Modern & Contemporary Galleries at SAM will be closed August 26-October 6

Women artists are taking over SAM’s Modern and Contemporary Galleries!  In anticipation of the new exhibition Elles: SAM—Singular Works by Seminal Women Artists, the Seattle Art Museum is transforming a few galleries on the third floor of SAM Downtown.  The Ebsworth Gallery and the Wright Galleries for Modern & Contemporary Art will be closed August 26 through October 6.

However, please enjoy the third floor galleries that will remain OPEN during the transition:

  • 18th and 19th Century American Art
  • Native Art of the Americas
  • Australian and Oceanic art
  • Japanese Teahouse
  • Textiles

Elles: SAM will be presented in conjunction with Elles: Women Artists from the Centre Pompidou, Paris.  Come and see these two shows October 11, 2012 through January 13, 2013!