Stranger Review: Business as Usual

Jen Graves’ excellent review in the Stranger of the Henry exhibition  Business as Usual discusses both the work’s  content and some of the back stories about the actual factory workers that are the stars of the video.  There is also reference to a great interview by Jordan Stroum with Cao Fei from Fillip. In the [...]

Cao Fei and the next season of Art 21

and more on her website RMB City.

Heat Wave (The Henry is COOL)

I should refrain from communicating publicly on behalf of the Henry today – as I haven’t had a real night’s sleep in many days.  (Hot tip – put your pillow in the freezer.) Non-Seattleites – we are experiences a real candystorm of sunshine here in “rainy, gray, gloomy” Seattle.  Just wanted to let YOU know, [...]

Henry Exhibitions on Another Bouncing Ball Blog

Another Bouncing Ball, a blog by former Seattle PI art critic Regina Hackett, featured 4 blog posts about the current exhibitions at the Henry. Inside-Out Jasper Johns Business as Usual Panda

Legalize Frostitution

I am a big fan of Cupcake Royale. It used to be because of the ever-so-moist cake and buttery frosting goodness. Now it’s because of the unbeatable combination of art + dessert. On Tuesday, Cupcake Royale opened its fourth location in the Seattle area at 1111 E. Pike on Capitol Hill. The line was out [...]

7th Ave Window Project — ACT WANTS YOU!

Newsflash and opportunity for artists from ACT! (In short – they want art installations in their giant 7th Avenue Window) ACT 7th Ave Window Project, Presented by The Central Heating Lab at ACT. ACT Theatre and the Central Heating Lab at ACT have introduced a new tradition in the Seattle arts community, and we want [...]

Listen Up. (Free concert!)

Henry Collections on the WWW Can You DIG It?

Check out the Henry’s new digital interactive galleries (DIG). The first exhibition featured in the DIG is from the Costume and Textile Collection.  In the DIG you will find pieces from the collection as well as a super sweet tool that links the collection with Google Earth and allows you to see where the pieces [...]

Inside-Out Exhibition Featured on University Week

Story today on uweek.org talks about the Inside-Out exhibition and the part that Sylvia Wolf played in creating it. “For a new exhibition of photographic portraits from its own permanent collections, the Henry Art Gallery had a nationally known photography curator right at hand — its own director, Sylvia Wolf.” – Peter Kelley, uweek.org

Emerald Spires & Golden Scarves

This past weekend the Seattle Sounders FC embraced their inner artist and honored a local legend. To commemorate the visits of 2 of the soccer worlds legendary clubs (Chelsea FC & FC Barcelona) the Sounders commissioned local artist Dale Chihuly to create a token of appreciation to be presented to the visiting teams.  Chihuly himself [...]