Best New-to-Nashville Artist

When Afro Cuban artist and longtime Bostonian Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons moved to Nashville in 2017, a lot of people were probably surprised. She’s been a fixture in the national contemporary art scene since the 1980s, has friends in high places, and could surely choose to live in whatever city she’d like. But Campos-Pons insists that Nashville is like a sister city to her Cuban hometown of Matanzas, which is similarly known for its artists and musicians. As the chair of Vanderbilt’s art department, she’s going to lead to big changes in Nashville’s community of artists — and from the look of the 2019 Havana Biennial, to which she brought seven of Nashville’s best artists, she’s off to a great start. LAURA HUTSON HUNTER

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