Visual Arts

Crowds walk through “I Am Here” by LMNts: Plamena Milusheva, Scott Crawford and Chris Savage?on the Lake Union Park walking bridge during Borealis, a Festival of Light, in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. The festival features light installations, multimedia video mapping showcases, live music, beer gardens, food trucks and street art performances from October 11-14, 2018. For more information, visit: https://borealisfestivaloflight.com.
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October 12, 2018 at 9:27 am

Borealis: a ‘magical, light, beautiful’ art event in South Lake Union VIEW

"Borealis, a Festival of Light" features video-projection mapping and much more. It runs through Sunday.

Local News

In a photo provided by Sotheby’s, the moment when Banksy’s “Girl with Balloon” was destroyed by a remote-control shredder, at Sotheby’s. The British street artist Banksy appeared to pull off one of his most spectacular pranks, with a frame that shredded his “Girl With Balloon” after it sold for $1.4 million at an auction. (Sotheby’s via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY BANKSY PAINTING DESTROYED BY SCOTT REYBURN FOR OCT. 7, 2018. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

October 6, 2018 at 4:34 pm

Banksy painting self-destructs after fetching $1.4 million at Sotheby’s

British street artist Banksy appeared to pull off one of his most spectacular pranks, with a frame that shredded his “Girl With Balloon” after it...

Nation & World

Borealis, a Festival of Light is expected to feature video projection mapping onto the facade of MOHAI, similar to this show from Schlosslichtspiele 2016 in Karlsruhe, Germany.

October 3, 2018 at 6:00 am

South Lake Union will become the U.S. test site for a European art craze with Borealis, a Festival of Light

Video projection-mapping competitions have been huge in Europe for over a decade, but the U.S. has been lagging behind — until now. Borealis, a Festival...

October 2, 2018 at 8:24 am

French court rules Pissarro painting belongs to Jewish heirs

PARIS (AP) — A Paris appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling ordering an American couple to return a Camille Pissarro painting to the descendants...

Nation & World

September 28, 2018 at 8:52 am

French scholar names model for artist Courbet’s famous nude VIEW

For 150 years, it wasn't known who modeled for a famous nude painting by Gustave Courbet. A French literature expert says he's stumbled upon the...

Nation & World

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR PARKWOOD ENTERTAINMENT – Beyonce and JAY Z perform during the Beyonce and Jay Z – On the Run tour at Stade De France on Friday, Sept. 13, 2014, in Paris, France. (Photo by Rob Hoffman/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment/AP Images) INVL

September 26, 2018 at 6:00 am

Everything you need to know about the hottest tickets in town: Seattle events for October 2018 VIEW

From a Beyoncé and Jay-Z concert to an evening with comedian Phoebe Robinson, our Seattle Times arts writers dish on next month’s most buzzworthy arts-and-entertainment...

Entertainment

In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, photo The Huntington’s senior paintings conservator, Christina O’Connell, examines “The Blue Boy” painting, made around 1770 by the English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), through a Haag-Streit surgical microscope at “Project Blue Boy” exhibit in the Thornton Portrait Gallery at The Huntington in San Marino, Calif. Beginning Saturday, Sept. 22, visitors to The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens can see conservator Christina O’Connell repair Thomas Gainsborough’s priceless portrait of a boy dressed all in blue. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

September 22, 2018 at 4:07 pm

Iconic painting ‘Blue Boy’ getting major 250th-birthday makeover

The painting hasn’t had a substantial restoration in at least 97 years, and over time it’s become a bit torn and tattered, some colors have...

Nation & World

September 19, 2018 at 7:37 pm

Robert Venturi, architect of Seattle Art Museum, dies at 93

The Seattle Art Museum, which opened in 1991 and was later incorporated into a larger building by Allied Works Architecture has elements of classical architecture...

Nation & World

September 19, 2018 at 7:10 pm

Artist Natalie Ball wins Seattle Art Museum’s 2018 Betty Bowen Award

The Seattle Art Museum has named multidisciplinary artist Natalie Ball as the winner of the 2018 Betty Bowen Award, which comes with a no-strings-attached cash...

Credit: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Barney A. Ebsworth
Title: Chop Suey
Maker: Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Date: 1929
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 32 x38 in
This is one of SAM’s new acquisitions, but it will NOT be on view immediately when the museum opens. It’s on tour with a Hopper exhibition.

September 19, 2018 at 6:26 pm

'Chop Suey' won't go to Seattle Art Museum as had been promised

Edward Hopper's famous "Chop Suey" painting, long promised to Seattle Art Museum, will apparently be auctioned off instead.