Thursday, March 05, 2026

2026.3.5. First Thursday at Seattle Art Museum

3/5 Thursday. Two new exhibitions at SAM.

Beyond Mysticism - the modern northwest is quite a large collection, focus on PNW artist or scenary. However, there're a couple of Dalí's paintings. Quite fun to see. I like fanciful imagery. The local artist Malcolm Roberts is new to me, very Dalí like paintings. I'm very disappointed that Wikipedia doesn't have a proper article on him. I also like Reginald Marsh's fun depiction of indoor scenes in NYC.

In the middle of this special exhibition is a "living room" fit with paintings on the walls and books on shelves. Quite cozy.

Another exhibition is a solor show of Samantha Yun Wall. Very stylish, creative, all black and white. Shadows, hands, eyes. I quite like these. Wall is the winner of SAM's Betty Bowen award for Northwest artists.