"...in the context of art history, it was more of the nature of a new fashion, rather than a significant rebellion."

​Mary Randlett produced iconic, black-and-white portraits of the leading lights of the Northwest cultural scene, including painters Mark Tobey and Morris Graves and writers Theodore Roethke and Tom Robbins, and her landscape photography was celebrated in books and exhibitions.
Photo credit: (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 2007)

Over half a century, in a daily studio practice, Robert C. Jones patiently pursued a lush, poetic vision built up with layers of loose, lyrical paint, for which he achieved awards and recognition.

Artist Robert C. Jones with his painting “Persia” at Francine Seders Gallery in 2005.
​(Betty Udesen / The Seattle Times)

Theresa Papanikolas, who starts in her new role in January, is only SAM’s second curator of American art.

Labor-intensive, visually compelling works by the Bahamian artist seem to challenge outworn heroes and cultural assumptions of the Western canon, yet some of Strachan’s simplest pieces may be his most pleasing.

In "slipstream," an exhibition of Mary Ann Peters' works at the James Harris Gallery, this longtime presence on the Seattle art scene turns her energestic imagination to the migration crisis.