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Fisk University Celebrates 150th Anniversary with Grand Re-opening of Carl Van Vechten Art Gallery

From Krishna Adams, Director of Visual Arts, Craft, Media and Design —

IMG_0186(L-R) TN Arts Commission staff Krishna Adams, Kim Johnson, Carol White; Fisk
(L-R) TN Arts Commission staff Krishna Adams, Kim Johnson, Carol White; Fisk Galleries Director and Curator Jamaal Sheats

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Fisk University, Nashville welcomed home the Origins of Influence: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Modern Art exhibition at the grand re-opening of the Carl Van Vechten Art Gallery. After spending the previous two years at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas, the collection has at last returned to Tennessee. Both long-standing and new fans eagerly gathered for a reception and tour of this distinguished collection that was donated in 1949 by renowned artist Georgia O’Keeffe in honor of her husband Alfred Stieglitz.

The collection includes 101 works of American, African and European art, ranging from African masks, and sculpture, to paintings and works on paper. Due to the intimate gallery space and the need to protect delicate works of the collection, objects will be periodically rotated to allow the entire collection to be accessible to the public over the next two years. Esteemed artists in the collection include Paul Cézanne, Charles Demuth, Marsten Hartley, John Marin, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renior, Diego Rivera, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and many more.

The Carl Van Vechten Gallery is located on the Fisk University campus at 1000 17th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208. The gallery is open Tuesday—Saturday from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. General admission is $10, seniors are $6 and children under 18 are free. To schedule a visit call 615.329.8544 or email: galleries@fisk.edu.

 

Selections from the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.