Slog - Comments on Wing(s) of SAM Closed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed I'm remiss in not yet writing about The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece, which opened Saturday at Seattle Art Museum. (I'll make up for that later today.) But there's another SAM question I want to address. The 16th-century wood room on the fourth floor is closed, and so is the room adjacent to it (with the Uccello). Beneath them on the third floor, Gary Hill's installation has been removed, the area taped off. When I asked a guard what was going on, he said there was a water leak in the museum. But SAM spokeswoman Cara Egan says... Copyright 2008 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:47:30 -0800 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:19:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by JW I wish them luck with that circulation thing. If only they had razed the Venturi building and started over during this most recent expansion.

]]> JW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913425 Visual Art Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:04:31 -0800 Comment by madDog Heres a thought for circulation--have better shows!!!

]]> madDog http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913427 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913427 Visual Art Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:05:43 -0800 Comment by superyeadon Not getting the full story here.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913493 Visual Art Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:54:00 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves @3: Email me? jgraves@thestranger.com

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913495 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913495 Visual Art Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:55:36 -0800 Comment by max solomon venturi should be sued.

or the SAM should sue itself.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913674 Visual Art Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:37:58 -0800 Comment by superyeadon No, I mean that I doubt I just read the full story. Just a gut feeling. I don't have super double top secret info or anything.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913821 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c913821 Visual Art Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:15:38 -0800 Comment by MarkyMark I was running around there Sunday noting a surprising number of closed-off areas. The place was definitely feeling a bit shrunken, since the entire Special Exhibitions area is also closed for next month's Roman-stuff-from-the-Louvre exhibit.

Its funny how the original entrance lobby and the entire staircase is now just an enormous amount totally wasted space. I wonder what will be happening there in 10 years time. The whole thing could be turned into something like a free sculpture gallery.

]]> MarkyMark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c914426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/wings_of_sam_closed#c914426 Visual Art Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:19:33 -0800