SAM (@seattleartmuseum)

Seattle fever dream loading 💭🌲🔮 Get ready to be hypnotized by "Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest" tonight at SAM Remix. There's only a few tickets left—float on over to visitsam.org/remix now!

Since it's a long wait until @seattlestorm's season starts and we can't watch the SuperSonics . . .

Step right up! 🎪 There’s more to this circus than meets the eye. "Karon Davis: Not My Circus" is now open at the Seattle Art Museum! In this new exhibition, multimedia LA-based artist Karon Davis transforms the galleries into a big top with dramatic installations. Her striking plaster-cast…

Everyone knows it's World Paper Day. Not everyone knows about this paper conservation PSA we made for the SAM workplace in 2008. ♻️ (If this gets enough likes, we'll consider releasing the additional 4 minutes of paper-related sketches.) [📹: Aaron Bourget]

Happy halloween from a few of the Goya ghouls haunting our galleries. We thought these terrifying prints set to the sound of"Dragula" would be a fitting monster mash-up. Would Goya enjoy the stylings of Rob Zombie? Please discuss. 👻 [🎨: Installation views of "SAM on Paper: Goya's Los Caprichos" at…

Death is in the details. 💀💀💀 In this massive artwork, Mexican printmaker Artemio Rodriguez uses Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) imagery to conjure a world turned upside-down, where skeletons torture the living, skewering current moral lapses and vices in society. This haunting linocut…

A game we didn't expect to play during renovations: What's! In! That! Wall! During renovations to the Seattle Art Museum, our Capital Projects team discovered an eclectic assortment of vintage . . . trash. This "memorabilia" from 1991 (along with a second box full of SAM treasures) is going back…

See a three-film series through the lens of Autumn Durald Arkapaw starting this weekend! Tickets are selling fast . . . and one is already sold out. 🤯 This year, Durald Arkapaw made history as the first woman and person of color to win the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. To celebrate, join…

You think you know ceramics? Wait until you meet the Kondō family. Each of the four artists featured in "The Kondō Family: Storytellers in Clay" brought their own spin to traditional ceramics. The result? A boundary-pushing collection rooted in tradition and shaped by innovation. Plan your visit…

Step into the Studio at SAM to experience this stunning 16-foot tapete, created with sand, stencils, and a powerful story. Every fall, Seattle-based Zapotec artist Fulgencio Lazo and his team create a vibrant tapete, or sand painting, at the Seattle Art Museum to reflect the spirit of Día de los…

Hang out. Make art. Have fun. All at the Studio at SAM. Part hands-on print shop, part events lounge, the Studio at SAM transforms our fourth floor into a space to create and connect. At the heart of the Studio is a working print shop: learn and create alongside local artists Fulgencio Lazo…

AI could never. Hoping this SAM ad from 1985 still has legs. 🔗 visitsam.org

🔊 Sound on for artwork ASMR. Located in the Seattle Art Museum's Brotman Forum, Chris Kallmyer's "Song Cycle" blends poetry and sound using a 256-character split-flap readymade sign. The kinetic sculpture features ever-changing text that gently clatters amidst museum activity. [ 🎨: "Song Cycle,"…

The Studio at SAM, now open at the Seattle Art Museum! 🎨 Hang out, make art, and have fun. 🔗 Find the full schedule for print shop hours, live music, and more at visitsam.org/studio.

Get carded! Attend three Keanu Reeves films at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and receive one whoa-worthy t-shirt. 🔗 visitsam.org/films

Some messages are timeless, like this PSA made in 2018 by the inimitable @weirddogproductions. And while we're at it: please no rollerblading indoors. 🙏

Everyday objects turned into works of art. Artist Tara Donovan shares the surprising visual effect achieved using stir sticks (yes, stir sticks!) in her work. See it up close "Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan" at the Seattle Art Museum.

Go see "hawks" and go @seahawks!

If I fits, I sits. New furniture at the Olympic Sculpture Park now available for your posterior's pleasure. Please sit responsibly.

These ceramic works will put you in a trance. 🌀 Warning: Before you enter "The Kondō Family: Storytellers in Clay," just know that the art—including sculpted figures brought to life with metallic glaze—will follow you long after you leave. Head to the Seattle Asian Art Museum to see how three…

Olympic Sculpture Park, a princess? Shut up! Thanks to SAM's collaborative efforts with Studio Matthews, our beloved waterfront park now looks like royalty. Queen Clarisse would be proud. 👑

We're not ready for summer to end. 😢 The past few months have been filled to the brim with activity: ☀️ We hosted dozens of local artists and performers for Summer at SAM; 🫎 @marinermoose visited Fresh Off the Field; ⚾ Our director and CEO Scott Stulen threw out the first pitch for the SAM…

Who's with us?? ✋

It's Leo season and "Lion Stool" has a lot to say. 🦁 Before the astrology girlies come for us, Lion Stool does not know when mercury is in retrograde. Lion Stool just knows how to open mouth. Visit "Animal Intelligence" at the Seattle Art Museum for more about the history of this jaw-dropping…

Every great course deserves great commentary. That's why legendary Seattle sportscaster Kevin Calabro lent his iconic play-by-play voice to our drone flyover of Mini Golf at Olympic Sculpture Park. 🎙️⛳ Take a tour of all nine artist-designed holes, then see if your game lives up to the call…

That's a lot of dam watercolors. Come see the series in "Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest" at the Seattle Art Museum—closing August 2!

We love the enthusiasm of our youngest visitors. Gentle hands, please!!

Seattle Art Fair 2026 is a hole-in-one! ⛳ This weekend, swing by our @seattleartfair booth and pick up a club to win some SAM swag. Plus, @atsamgallery has amazing works by local artists on view, available to buy or rent. Don't miss this beloved event at Lumen Field Event Center, celebrating the…

Art city over here. 🖼️🖼️🖼️ #museumtok #artmuseum #nathanforyou

He's just a boy ⚾ 🥺 Help us sell enough tickets to @mariners night July 31 and get Scott to the mound. There's a free limited edition Mariners x SAM t-shirt in it for you! 🔗 Get tickets & details at mariners.com/sam #seattle #mariners #baseballszn #artsport #artsports