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New in Town: Consuming Art and Curating Comfort in Seattle
Uncovering Seattle connections to Artemisia Gentileschi and finding familiarity in new places
New in Town is a blog series dedicated to exploring Seattle anew. Every week I’ll highlight a place, person or thing I’ve uncovered on my mission to experience all Seattle has to offer. Read last week’s installment here. It’s an image I’ve seen hundreds of times—as misandrist memes across the internet, a patch on the…
Hot New Installation at SAM Explores the Void
Tickets for the wildly anticipated exhibit lasted less than 24 hours.
Infinity mirrors explores the work of avant-garde artist and activist Yayoi Kusama, and the huge impact her infinity rooms have had during her career. These immersive spaces, lined with mirrored glass and reflecting light, give viewers the illusion of perpetually floating in space. Tickets sold out in a day. While Kusama’s infinity mirrors are at…
2007 Spotlight Award: Seattle Art Museum
Meet the behind-the-scenes heroes at SAM.
If the Seattle Art Museum had sat in psychotherapy five years ago, its diagnosis would have been simple: Patient suffered from severe identity crisis. With a collection that was neither encyclopedic nor specialized–and trapped in an outdated building–SAM was best defined by a sense of fragmentation. To quote Gertrude Stein out of context, there was…
Seattle Art Museum Director Resigns to Pursue ‘Scholarly Projects’
Derrick Cartwright, director of SAM since 2009, announced today via press release that he will leave
We haven’t heard the entire story quite yet but it looks like SAM’s director is leaving his post to pursue other projects. Check out the press release sent by Cara Egan, following a post by Cartwright on the SAM blog: Subject: Derrick Cartwright Resigns as Director of the Seattle Art Museum Derrick Cartwright Resigns as…
Meet Me at the Hammering Man: DIY Nick Cave Soundsuits on Parade Downtown Today
If you’ve seen fabric sculptor/performance artist/dancer Nick Cave’s otherworldy soundsuits (on display now at the Seattle Art Museum), you’ve probably also imagined what it would feel like to wear a soundsuit of your own. Tomorrow, the public will have the chance to do just that at SAM’s soundsuit parade. Part of the museum’s community night…
Preview: Nick Cave’s Soundsuits Fill SAM with Exquisite Color, Craft and Curiosity
Crocheted potholders, vintage tin tops, stripey wool sweaters, pipe cleaners, sequins, hooked rugs, porcelain birds, god’s eyes, Beanie Babies, synthetic hair, candy wrapper chains, unfurled cassette tapes and a million white pearl buttons. Such are the materials of Nick Cave’s delicious madness, on view starting today at SAM in the stunning exhibit, “Meet Me at…
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