Exploring the Outdoors, Virtually, at SAM

Exploring the Outdoors, Virtually, at SAM

Beauty and Bounty is the title of Seattle Art Museum’s summer exhibit, running through September 11. It’s art from an age of American exploration, when our early-warning artists twigged to the public interest in what sights the frontier held, and to the fragility of what feels like raw wilderness. SAM’s Derrick Cartwright mentioned the “enormous physical beauty” that drew artists out on endurance expeditions, hauling supplies out where there were no roads. Continue reading Exploring the Outdoors, Virtually, at SAM