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What to Know When SAM Reopens

Sep 11 2020

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Sculpture Park Summers Are For Conservation

Oct 27 2020

Object of the Week: Amulet in Shape of A Human Figure

Oct 23 2020

SAM Receives Major Gifts from The Friday Foundation

Oct 20 2020

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Saturday University: The Colors of Space & Time

Oct 28 2020

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SAM Creates: Inventions for Empathy

Aug 11 2020

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Muse/News: Support for SAM, Intiman’s Next Stage, and Lost Art Found

Oct 26 2020

Muse/News: New Questions, Distant Ballet, and Simone Leigh Represents

Oct 19 2020

Muse/News: Super Cuts, States of Names, and Hopper’s Myth

Oct 13 2020

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Rising Up with Daedalus

Aug 5 2020

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SAM Shop: Creative Pottery with Deb Schwartzkopf

Jun 30 2020

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$Learn about conservation at the #OlympicSculpturePark starting with Alexander Calder\'s \"The Eagle\" which was able to get repainted thanks to a generous grant from @bankofamerica. Learn about the conservation of some of the other works in the park on #SAMBlog. • #BofAGrants #LinkInBio #AlexanderCalder #Sculpture [\"The Eagle,\" Alexander Calder, Painted steel 465 x 390 x 390 in. (1181.1 x 990.6 x 990.6cm); estimated weight 6 tons Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2000.69, © 2020 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Many thanks to Diamond Painting LLC for their work on the \"Eagle\" repainting project.]$
$Lynne Siefert is putting the \"Ark\" in remarkable with her new installation \"Ark\" at SAM. See her two experimental nonfiction films next time you\'re at SAM—it\'s now on view! • #SeattleArtMuseum #LynneSeifert #VideoArt [Installation view of \"Lynne Siefert: Ark\" at the Seattle Art Museum, 2020, 📸 @NataliWiseman.]$
$Use your hippocampus and learn about our #SAMObjectOfTheWeek. This amulet is made from a hippopotamus\' tooth! Made in ancient Egypt, this amulet is among one of the oldest works in our collection and dates back to 5000-2920 BCE. Learn more about this carved amulet and its origins on #SAMBlog! • #LinkInBio #SeattleArtMuseum #EgyptianAmulet$
$Now on view: \"City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle!\" See 64 works that define bold and experimental art movements across the United States and Europe in #CityOfTomorrow. This exhibition features but a fraction of the many works that Jinny Wright and her husband Bagley gifted to SAM over the years, many of which have not previously been displayed at SAM. Get tickets online! • #CityOfTomorrow #LinkInBio #SeattleArtMuseum #NowOnView [Installation view of \"City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle\" at the Seattle Art Museum, 2020, 📸 @nataliwiseman]$
$No map needed to locate our upcoming exhibition, “Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence!” Experience @barbaraearlthomas\' gorgeous cut-paper portraits and floor to ceiling illuminated sculpture in this upcoming exhibition. See these brand new artworks that ask us to question how we consider light and dark, positive and negative, innocence and guilt on view starting November 20. • #BarbaraEarlThomas #SeattleArtMuseum #CutPaper #TheGeographyOfInnocence [\"Color Wheel,\" 2020, Barbara Earl Thomas, American, cut paper and hand-printed color backing, 40 x 26 in., Courtesy of Claire Oliver Gallery, photo: Spike Mafford.]$
$Art by Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Helen Frankenthaler, Philip Guston, David Hammons, Jasper Johns, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and more—don\'t miss \"City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle!\" The exhibition opens this Friday, 10/23! #CityOfTomorrow • #LinkInBio #RobertRauschenberg #SeattleArtMuseum [\"Manuscript\", 1963, Robert Rauschenberg, American, 1925–2008, oil on canvas, 84 × 60 in., Seattle Art Museum, Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, 91.99, ©️ Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.]$
$If you weren\'t sole-d on visiting SAM, maybe Brian Jungen\'s (Dane-Zaa, Canadian) \"Broken Arrangement\" will change your mind.👟 Jungen uses Air Jordans to create sculptures that echo the ovoid shapes and abstracted figures prominent in traditional Indigenous cultural designs of Northwest Coast peoples. This sculpture is our #SAMObjectOftheWeek—head to #SAMBlog to learn more about it and see it on view the next time you visit! • #LinkInBio #SeattleArtMuseum #BrianJungen #Nike #AirJordan #Sculpture #ContemporaryArt [\"Broken Arrangement,\" 2015-16, Brian Jungen, Nike Air Jordans, painted fir plywood, stainless steel, 20 x 14 x 21 1/2 in., Margaret Fuller Purchase Endowment, 2016.4 © Brian Jungen.]$
$Bid Big for SAM before the auction closes tonight at 8 pm! Join the SAM fam by bidding on SAM-centric experiences like a tour of the upcoming, \"Barbara Earl Thomas: The Geography of Innocence\" with @barbaraearlthomas, learn about the art of conservation with our chief conservator, and enjoy a delicious and relaxed meal with Amada Cruz, SAM\'s new Director & CEO, and local art star culturalcrisis . #LinkinBio • #SeattleArtMuseum #Museum #Seattle #Fundraiser #VirtualAuction$
$🌈See Charmion von Wiegand\'s \"Sun Spectrum\" alongside many other modern and contemporary gems at SAM when \"City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and The Art That Shaped a New Seattle\" opens 10/23!☀️You can’t tell the story of Seattle’s art world without telling the story of Jinny Wright—grab your tickets online! • #LinkInBio #CityOfTomorrow #SeattleArtMuseum [\"Sun Spectrum,\" 1959, Charmion von Wiegand, American, 1896–1983, gouache on paper, 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 in., Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2014.25.84, ©️ Estate of Charmion von Wiegand; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY.]$

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