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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

Seattle Art Museum Presents Solo Exhibition for Award-Winner Elizabeth Malaska
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December 5, 2023

Seattle Asian Art Museum Presents Solo Exhibition of Anida Yoeu Ali
November 29, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Debuts Calder: In Motion, The Shirley Family Collection
November 7, 2023

Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Awards Tariqa Waters the 2023 Betty Bowen Award
October 23, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Announces Programs for Calder: In Motion Exhibition Award
September 19, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Presents Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
August 28, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Announces Return of Kimerly Rorschach as Interim Director and CEO
August 8, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Director and CEO Amada Cruz Announces Departure
July 25, 2023

The Seattle Asian Art Museum presents Renegade Edo and Paris: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec
June 26, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Announces Calder: In Motion, The Shirley Family Collection
June 28, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Presents Exhibition of Contemporary Artist Amoako Boafo
May 30, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Appoints Tanya Uyeda Inaugural Conservator of Asian Paintings
May 9, 2023

Seattle Art Museum Announces Major Gift of Works by Alexander Calder from the Collection of Jon And Kim Shirley
April 4, 2023

Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Announces 2023 Lineup of Exhibition Openings
December 22, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Presents Exhibition of Ikat Textiles from around the World
December 14, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Awards Elizabeth Malaska the 2022 Betty Bowen Award
November 1, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Presents Transformation of Its American Art Galleries
September 26, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Presents Solo Exhibition for Award-Winner Anthony White
August 24, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Presents Groundbreaking Photography by Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems
August 15, 2022

Summer At SAM Returns After Two Years To Olympic Sculpture Park July 14–August 20
June 27, 2022

Seattle Asian Art Museum Presents Immersive Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art
June 15, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Appoints José Carlos Diaz as Deputy Director for Art
June 7, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Presents Major Alberto Giacometti Exhibition
May 11, 2022

Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Announces 2022 Lineup of Exhibition Openings
March 2, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Presents Prize-winner Lauren Halsey’s Solo Exhibition
February 8, 2022

Seattle Asian Art Museum Presents Inaugural Show By New Curator of South Asian Art
January 19, 2022

One Month Left to See Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective at Seattle Art Museum
January 4, 2022

Seattle Art Museum Presents Our Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water
December 16, 2021

Seattle Art Museum Announces Inaugural Acquisitions From New Fund For Contemporary Global Art
October 11, 2021

Dr. Constance W. Rice Elected Board Chair of Seattle Art Museum
September 29, 2021

Anthony White Wins The 2021 Betty Bowen Award
September 15, 2021

Imogen Cunningham Retrospective Debuts at Seattle Art Museum November 18
August 11, 2021

Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Embarks on Transformation of American Art Galleries
June 15, 2021

Seattle Art Museum Presents Monet At Étretat
May 4, 2021

Last Chance To See Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle At The Seattle Art Museum
April 21, 2021

Seattle Art Museum Presents Award-Winner Dawn Cerny’s Solo Exhibition
April 13, 2021

Seattle Asian Art Museum to Reopen to the Public May 28
April 1, 2021

Seattle Art Museum Receives Transformative Gift of Art and Funds From The Friday Foundation
February 25, 2021

Seattle Art Museum Presents Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle
February 16, 2021

Seattle Art Museum Presents Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence
February 4, 2021

Artist Lauren Halsey Awarded the 2021 Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize by Seattle Art Museum
February 1, 2021

Seattle Art Museum Presents Award-Winner Lynne Siefert’s Solo Exhibition
November 10, 2020

Seattle Art Museum Presents Landmark Modern and Contemporary Works from the Wright Collection
October 29, 2020

Dawn Cerny Wins the 2020 Betty Bowen Award
September 16, 2020

Finalists Selected for the 2020 Betty Bowen Award
August 28, 2020

Seattle Art Museum to Reopen to the Public September 11
August 24, 2020

Seattle Art Museum Names Priya Frank Director Of Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion
August 10, 2020

Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Announces Exhibitions for Fall 2020–Summer 2021
May 12, 2020

SAM Temporary Closure At All Three Sites Extended Until Further Notice
March 27, 2020

Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstract Variations Opens at the Seattle Art Museum March 5, 2020
March 2, 2020

Seattle Art Museum Curator Chiyo Ishikawa To Retire After 30 Years
February 26, 2020

John Akomfrah: Future History Opens at The Seattle Art Museum March 5, 2020
February 24, 2020

Revitalized Seattle Asian Art Museum Reopens To The Public With A Two-Day Celebration, February 8 and 9, 2020
February 3, 2020

SAM’s Olympic Sculpture Park Presents Winter Programs For The 2020 Season
December 19, 2019

Seattle Art Museum Presents Prize-Winner Aaron Fowler’s Solo Exhibition
December 16, 2019

Seattle Art Museum Debuts New Installation By Haida Artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulaanas
November 27, 2019

SAM's Asian Art Museum to Reopen February 8 with Free Weekend-Long Community Celebration
October 1, 2019

Filmmaker Lynne Siefert Wins the 2019 Betty Bowen Award
September 12, 2019

Finalists Selected For the 2019 Betty Bowen Award
August 28, 2019

Seattle Art Museum Presents Award-Winner Natalie Ball’s Solo Exhibition
August 26, 2019

Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces From The Capodimonte Museum Opens At Seattle Art Museum October 17, 2019
August 19, 2019

Seattle Art Museum Celebrates The Cultural Legacy Of Paul G. Allen With Works From The Family Collection
July 22, 2019

Seattle Art Museum Presents Solo Show Of Visual Activist Zanele Muholi
July 8, 2019

Summer at SAM Returns to Olympic Sculpture Park July 11–August 22, 2019
June 18, 2019

Seattle Art Museum Appoints Amada Cruz As New Director and CEO
June 10, 2019

SAM’s Olympic Sculpture Park hosts Landscapes Café Pop-Up
June 4, 2019

18 Of The World’s Finest And Rarest Cars To Be Shown At The Olympic Sculpture Park
May 30, 2019

SAM’s Olympic Sculpture Park Debuts New Site-Specific Work by Brazilian Artist Regina Silveira
May 13, 2019

Victorian Radicals: From The Pre-Raphaelites To The Arts & Crafts Movement Opens at Seattle Art Museum June 13, 2019
April 16, 2019

Seattle Art Museum Announces $150 Million Campaign With Over $125M Pledged To Date
February 14, 2019

Seattle Art Museum Presents Programs and Events for Jeffrey Gibson: Like A Hammer
February 13, 2019

Mixed-Media Artist Aaron Fowler Awarded the 2019 Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize by Seattle Art Museum
January 22, 2019

Jeffrey Gibson: Like A Hammer Opens At Seattle Art Museum February 28
January 8, 2019