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Visual Art

Seattle Art Museum and the Age of Exploration(s)

by Jen Graves • Aug 15, 2011 at 9:36 am

The current big exhibition is Beauty and Bounty: American Art in an Age of Exploration. I thought it rang a bell. You might remember Spain in the Age of Exploration: 1492-1819 (from 2004). It seems that SAM wants to be an explorer in the realm of exploration.

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