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Seattle Art Museum's Brotman Forum to Host New FriendsWithYou Commission February 4, 2025
Seattle Art Museum (SAM) to Expand Exhibition of Ai Weiwei Work to All Three Locations December 16, 2024
SAM Security Officers Union Begins Strike; SAM Leadership Offers Market-Leading Wages, Competitive Benefits November 29, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Announces Slate of Free, Engaging Public Programming Accompanying Following Space: Thaddeus Mosley & Alexander Calder October 30, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Welcomes David A. Perez and Jennifer H. Roberts to its Board of Trustees October 28, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Presents Solo Exhibition of Prize-Winner Bethany Collins October 15, 2024
Seattle Art Museum to Deinstall Middle Fork Sculpture From Entrance Lobby October 4, 2024
Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Awards Samantha Yun Wall the 2024 Betty Bowen Award October 3, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Receives $500,000 in New Funding from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to Energize Downtown Seattle Arts and Culture Sector September 24, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Presents Retrospective of Boundary-Breaking Artist Joyce J. Scott September 17, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Presents Major Exhibition Juxtaposing Two Singular American Sculptors: Thaddeus Mosley and Alexander Calder September 12, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Appoints Dr. Aaron Rio Curator of Japanese and Korean Art August 20, 2024
Wednesdays Are Back at the Seattle Asian Art Museum August 1, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Extends Calder: In Motion and Announces Next Exhibition in Multiyear Calder at SAM Initiative July 15, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Announces Scott Stulen as New Director and CEO June 25, 2024
Seattle Asian Art Museum Presents Meot: Korean Art From The Frank Bayley Collection June 18, 2024
Seattle Art Museum to Present Major Retrospective for Ai Weiwei in 2025 May 22, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Presents Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture May 6, 2024
Seattle Art Museum Presents Major Retrospective of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith January 23, 2024
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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 EnchantĂŠe
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Yirrkala: Art from Australiaâs Top End
Impressionisms: The Global Nineteenth Century
American Art: The Stories We Carry
Chronicles of a Global East
SAM on Paper: Rembrandtâs 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
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