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Woven Being

Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

By Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Jordan Poorman Cocker, Janet Dees

Takes a collaborative approach to prioritize the voices of indigenous artists of Chicagoland

Zhegagoynak, also called Chicagoland, has long been an Indigenous cultural and economic hub. It is the traditional homeland of the Council of Three...

The Tlingit in Sitka

The Photography of Elbridge W. Merrill

By Sergei Kan

A rare window into the changing lives of Native Alaskans between the late 1800s and 1920s

Lured north by the Klondike gold rush, Elbridge W. Merrill settled in Sitka, Alaska, and took up a career as a...

Brilliant Color

Glass Innovation and Design

By Amy Mchugh

Explores a glassmaking color revolution and its creators, inspired by nature and chemistry

Between 1880 and 1930, glass designers and manufacturers created vibrant and striking colors inspired by nature, objects from rediscovered cultures, and hues of...

Gathering

The Carl and Betty Pforzheimer Collection of Studio Glass

By Sarah N. Chasse and Lan Morgan

A lavishly illustrated book highlighting some of the best works of contemporary studio glass

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, is the oldest continually operating museum in the United States and has been collecting...

John Young

The History Projects

By Olivier Krischer

Anne Dangar

By Rebecca Edwards

The first major publication dedicated to Australia's leading cubist potter

The Australian cubist and potter Anne Dangar (1885–1951) has occupied a unique position in art history as one of the country’s most important yet underacknowledged modern...

Cao Fei

My City Is Yours

By Ruby Arrowsmith-Todd, Yin Cao

Discover the surreal humor and cyber futurism of Cao Fei's visionary art

Cao Fei is one of the most innovative artists to have emerged on the international stage, known for work that charts the breakneck urbanization,...

Nusra Latif Qureshi

Birds in Far Pavilions

By Matt Cox

A richly illustrated publication examining the artist's process, inspirations, and significance

Nusra Latif Qureshi is a Melbourne-based artist best known for her finely crafted contemporary musaviri, or miniature paintings. Drawing on both historical and contemporary references,...

Magritte

By Nicholas Chambers

Published in association with a major survey of the work of the pioneering Belgian surrealist artist

René Magritte is renowned for his thought-provoking and enigmatic paintings that challenge perceptions of reality. His exploration of the subconscious...

Joe Feddersen

Earth, Water, Sky

By heather ahtone, Rachel Allen

Presents the diverse work of an Indigenous artist of the Pacific Northwest

Joe Feddersen (b. 1953; Arrow Lakes/Okanagan, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) is an American artist whose work is informed by his relationship to...

Angelica Mesiti

The Rites of When

By Angelica Mesiti

A contemporary reimagining of solstice traditions by the renowned Australian video artist

Angelica Mesiti is one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists. Celebrated for her distinctive moving-image and sound-based works, the Sydney-born, Paris-based artist explores individual and...

Nancy Callan

Forces at Play

By Katie Buckingham, Gayle Clemens, Kim Harty

Celebrates the thoughtfulness, wit, and sense of wonder that are signatures of Callan’s work

Seeing glass through the eyes of Nancy Callan is a delight, and experiencing the material through her work is a master class...

Lesley Dumbrell

Thrum

By Anne Ryan, Anne Ryan, Terence Maloon, Juliette Peers, Consuelo Cavaniglia, Lesley Dumbrell

Tracing the phases and themes that have defined the artist's creative trajectory

Lesley Dumbrell (b. 1941) is one of Australia’s most remarkable abstract artists. A stalwart of the women's art movement in the 1970s, Dumbrell is...

Out of Site

Survey Science and the Hidden West

By Amy Scott, William L. Fox, Mark Klett, Hillary Mushkin, Britt Salvesen, Kim Stringfellow, Jason Weems, Will Wilson

Out of Site explores the invisible landscapes of the American West through the interwoven forces of art and technology over the past 170 years. This interdisciplinary project features an array of visual media, including historical, modern,...

Determined to Be

The Sculpture of John Rhoden

By Brittany Webb, Sylvea Hollis, Katelyn D. Crawford, Greg Barnhisel, Rebecca Vandiver, Kelin Baldridge Smallwood, Hannah McCoy

This richly illustrated book celebrates the groundbreaking work of an African American sculptor

Determined to Be explores the work of prizewinning American sculptor John Walter Rhoden (1916–2001). When Rhoden was young, his talent caught the attention...

Louise Bourgeois

Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?

By Justin Paton, Jamieson Webster, Jane Campion, Chris Kraus, Philip Larratt-Smith

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was one of the most influential artists of the past century. Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day? explores the powerful emotional and formal...

Calder: In Motion

The Shirley Family Collection

By José Carlos Diaz

Showcases a collection that reflects the extraordinary variety and inventiveness of Calder’s oeuvre

In spring 2023 the Seattle Art Museum announced that patrons Jon and Kim Shirley had generously gifted the Shirley Family Collection to the...

Barbara Earl Thomas

The Illuminated Body

By Carolyn Swan Needell

Features work across a wide range of artistic mediums including paper, glass, and Tyvek

A talented visual storyteller, Barbara Earl Thomas has drawn from history, literature, folklore, mythology, and biblical stories over her forty-year career to...

Hoda Afshar

A Curve Is a Broken Line

By Isobel Parker Philip, Behrouz Boochani, Taous Dahmani, Shahram Khosravi, Isobel Parker Philip, Sarah Sentilles, Andrew Brooks, Astrid Lorange, Elyas Alavi, Hala Alyan

Through her photographs, Hoda Afshar examines the politics of image making. Deeply researched yet emotionally sensitive, her bodies of work are a form of activism as much as an artistic inquiry. Alert to the duplicity...

Full Light and Perfect Shadow

The Photography of Chao-Chen Yang

By David F. Martin

Celebrates the work of an influential Asian American photographer

This is the first study of the work of Chao-Chen Yang (1909–1969), an important Seattle photographer who gained national prominence in the mid-twentieth century.

Born in Hangzhou,...