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1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Laura Hutson Hunter

   Fall Guide 2026: Mark Scala’s Final Major Curatorial Endeavor at the Frist (opens the original)

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   For 26 years, Mark Scala has been curating art shows in Nashville. As the Frist Art Museum’s chief curator, he’s introduced generations of audiences to globally influential contemporary art and artists. But he’s also shaped the way Nashville thinks — his exhibitions make big, complicated ideas feel approachable and engaging. Shimmer: Dreaming the Posthuman, which opens at the Frist on Sept. 25, is his final major curatorial endeavor before his official retirement at the end of the year,

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2. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Laura Hutson Hunter

   Documentarian Ross McElwee Presents Two Moving Films (opens the original)

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   I’ve been known to push the documentary Sherman’s March onto people with the fervor of an evangelical. It’s so many things at once — a time capsule of mid-1980s aesthetics, a menagerie of eccentric characters baring their souls, a master class in the art of cinéma vérité from filmmaker Ross McElwee. But perhaps most importantly, it is what the film’s subtitle claims: “a meditation on the possibility of romantic love in the South during an era of nuclear weapons proliferation.” T

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