Seattle Art Museum

1300 First Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101

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Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Sat 10am-5pm, Thu-Fri 10am-9pm
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Adrian Paci

Every week Thursday, Friday, 10:00am-9:00pm

Some downtown office workers may feel deterred from merely browsing at SAM because of, well, the ticket price. If there's not some big marquee show...

Theaster Gates

Every week Thursday, Friday from Thu., December 8 until Sun., July 1, 10:00am-9:00pm

In The Listening Room, the Chicago artist has rearchived the albums from a defunct R&B record store as a kind of tribute to the Civil Rights...

Gauguin & Polynesia

Every week Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., February 11 until Sun., April 22, 10:00am-5:00pm

Subtitled "An Elusive Paradise," SAM's big spring show showcases 60 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. (Also note free talk with SAM curato...

Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America

Fri., February 10, 7:30pm

By very morbid coincidence, this documentary tribute to the old syndicated TV music show, which ran from 1971-93, was scheduled before the recent s...

Bed and Board

Every week Thursday from Thu., February 16 until Thu., March 1, 7:30pm

From 1970, François Truffaut's 1970 feature continues the adventures of Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), now married and lured int...

2011 | Best Museum

So long, Derrick Cartwright, don�t let the door hit you on the way out! Though it�s losing its director (quitter! short-timer! LeBron!), and though it took a big financial hit with the loss of office tenant WaMu upstairs (Nordstrom finally leas... More >
2011 | Best Museum Exhibit

The Picasso show may have boasted lines until midnight and seas of striped sailor shirts, but Nick Cave�s �Meet Me at the Center of the Earth� brought something to SAM that most exhibits can�t�the chance to be part of the exhibit itself. ... More >
2010 | Best Arts Event/Venue for Picking Someone Up

The paintings aren't the only things worth eyeing when the doors are thrown open downtown once a month. 1300 First Ave., 654-3100, seattleartmuseum.org More >
2010 | Best Gallery/Museum Exhibit of the Last 12 Months

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Spinning the Oldies

By Brian Miller | Wed, January 18, 2012

There are many good intentions to The Listening Room, perhaps 2,000 of them—the approximate number of albums Theaster Gates salvaged from an old Chicago record shop. They've been neatly shelved along the gallery's back wall, where you can browse b... More >
The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

By Seattle Weekly Critics | Wed, January 11, 2012

WEDNESDAY 1/11 Video Art: Lunchtime Matinee Some downtown office workers may feel deterred from merely browsing at SAM because of, well, the ticket price. If there's not some big marquee show to see (the Gauguin arrives Feb. 9), wandering at rando... More >
The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

By Seattle Weekly Critics | Wed, January 04, 2012

WEDNESDAY 1/4 Comedy: Growing Haynes Andy Haynes lives in New York City now, but he remains the quintessential Seattle comedian. His subject matter, drawn from everyday life, is edgier and more sarcastic than that of the king of observational humo... More >
Luminous: The Art of Asia

By | Wed, October 19, 2011

The challenge for the handsomely mounted historical survey show "Luminous: The Art of Asia" is to pep up these selections from the vaults of SAAM, to blow off some of the dust of history and familiarity. Because what was new to SAM’s founder and c... More >
Visual Arts: SAM's Scrambled Survey of Asian Art

By Brian Miller | Wed, October 19, 2011

Hey, wait a minute; did I wander into the wrong museum? Up the escalators, past Cai Guo-Qiang's nine LED-pierced Ford Tauruses suspended from the ceiling, and into SAM's new fall show, I had the distinct impression I was on Capitol Hill instead. T... More >

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KyoungK

| Mon, November 15, 2010

Great exhibits throughout a whole year x every year = fun cultural experience. Staying tuned for events + shows + movies and more!

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ameier

| Tue, June 29, 2010

I'm looking forward to seeing their current exhibits!

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Kelsee

| Sun, May 09, 2010

Had a lot of fun visiting this place! Great modern art and a good collection of traditional art.

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yohannisb

| Sat, April 24, 2010

For a broad survey of art along many dimensions (historically, geographically, among others), this is where to catch it in seattle! be on the look out for the temporary exhibitions--they're often interesting and rarely inaccessible to non-art types like me! also, first thursdays of each month are free!

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Marisa Willis

| Sat, April 17, 2010

First Thursday is awesome at SAM! Seattle Weekly is there for Art for All and Art of Jazz every month!

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