The Arts

Seattle Art Museum is now the proud owner of its first work by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: “Colored Vases,” (2010), a cluster of earthenware vessels covered with industrial paint. You can see it starting April 5 at Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. From SAM: “By covering the surfaces with new paint, what is…

Betsy Fetherston will close her namesake gallery in early March, she has just announced. “Seattle has a rich and vital visual arts community, and I will continue to support it and encourage others as well,” she said in an email. The gallery was founded in 1997 as Ballard/Fetherston Gallery. It moved into the Seattle Design…

After more than two decades in business, Seattle gallery Grover/Thurston will close on May 17, co-owner Susan Grover announced in an email. The announcement gives

A couple of noteworthy arts awards: —The Henry announces Seattle artist Anne Fenton is the winner of the 2013 Brink Award. Fenton receives $12,500 and will have a solo exhibition at the Henry, accompanied by a publication next spring. The Henry will also add a Fenton work to its permanent collection. Fenton, the founder of Crawl…

The official lineup for Bumbershoot 2013 is below. Who are you excited to see? Saturday, August 31: Heart, Kendrick Lamar, Crystal Castles, Gary, Numan, Jason, Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience, Maceo Parker, !!!, Icona Pop, Joey Bada$$, Washed Out, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Thao + The Get Down Stay Down, Robert Glasper Experiment,…

With Seattle being such an active place, it’s no surprise that an arts organization thought up a trek that invites art lovers to sip culture rather than water along the (nonrunning) route. To wit: The “NEPO 5K Don’t Run” on Sept. 10. From 2-6 p.m., the public is invited to amble around site-specific…