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Joe Nolan is an intermedia artist based in Nashville, TN. His diverse practice includes photography, painting, poetry, live performances, musical releases, public projects, video, and his critical writing about art and film. Nolan is the author of NOWVILLE: The Untold History of Nashville's Contemporary Art Scene from Vanderbilt University Press.

Joe Nolan’s Journalist Portfolio

Ian Edward White Photographs Middle Tennessee's Suburban/Rural Youth Culture

Ian Edward White Photographs Middle Tennessee's Suburban/Rural Youth Culture

Ian Edward White's photography exhibition 'Townes Ferry Pike' includes images made while the artist has trave…

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Red Arrow's 'Nashville Hot Summer' Brings the Cool

Red Arrow's 'Nashville Hot Summer' Brings the Cool

Highlights include works by Brianna Bass, Linda King Ferguson and Vesna Pavlović

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No Hands - Outland

No Hands - Outland

Documentation of Shih Yun Yeo's Mind Ink Painting Machine, 2021 There's a video on Shih Yun Yeo's YouTube cha…

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Far from Respectable: Dave Hickey and his Art

Far from Respectable: Dave Hickey and his Art

ADVERTISEMENT I heard the word aesthetics defined as, "the philosophy of beauty" for the first time sitting a…

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Duncan McDaniel at the Parthenon, Nashville

Duncan McDaniel at the Parthenon, Nashville

Joe Nolan reviews the 2D and 3D twists on Greek mythology found in Fountain by Duncan McDaniel at The Parthen…

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Critic/Ally: Remembering Nick Tosches

Critic/Ally: Remembering Nick Tosches

Joe Nolan is a 21st-century Renaissance man. He's a poet, singer-songwriter and intermedia artist - as well a…

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Critic's Pick: 10th Annual North Nashville Culture Crawl

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By Joe Nolan
| Nashville Scene Verified
This weekend, the North Nashville Arts Coalition marks a decade of celebrating Black creativity in the 37208 corridor with its biggest Culture Crawl yet. This notable anniversary crawl is built around the Ubuntu phrase “I am because we are,” and the 10th annual event brings curated art exhibitions, live music, historical programming and community happenings to the Jefferson Street neighborhood. The crawl is anchored by a one-night-only group exhibition at Kossie Gardner Park.
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Not So Supergirl crashes onto HBO Max

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By Joe Nolan
| The Contributor Verified
When I say “Supergirl crashes,” of course I mean that she’s wound tight on space sake and falls flat on her face. Director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya; Cruella) and screenwriter Ana Nogueira adapted Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s acclaimed 2021-22 comic miniseries for this second film in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s rebooted DC Universe. Their title character is exactly the role that Nick Nolte perfected in the 1980s — the drunken, disheveled antihero, all scruffy charm and a grumpy heart of gold.
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DADA Second Saturday Art Crawl

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By Joe Nolan
| Nashville Scene Verified
Nashville’s downtown art district has been quietly rebuilding for years, and the 2025 launch of the Downtown Arts District Alliance’s Second Saturday Art Crawl now looks like a coming-out party for a scene that’s better than ever.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Profiling an amateur boxing coach

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Spider Jerusalem

What does it mean to be a journalist?

A particular and articulate point of view