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Robert Mapplethorpe Henry Art Gallery	Every week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., October 24 until Sun., January 31, 11:00am-4:00pm more dates/times	University District	Art Art - Museums Art - Ongoings
Shooting with a Polaroid, as Robert Mapplethorpe gradually learned photography in the early ’70s, meant that his first draft was the final draft, his sketch the finished product. In these 90 small, black-and-white squares, you can see him searching for his own style. Mainly, however,... More >>

Michelangelo, Public and Private Seattle Art Museum	Every week Thursday, Friday from Thu., October 22 until Sun., January 31, 10:00am more dates/times	Downtown	Art Art - Museums Art - Ongoings
On loan from the Casa Buonarroti in Florence (which bears the artist's surname), these studies and sketches for the Sistine Chapel amount to a lot of presentation of very little work. The finished ceiling, painted during 1508-12, is what matters; and there's a large photo of the final product.... More >>

Allan Sekula Henry Art Gallery	Every week Thursday, Friday from Thu., October 8 until Sun., January 31, 11:00am-9:00pm more dates/times	University District	Art Art - Museums Art - Ongoings
Ten years later, what exactly did the WTO protests accomplish? Paul Schell and Norm Stamper lost their jobs after the tear gas wafted away. Charlize Theron later starred in the Crash-like melodrama Battle in Seattle. But if we’re not mistaken, globalization continues even more inexorably;... More >>

Luis Tomasello James Harris Gallery	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., October 8 until Sat., November 14, 11:00am-5:00pm	Pioneer Square	Art Art - Galleries Art - Ongoings
Like a rigorous blast of modernism from the past, this 94-year-old Argentine's work is all about geometry and viewing angle. His wall-mounted arrays of raised pegs, squares, cylinders, and nubs are white-on-white or gray-on-gray. Viewed frontally, you can't see the patterns or varying relief.... More >>

Bridge Between Cultures King Street Center	Daily	International District	Art
With coal cars and commuter trains rumbling beneath, the Weller Street Overpass connecting the ID to King Street Station isn’t a place where pedestrians tend to linger. Racing across Fourth Avenue South from offices at Amazon.com to catch the last Sound Transit train home, their haste is... More >>

Wondrous Cold Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture	Daily from Sat., October 3 until Sun., November 29, 10:00am-5:00pm	University District	Art Art - Museums Family Events Museum Exhibits & Events
Penguins and dinosaurs, together at last! The former are photographed by Joan Myers in the traveling Smithsonian show "Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey," and the latter are represented by fossils that UW researchers have added to the exhibition. Myers actually emphasizes the landscape over... More >>

Echo Kane Hall	Daily, 7:00am-5:00pm	University District	Art Art - Ongoings
As you climb to the second floor of Kane Hall, Jeffrey Simmons' Echo, a circular painting 11 feet in diameter, rises like a moon over the stairway railing and dramatically takes command of the hallway by the Walker Ames Room. A common (and reasonable) complaint about abstract painting is... More >>

Tim Roda Greg Kucera Gallery	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., October 1 until Sat., November 14, 10:30am-5:30pm	Pioneer Square	Art Art - Galleries Art - Ongoings
Trained at the UW and today based in New York, Tim Roda incorporates himself, his wife, and his kids in most of the black-and-white photographs on display here. They’re mostly tableaux, ad-hoc stagings or recreations of what appear to be classical themes. His older son, about 10, stares... More >>

Drew Daly Greg Kucera Gallery	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., October 1 until Sat., November 14, 10:00am-5:30pm	Pioneer Square	Art Art - Galleries Art - Ongoings
We’re accustomed to seeing dead sharks and sliced-up anatomy in the gallery, but what to make of sectioned orange Spaulding basketballs? Suspended in blocks of clear resin and Plexiglas, the balls are quartered like shanks of meat. They’ve been pulled apart and... More >>

Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act Seattle Art Museum	Every week Thursday, Friday from Thu., October 15 until Sun., April 11, 10:00am-9:00pm more dates/times	Downtown	Art Art - Ongoings
Culled mostly from the collection of local SAM benefactors John and Mary Shirley, this is a show you'd rather see outdoors--perhaps with Calder's Eagle at the Olympic Sculpture Park. Black circles on the floor indicate the forbidden zone where, if you ventured inside, one of Calder's giant... More >>

Changing Form Kerry Park	Daily	Queen Anne	Art Art - Ongoings
The most popular viewpoint in the city is often a bore for kids. Whenever I walk up to Kerry Park, on the south prow of Queen Anne Hill, shutterbugs, wedding parties, and sightseers are intent on the panoramic view. Watch what the children do, however, when they squirm free of parental grasp or... More >>

Northwest Emerging Artists Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Thu., October 1 until Thu., December 31, 5:00am-7:00pm	Downtown	Art Art - Galleries Art - Ongoings
Among the 17 local artists represented in the second Seattle City Light Portable Works collection, the droll landscape photographs of Adam Satushek and the tweaked Audubon-style bird paintings of Justin Gibbens are standouts. The real eye-grabber, though, probably cost $10 in materials and took... More >>

Laura Musselman Solo	Sat., November 7, 8:00pm more dates/times	Queen Anne	Art Art - Ongoings Art Openings & Events
After several years of traveling around her native Midwest in pursuit of Northwest bands like The Long Winters and Death Cab for Cutie, SW contributing photographer Laura Musselman finally decided to relocate to Seattle. That was three years ago. After that, “I took my camera every time I... More >>

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Dan Hawkins: From Industry to Information Form/Space Atelier	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., October 9 until Sun., November 8	Belltown	Art Art - Ongoings

Arts Gumbo 2009: An African Harvest Celebration for Families Rainier Valley Cultural Arts Center	Daily from Fri., November 6 until Sun., November 8	Rainier Valley	Art Family Events

Amy Rice: You May Be Surprised at What You Grow to Love Bluebottle Art Gallery & Store	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., November 3 until Sun., November 29	Capitol Hill	Art Art - Ongoings Art Openings & Events

Alexis Chavez: On Safari Pogacha of Bellevue	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., October 3 until Sat., November 14	Bellevue	Art Art - Ongoings

Jeremy B. Davies: Beefcaso Art/Not Terminal Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., October 10 until Sun., November 15	Belltown	Art Art - Ongoings

Changes Kirkland Arts Center	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., October 9 until Thu., November 19	Kirkland	Art Art - Ongoings

Karen Sargsyan: Abroad Understanding Ambach and Rice	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., October 24 until Sat., November 28	Ballard	Art Art - Ongoings Art Openings & Events

Thuy-Van Vu: Accumulations G. Gibson Gallery	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., October 15 until Sat., November 21	Pioneer Square	Art Art - Ongoings

Maylee Noah & Spike Mafford: Vida Mirada: Photographs of Oaxaca & Michoacan Gallery 110	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Wed., October 28 until Sat., November 21	Pioneer Square	Art Art - Ongoings Art Openings & Events

Evan Blackwell: Lost in Space Gallery4Culture	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Thu., November 5 until Fri., November 27	Pioneer Square	Art Art - Ongoings Art Openings & Events

Tess Martin: A Moment's Reverie & Gaijin/ The Foreigner Gallery4Culture	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., November 5 until Fri., November 27	Pioneer Square	Art Art - Ongoings Art Openings & Events

Ken Kelly: Painting Howard House	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., November 5 until Sat., November 28	Downtown	Art Art - Ongoings Art Openings & Events