers to host the Scholastic Art…

Orchids in the Mansion activates the historic Loggia with a lavish display of orchids that extends throughout the period rooms, offering…

Cheekwood will celebrate the 80th wedding anniversary of Huldah Cheek and Walter Sharp with an installation of Huldah’s wedding gown…

Werner Wildner’s work consists of surrealist images and fantastical meditations that reflect humankind’s desires, vices, and virtues, as well as…

Manhattan Memories: Soaring Towers and Park Visions of Jefferson Hayman and A.C. Webb explores how two artists, generations apart, are captivated…

Louise-Dahl Wolfe spent 22 years at Harper’s Bazaar, working alongside Carmel Snow, Diana Vreeland, and Alexy Brodovitch to help redefine…

In the fall of 2021, Cheekwood launched its latest innovative arts initiative focused on activating the mansion’s period rooms. Intended…

Michael D. McMath works in Venetian plaster and encaustics, also known as the technique of painting with hot wax. These…

The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments, and Stonework was the first large-scale museum examination of the artist’s career in…

Cheekwood will feature four canine sculptures made entirely out of crayons by Nashville artist Herb Williams. Williams has spent his…

For the second year, Cheekwood will invite established Nashville painters to use our spring blooms as inspiration in the annual En…

One of the most important and influential art styles of the 1960s, Minimalism identifies works of art most often comprised…

From acclaimed artist Sean Kenney and produced by Imagine Exhibitions, this exhibition features 38 sculptures made from more than 800,000…

A sweeping survey of American Impressionism embracing precursor, contemporary and subsequent movements, In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940 features over 130…

In light of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States, Women to Watch: Celebrating the Centennial of Women’s…

The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, a national nonprofit organization, was established in 1994 to provide guidance and support…

September 19, 2019 - January 6, 2020 2019 Martin Shallenberger Artist-in-Residence David Brooks’ work explores the connection between the built…