The Seattle Art Museum’s growing collection contains over 25,000 works of art from around the world, with additional rotating exhibits bringing even more pieces to Seattle art enthusiasts. Stop by today to check out these temporary exhibits before they’re gone or check out the permanent offerings. View more at SAM.

Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism – open Oct. 23-Jan. 18, 2026
Featuring more than 50 works by artists ranging from Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro, to Eugène Boudin, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and Victor Gabriel Gilbert, this exhibition looks back at the Age of Impressionism through the lens of French culinary tradition.

Chris Kallmyer: Song Cycle – Open Jan. 10, 2026-Jan. 9, 2028
Song Cycle is a kinetic sculpture featuring ever-changing poetry. Part imagined, part remembered, and part observed, the revolving text is continually inscribed and reinscribed by a 256-character split-flap readymade sign reminiscent of the arrival and departure boards seen at airports and train stations in the 20th century.

Samantha Yun Wall: What We Leave Behind – Open Feb. 5-Oct. 4, 2026
Samantha Yun Wall’s new paintings use overlapping silhouettes of female figures as portals to unknown spaces and different temporal realms.

Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest – Open March 5-Aug. 2, 2026
This exhibition retells the story of Northwest Modernism to reveal its range, complexity, and significance within the context of American Modernism.

Tariqa Waters: Venus is Missing – open through Jan. 4, 2026
In an era dominated by convenience, Tariqa Waters observes a world saturated with vivid colors, preservatives, and synthetic tastes—all ensconced in the luxurious veil of capitalist dogma and unchecked excess.

Diego Cibelli: The Triumph of Nature Over Man’s Folly – open through May 10, 2026
Contemporary artist Diego Cibelli presents a site-specific response to the ceiling fresco in SAM’s ornate Porcelain Room, The Triumph of Valor over Time by Giovanni Tiepolo. This project is guest curated by Christian Larsen, a cultural historian and independent curator.

Ash-Glazed Ceramics from Korea and Japan – open through July 12, 2027
This exhibition brings together 34 ceramic artworks featuring ash glaze, all drawn from the Seattle Art Museum’s remarkable holdings of Japanese and Korean art.