Press Materials

Welcome to the Seattle Art Museum Press Room. On this page you may access press materials for current, upcoming and past exhibitions, as well as recent news releases. If you require images or further information, please contact the SAM Public Relations office at pr@seattleartmuseum.org.

Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise Press Kit

2012–2013 Exhibition Highlights

• SEATTLE ART MUSEUM’S OLYMPIC SCULPTURE PARK CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS
  Release January 12, 2012
• SEATTLE ART MUSEUM IS THE ONLY U.S. VENUE FOR GAUGUIN AND POLYNESIA: AN ELUSIVE PARADISE
  Release January 9, 2012
• Seattle Art Museum Announces Two New 17th-Century European Acquisitions
  Release December 20, 2011
• SEATTLE ART MUSEUM PRESENTS SOLO EXHIBITION OF CHICAGO BASED ARTIST THEASTER GATES
  Release November 21, 2011
• SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM PRESENTS SEATTLE OF THE 1930S THROUGH THE EYES OF FIRST GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICAN ARTISTS
  Release September 22, 2011
• SEATTLE ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES JENNY HEISHMAN AS 2011 BETTY BOWEN AWARD WINNER
  Release September 13, 2011
• CATHARINA MANCHANDA HIRED AS SAM’S NEW CURATOR FOR MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
  Release June 29, 2011
• SEATTLE ART MUSEUM’S PICASSO EXHIBITION GENERATED A $66 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT IN WASHINGTON STATE
  Release April 28, 2011
• SAM HONORS THEASTER GATES AS THE 2011-2012 GWENDOLYN KNIGHT AND JACOB LAWRENCE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT
  Release March 21, 2011
• PICASSO MASTERPIECES ON VIEW AT SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
  Release August 30, 2010
• New Installation by Trenton Doyle Hancock Takes Over the PACAAR Pavilion at Seattle Art Museum’s
  Olympic Sculpture Park
  Release August 20, 2010