Best Non-Gallery for Local Art

Photo: Eric England

Noelle is a newly opened downtown hotel filled with art, kind of like the 21c Museum Hotels, but with an inventive local twist — public spaces, hallways and even the rooms feature Nashville-themed portraits created exclusively by local artists. Noelle’s art is curated by printmaker Bryce McCloud of Isle of Printing and features selections by local notables like Sam Dunson and Paul Collins. But the biggest surprises are Julia Martin’s affecting, elegiac portraits of fallen Nashville rockers Dave Cloud and Paul Booker. Required viewing. JOE NOLAN

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