• Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection
  • August 11 - November 4
• Merrell & Morrill
  • August 11 - November 4
• Events

• Picturing Poe
  • Sept. 8 - Nov. 15
• A Painter's View: The Andrew Wyeth Studio
  • March 27 - Oct. 28
• Events

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

• A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre
  • August 4, 2012 - April 14, 2013
• Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting
  • Closes September 30, 2012
• American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed and Reloaded
  • Ongoing
• Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore
  • Ongoing
• Event

• MAYA 2012: Lords of Time
  • May 5, 2012 - Jan. 13, 2013
• Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre: contemporary color photographs by Diana Molina
  • Closes Sept. 30
• Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery
  • Ongoing
• Events

• Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade 1940-1950
  • Sept. 14, 2012 to Jan. 6, 2013
• Events

• Sound and Vision: Monumental Rock and Roll Photography
  • Sept. 21 – Dec. 30
• Willard Hirsch: Charleston's Sculptor
  • Sept. 21 – Dec. 30
• Events

• The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation
  • August 24 - October 6
• Events

Kimono: Art, Fashion and Society
June 7 - Sept. 23
Andrea Baldeck: Sea Treasures
June 7 - Sept. 23
Event

South Dakota Art Museum

• Judy and Jennifer Onofrio Fornes
  • Sept, 11, 2012 - Jan. 6, 2013
• Kyle Fokken and Brett Anderson
  • July 24 - October 28
• Harvey Dunn: Depictions of Weather
  • Through December 2
• South Dakota Artist Series: Betty Beer and Allan Fisher
  • Through September
• Marghab Linens
  • Nov. 23, 2011 - Nov., 2012
• Illustrations from Her Seven Brothers: Paul Goble Gallery
  • Through October 7

Children's Museum of Memphis

• Good For You: Healthy Fun on the Run
  • Extended through September 30
• Events

• Howard Simon: Modern American Woodcuts
  • July 28, 2012 - January 27, 2013
• Early Quilts from Southern Collections
  • Through January 6, 2013
• Events

• Jim Buchman Sculpture
  • September 23 - December 02
• Double Vision- Brin and Dale Baucum: A Retrospective in Clay
  • Through October 14
• Jonathan Green
  • Through October 14
• Event

• Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer
  • July 21 - October 14
• Bigger Than T-Rex: Giant Killer Dinosaurs of Argentina
  • Closes Sept. 23!!!!
• Women of Strength, Women of Color
  • Through Oct. 14
• The Highsmith Collection of Indian pottery
  • Ongoing
• Greatest Little Show on Earth: Clyde Parke minature circus
  • Ongoing
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial–Made in Memphis
  • Ongoing
• Events

• Impressions of Reality: The Art of Camille Engel
  • Sept 12 – Nov 4, 2012
• Selections from the Biennial Exhibition: Tennessee Watercolor Society
  • Closes Sept 20!!!!
• Subtle Manipulations: The Vision of Greg Sand
  • Sept. – Oct.
• Inspirations & Origins: A juried exhibition of the work of the Cumberland Furniture Guild
  • August 9 – Oct 28
• Art of the Staff
  • Through September
• Visions & Feelings: The Art of Linda Kerlin

CV-TACA BIANNUAL exhibition
The Cumberland Valley Tennessee Association of Craft Artists
Closes September 26

• Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection
  • March 31 - Dec. 31
• William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit
  • Ongoing
• SCARECROWS 2012
  • Sept. - Oct. 31, 2012
• Events

Frist Center for the Visual Arts

• Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video
  • Sept. 21, 2012–Jan. 13, 2013
• Brian Alfred: It’s Already the End of the World
  • Sept. 21, 2012–Jan. 13, 2013
• Cameras & Community in Action
  • Sept. 21, 2012–Jan. 13, 2013
• Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum
  • June 22–September 30
• Metamorphoses: Drawings by Erin Anfinson, Kristi Hargrove, Mark Hosford, and Chris Scarborough
  • June 8 -October 28
• Rose on 65th Street by Sculptor Will Ryman
  • Through December 31, 2013
• Events

• Material Glance: A Portfolio of Lithographs by Antoni Tàpies and Poems by Shūzō Takiguchi
  • Closes Sept. 27

• Alicia Henry: There Was a House
  • September 4 - October 7
  • University Art Gallery
• Interrabang, a solo exhibition of new modular paintings by Judy Rushin
  • Aug. 31 – Sept. 30
  • Carlos Gallery

• Tinkertoys®: Build Your Imagination™
  • May -

• Chattanooga Gems III
  • Aug. 25 -Oct. 14
• Event

• Vessels in Time: A Journey into the Biblical World
  • Through fall 2012

“Artwork Gone Wild” by animal artists from the Knoxville Zoo
Sept. 7-28
Artists of Fairfield Glade
Sept. 7-28
Arts in the Airport
Spring - Fall, 2012

• PENCIL PUSHED: exploring process and boundaries in drawing!
  • September 17 – October 28
• Event

• Zen Buddhism and the Arts of Japan
  • Sept. 15 – Dec. 31

• The year 2012 is the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States! Special exhibit including a 100 year timeline broken into 25 year segments.

• Contemporary Focus 2012
  • August 24 -Nov. 4
• Fischli & Weiss: The Way Things Go
  • August 24 -Nov. 4
• Horizons: Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir
  • Through Feb. 2013
• Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee
  • Ongoing
• Event

• Four Directions: Four Printmakers : Catherine Chauvin, Kent Kapplinger, Robert Kennon and Ralph Slatton
  • September 17 to October 5