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From antiquity to the present, paintings to porcelain, and baskets to belt masks, SAM’s permanent collection represents global cultures and historical perspectives.
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Chinese painting & calligraphy
Discover SAM's collection of 152 Chinese paintings and calligraphy through high-resolution imagery and essays by renowned scholars.
Perspectives on SAM’s collection art and artists.
The Boys in the Boat: See UW Rower Robert Moch’s Vase Collection at SAM
Pride Month: The Fleet’s In and Queer Art at SAM
Pride Month: Rosemarie Trockel’s Bibliothek Babylon
Perspectives on American Art: Inye Wokoma on Beauty, Critique, and Personal Revelations
Inside the World of Ikat: An Interview with SAM Curator Pam McClusky
Object of the Week: The Studio
Object of the Week: Sea Change
Ai Weiwei: Water Lilies
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (Bronze)
Suchitra Mattai: she walked in reverse and found their songs
Tariqa Waters: Venus is Missing
Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism
FriendsWithYou: Little Cloud Sky
Samantha Yun Wall: 2024 Betty Bowen Award Winner
Following Space: Thaddeus Mosley & Alexander Calder
Selections from the Shirley Family Calder Collection
Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Yirrkala: Art from Australia’s Top End
Impressionisms: The Global Nineteenth Century
American Art: The Stories We Carry
Chronicles of a Global East
SAM on Paper: Rembrandt’s Etchings
Deities & Demons: Supernatural In Japanese Art
Boundless: Stories of Asian Art
Pacific Species
Conscious Constructions
Art and Life Along the Northwest Coast
Cosmic Beings in Mesoamerican and Andean Art
Echo
Only Connect: The Art of Devotion
Porcelain Room
Search SAM's collection to access the more than 25,000 objects in our holdings. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please email us at research@seattleartmuseum.org.
Please contact libraries@seattleartmuseum.org. If you need label text for an object that is not on view or you can’t find what you need through SAM's libraries, please contact collection@seattleartmuseum.org.
Please review SAM's Rights & Resources for information related to image reproduction. If you cannot find the information you are looking for, please use the Image Rights & Reproductions Request form for more information.
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