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Slog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Recumbent Bear Drinking by Marcus De Bije (Dutch, 1612-1670), from 1664, is one of many prints in Davidson Gallery's Antique Print Department , which is catalogued online. Lately, it may seem like I've been hammering on Seattle Art Museum, but this time, it's not me who's complaining. I sat down with Sam Davidson, the longtime Seattle dealer, for a podcast a few weeks ago, and he revealed (in his...
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Slog (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
As the curtain rises, curator Lisa Corrin is finishing her explanation of why Cai Guo-Qiang's installation of flying cars would be perfect for the new Seattle Art Museum lobby. (We're back in the day.) It sounds like a done deal, but when the executive committee of the board takes a vote, there are a few whopping nays , including from Mimi Gates, the museum's director. Bagley Wright starts to explain....
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The Seattle Traveler (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
After my trip to Italy earlier this year, I’ve kept an eye open for any events, exhibits, or news of the country that I fell in love with. Earlier this spring, the Seattle Art Museum hosted a traveling exhibit of Roman Art from the Louvre. Now, it’s the Henry’s turn with Roman Holiday, a [...]
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Slog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
An ancestor of Stephen Colbert (see the resemblance?): a bust of Jean-Baptiste Colbert by Antoine Coysevox, 1677 Most people don't even know that museums have libraries, and they contain treasures . Seattle Art Museum is no exception, and this Saturday from noon to 5 , it's hosting its first-ever book saleon the lower level of the Seattle Asian Art Museum . I was curious about what's going to be...
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Slog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Remember the Carl Andre sculpture I posted about a couple of months ago that was, according to the artist, "RESCUED FROM MUTILATION AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART" ? Well, now this victim of institutional abuse has come to rest at the Seattle Art Museum (thanks to rescuers Virginia and Bagley Wright). 12th Copper Corner is one of many artworks in SAM's latest round of acquisitions, which the...
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Bed and Breakfast Blog (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Seattle TourSaver Adds 19 New Offers - Now Over $4000 in Travel …MarketWatch - 8 hours ago… Homewood Suites (on Pike St.), Seattle Art Museum, Taste of Washington, Tillicum Village and more — a total of over 70 2-for-1 travel offers. …
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Capitol Hill Seattle (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
The Seattle Art Museum Libraries and the Wyckoff Teacher Resource Center (TRC) are hosting a sale of deeply discounted art books, exhibition catalogues, curriculum guides, posters, journals and much, much more. The sale takes place at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, 1400 East Prospect Street, in the Alvord Board Room on the Lower Level. Parking is free. Cash, check and credit card will...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
SEATTLE, WA.- In a public event at the Seattle Art Museum this morning, Bruce Cole, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, announced a $400,000 implementation grant to support the Museum's upcoming exhibition S'abadebThe Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art, the first major exploration of the unique artistry and culture of Coast Salish First Peoples of Washington State
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PORT (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Allied Works Architecture Maryhill Overlook, 1999 Photo by Sally Schoolmaster Brad Cloepfil is the principal of Allied Works Architecture in Portland, Oregon. Allied Works is a nationally recognized architecture firm that has recently completed projects like the extension to the Seattle Art Museum, the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis and is currently finishing the Museum of Art & Design at 2...
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Metroblogging Seattle (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Visitors to Seattle are often struck by the number of public parks sprinkled throughout the city. Long before the Olympic Sculpture Park came to downtown, residents and office workers enjoyed plazas and green spaces decorated with fountains and whimsical sculptures, from the permanent Hammering Man outside of the Seattle Art Museum to the Pigs On [...]
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Slog (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Back in November, I had a simple dream, when I heard that Seattle Art Museum curator Michael Darling was putting together a survey of Northwest video to be shown at Art Basel Miami Beach: My dream was to see the show of Northwest artists in the Northwest. My first step in realizing this dream was to ask Darling whether he'd considered showing the art in its home . No, he hadn't, but yes, he would....
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Slog (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Dan, I called the Seattle Art Museum for you. It seems to be a case of underperforming dogs. They didn't make enough money down there (I bet the people who protested the penis-sculpture fountain have something to say about why nobody wants to eat hot dogs in front of exposed penises), so the dogs had to take it on the road. The cart is called Dante's Inferno Dogs. You can find it "around town." It...
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Slow Painting (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
I have an ongoing debate with my partner about whether the American future will be Beirut-style terrible or just sort of Detroit-style terrible. I’m the pessimist. I was reminded of this by Trisha Ready’s essay in the July 3 Stranger about how her identity started dissolving as her buying power dropped off, and how frightening [...]
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
The Bruce Lee Action Museum would occupy a city block, soar three stories and cost up to $50 million. His family, which unveiled plans Friday, wants to build it in Seattle.
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Slog (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Yukiko Shirahara is leaving the Seattle Art Museum. And just when I began to appreciate her. Here's my column introducing her from a few months ago, and my review of her culture-mashup show Japan Envisions the West: 16th19th Century Japanese Art from Kobe City Museum . Here's my conversation with her about Hokusai's Great Wave . According to a press release from SAM, Shirahara is becoming chief curator...
