SEATTLE — The Seattle Art Museum has a fresh set of eyes, and hands! It's new director, Scott Stulen has been selected to take on the role of overseeing operations at the downtown SAM, the ...

The first Ai Weiwei retrospective in the U.S. in over a decade is now on display at the Seattle Art Museum. The show features 130 works from the 1980s to 2020s, and will run from March 12 to ...

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Here’s what will replace SAM’s beloved tree sculpture A large piece of “Middle Fork,” at center foreground, is taken down from the Seattle Art Museum lobby on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Seattle.

The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) and its security guard union have reached an agreement. The news follows a 12-day strike and more than two years of negotiations.

The museum’s last wage offer was $23.25 per hour (going up to $26.41 by 2027), above Seattle’s minimum wage but below the $28.70 needed to earn a “living wage” in the Seattle-Tacoma ...

The artwork will remain in SAM's lobby until February 2025, when deinstallation will begin. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times, 2018) The Seattle Art Museum’s giant tree is coming down.

The union representing Seattle Art Museum security staff voted Tuesday to authorize a strike. The union plans to strike on Nov. 29 if a contract is not reached.

However, his role will primarily focus on the Seattle Asian Art Museum, SAM's original home and its current hub for Asian art and culture. Rio succeeds Xiaojin Wu, who served in the position from ...