A contemporary Surrealist, Louise Bourgeois’ career stretched from the 1940s until 2010. Her lifelong fascination with myth, ritual, and totemic figures had its roots in French Surrealism, which reached a high point between the World Wars. In these Eye Benches, furniture takes the form of...
Brazilian artist Sandra Cinto is bringing a literal sea change to the Olympic Sculpture Park. At the beginning of April, Cinto and two assistants started work on a site-specific installation titled Encontro das Águas (Encounter of Waters), an expansive wall drawing in the park’s PACCAR...
Time is running out to bring your collection of lids in to the Olympic Sculpture Park! In Trenton Doyle Hancock’s wildly fictitious narrative, color is the source of salvation to a race of creatures who are seeking spiritual nourishment. For his installation, A Better Promise,...
It’s hard to believe, but the Olympic Sculpture Park is already 5 years old! By the numbers, that’s: 5 seasons that salmon have been able to rest in a protected area just off our beach after hatching 60 months of growth to the native plants,...
Finally a New Year’s resolution that will be fun to try and keep–come experience the art at SAM Downtown, the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Sculpture Park! Here are our top five picks for what to see and do with SAM in January. 1....
In light of the re-painting of Alexander Calder’s The Eagle I wondered what it took to keep the art housed at the Olympic Sculpture Park looking like new. I spoke with Liz Brown, one of the museum’s conservators. She gave me some great insight into...
Museums are beautiful, tranquil places filled with some of the most beautiful pieces of art that history has to offer. Imagine holding a corporate meeting at the Seattle Art Museum to impress some important clients, or imagine impressing your friends by renting out the Seattle...
Dear SAM, I usually begin letters more eloquently than this. There’s usually a smooth intro, a “how do you do,” a nifty tidbit about my life. But brutal honesty is all that’s coming to mind now and I think we’re now close enough for that....
For this week’s SAMart, I would like to share with you the reflections of two summer interns I have been lucky enough to work with for the past several weeks. Katie Tieu and Jasmine Graviett have been friendly, thoughtful, conscientious, and eager colleagues this summer,...
Earth Hour is this Saturday night, March 23 from 8:30–9:30 pm. What is...
Before moving to Seattle to start my fall internship at the Seattle...
Cheryl Colopy discusses her book, Dirty, Sacred Rivers: Confronting South Asia’s Water Crisis,...