Sensuous Steel Art Deco Exhibit Opening

In conjunction with the opening of Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee will host a panel discussion with the exhibition’s Guest Curator, Ken Gross, and noted automotive authorities and collectors on Friday, June 14, 2013. Panel participants include Richard Adatto, automotive historian and exhibition catalogue contributor; Jeff Lane, president of Nashville’s Lane Motor Museum and exhibition lender; and Peter Mullin of the Mullin Automotive Museum and Foundation and exhibition lender.

This event, entitled “Curator and Collectors’ Perspectives: ‘Behind the Headlights,’” will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Frist Center’s Auditorium. The discussion will focus on the stories behind the creation of the Art Deco-inspired machines featured in Sensuous Steel. Visitors will learn about the personalities who produced these cars, the stylists and artisans who designed and built them, and the clientele who owned them from some of the most prominent automotive authorities in the nation. Gallery admission is required to attend; members will be admitted free. Seating is first come, first seated.