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Past Exhibitions

 

Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949–78 
June 25–September 7, 2009
 

 

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery 
February 26–May 25, 2009
 

 

George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings 
February 26–May 25, 2009
 

 

Edward Hopper's Women 
November 13, 2008–March 1, 2009
 

 

S'abadeb—The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists 
October 24, 2008–January 11, 2009
 

 

Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past 
June 19–September 21, 2008
 

 

Roman Art from the Louvre 
February 21–May 11, 2008
 

 

The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece 
January 26–April 6, 2008
 

 

Japan Envisions the West:
16th–19th Century Japanese Art from Kobe City Museum
 
October 11, 2007–January 6, 2008
 

 

Gaylen Hansen: Three Decades of Paintings 
October 11, 2007–January 6, 2008
 

 

SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle 
May 5–September 9, 2007
 

 

Five Masterpieces of Asian Art 
The Story of their Conservation
May 5–September 9, 2007
 

 

SAM Next: Corin Hewitt 
April 4–October 18, 2009
 

 

Andrew Wyeth: Remembrance 
June 25–October 18, 2009
 

 

Titus Kaphar: History in the Making 
April 3–September 7, 2009
 

 

Young Americans 
Video Installation
March 19–August 30, 2009
 

 

Tack and Jibe 
November 21, 2008–May 4, 2009
 

 

Black Art 
May 2, 2008–March 15, 2009
 

 

SAM Next: Enrico David 
November 8, 2008–March 15, 2009
 

 

Thermostat: Video and the Pacific Northwest 
August 5, 2008–February 5, 2009
 

 

Smoke and Mirrors 
May 10–November 9, 2008
 

 

SAM Next: Oscar Tuazon and Eli Hansen 
April 19–October 26, 2008
 

 

Fresh Impressionism 
May 27–September 21, 2008
 

 

Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur 
January 29–April 26, 2009
 

 

Inspired Simplicity: Contemporary Art from Korea 
July 19–December 7, 2008
 

 

Vik Muniz: Reflex 
November 9, 2006–January 15, 2007
 

 

Discovering Buddhist Art—Seeking the Sublime 
Asian Art from SAM's Permanent Collection
July 18, 2003–December 21, 2008
 

 

Su-Mei Tse: East Wind 
April 5–December 7, 2008
 

 

Pattern Richness in Modern Japanese Textiles 
February 15, 2007–July 6, 2008
 

   

Su-Mei Tse: East Wind 
April 5, 2008
 

 

Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art 
August 9–December 2, 2007
 

 

Ink in Motion:
The Art of Sio Ieng Ng
 
August 9–December 2, 2007
 

 

Of Nature and Friendship: Modern Chinese Paintings from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection 
February 15–July 15, 2007
 

 

Shirin Neshat: Tooba 
January 14, 2006–July 1, 2007
 

 

American Art Deco and the Seattle Art Museum 
May 4, 2006–January 15, 2007
 

 

Dennis Oppenheim: Safety Cones 
May 17–October 26, 2008
 

 

Art in the Park 
January 20, 2007–May 20, 2008
 

 

 

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