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Frye Art Museum Seattle’s free art museum dedicated to exhibiting art from past to present. Admission to the Museum is always free.
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Located on Seattle’s First Hill, the Frye Art Museum first opened its doors in 1952 as the legacy of Charles and Emma Frye, prominent early-twentieth-century Seattle business leaders and art collectors. The collection includes nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century German and American paintings, as well as more contemporary works that bridge visual art, media, and installation. The Museum also hosts a wide variety of rotating exhibitions featuring local, national, and international artists. All visitors are welcome to join a wide variety of programming and events, from free daily tours to film screenings, concerts, artist lectures, and more. The Museum also features a Café serving made-from-scratch seasonal bites alongside beverages and desserts. The Museum Store features a curated collection of one-of-a-kind items from Pacific Northwest designers and artists.

10/15/2026

COMING SOON TO THE FRYE From a self-taught modernist to local talents on the rise, our spring exhibitions are putting the past in dialogue with the present and bringing the PNW into global focus.
Head to the “Upcoming Exhibitions” page on our website (or 🔗 in bio) for deep meditations on rock salt, a monumental cedar sculpture, sky-filled landscapes, and more!
What are you looking forward to?
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1. L: Nicole Eisenman. The Session (detail), 2008. Oil on canvas. 50 1/4 x 61 in. Collection of Albert Sebag. © Nicole Eisenman. Image courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jens Ziehe; R: Esther Hamerman. Polish Village (detail), n.d. Mixed media on canvas. 30 x 23 3/4 in. framed. Collection of Katherine A. Eisenman. Photo: Jueqian Fang; 2. Koak. The First Dream (detail), 2026. Graphite and casein on stone grey rag paper. 20 3/4 x 16 in. framed. Frye Art Museum, Museum purchase, 2026.004. Image courtesy of the artist, Perrotin, and Jessica Silverman; 3. Stefan Gonzales. Crystal Crater (detail), 2026. Dye sublimation aluminum prints. 24 x 36 in. Courtesy of the artist; 4. L: Eugène Boudin. Dordrecht, the Meuse seen from Swandrecht (detail), 1879. Oil on canvas. 15 x 18 1/8 in. Frye Art Museum, Founding Collection, Gift of Charles and Emma Frye, 1952.011. Photo: Jueqian Fang; R: Carleton E. Watkins. Three Brothers, Yosemite, California (detail), 19th-20th century. Albumen print. 12 1/16 x 8 1/16 in. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of Frederick B. Scheel; 5. Serrah Russell. towards empathy (The struggle to dream each other’s dreams) (detail), 2015. Photographic collage on paper. 17 x 14 in. Courtesy of the artist; 6. Top: Stefan Gonzales. Crystal Crater (detail), 2026. Dye sublimation aluminum prints. 24 x 36 in. Courtesy of the artist; Bottom: Nicole Eisenman. The Session (detail), 2008. Oil on canvas. 50 1/4 x 61 in. Collection of Albert Sebag. © Nicole Eisenman. Image courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jens Ziehe
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NicEisenman Not Anna, just Koak ;) Stefan Gonzales Serrah Russell Art

The museum may be closed, but there's a brand new Boren Banner from artist Blake Blanco for you to enjoy on our east fac...
10/14/2026

The museum may be closed, but there's a brand new Boren Banner from artist Blake Blanco for you to enjoy on our east facade!
🎭 Classical mythology meets the digital age in this reinterpretation of the Italian Renaissance engraving "Danae and the infant Perseus cast out to sea by Acrisius" (1543). Blanco made his composition in virtual reality through digital sketches before translating it into an oil painting.
Come check it our for yourself when you're up on First Hill!

[📷: Rachel Townsend]

The museum, MariPili at Café Frieda, & Frye Art Museum Store are closed Oct 14–23 while we install an exciting new set o...
10/13/2026

The museum, MariPili at Café Frieda, & Frye Art Museum Store are closed Oct 14–23 while we install an exciting new set of exhibitions. We can’t wait to welcome you back on Saturday, October 24!

Celebrate Indigenous art every day.Today at the Frye, installation begins on two new exhibitions that will fill the muse...
10/12/2026

Celebrate Indigenous art every day.

Today at the Frye, installation begins on two new exhibitions that will fill the museum with Indigenous art from over 100 years, spanning genres and generations, materials and origins.
"My Body is a Basket" opens Oct 24 and "An Indigenous Present opens Nov 7.

[1. Teresa Baker, Knife River, 2024. Yarn, buckskin, artificial sinew, and willow on AstroTurf. 63 x 107 inches. © Teresa Baker. Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Acquired through the generosity of the Acquisitions Circle. Courtesy the artist and Broadway Gallery, New York. Photo: Ruben Diaz; 2. Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos). looking for the land///found the weather (detail), 2022. Acrylic paint, graphite logging crayon, gesso on BFK Rives paper. Triptych, 70 x 126 in. Overall. Courtesy of the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery; 3. Caroline Monnet. When Will They See Us (detail), 2019. Tyvek and fabric. 67 1/2 × 73 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. © Caroline Monnet. Courtesy of the artist and Blouin Division, Montreal; 4. Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation). Adaptive Connections (ᎠᎵᎪᏍᏒ ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏍᎬ), 2024. Waxed cloth, waxed felt, nuts and bolts. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Mario Gallucci; 5. Kimowan Metchewais. Chief’s Blanket, 2002. Ink and adhesive tape on paper. 46 7/8 x 70 in. National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (269521.000). Photo: NMAI photo services]

The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

10/09/2026

Last call to spend some quality time with Postmodernist giant Jonathan Lasker's "Drawings & Studies"!

⏱️ Closing Sunday, Oct 11

Experience new connections between some rarely-seen works from the Frye Collection through the eyes of 5 local creatives...
10/08/2026

Experience new connections between some rarely-seen works from the Frye Collection through the eyes of 5 local creatives during the final weekend of “Artists’ Choice”.
This small but dense show has lots to offer art enthusiasts of all sorts—whether poetry, music, theater, dance, OR visual art are your preferred in-road, you will find something here.
“Artists’ Choice” closes Sunday, October 11
This exhibition is presented with support from Office of Arts & Culture Seattle.

[Installation views of Artists’ Choice. Frye Art Museum, Seattle, June 6–October 11, 2026. Photos: Jo Cosme]

How did Chloe King's Boren Banner work "Dancing My Way to Drexciya" get its name? Find out over on our blog, where King ...
10/07/2026

How did Chloe King's Boren Banner work "Dancing My Way to Drexciya" get its name? Find out over on our blog, where King expands on her artistic influences and inspirations for an "In the Artist's Words" post.
Read the piece then come visit the banner one last time before it closes Sun, Oct 11.
You know what to do: fryemuseum.org/blog/in-the-artists-words-chloe-king

[📷: Installation view of Boren Banner Series: Chloe King, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, April 15–October 11, 2026. Photo: Jueqian Fang; Chloe King. Photo: courtesy of the artist; Chloe King. Dancing My Way to Drexciya, 2026. Acrylic and UV reactive pigment on canvas. 60 x 72 in. Courtesy of the artist]

🚨Special opportunity🚨 Explore line, shape, and gesture with a live model in the Studio during this week's Drop-in Drawin...
10/06/2026

🚨Special opportunity🚨 Explore line, shape, and gesture with a live model in the Studio during this week's Drop-in Drawing on 10/8.
Frye teaching artists will support & guide you. All experience levels welcome, & youth may participate with an accompanying adult. Materials provided.

fryemuseum.org/calendar/event/drop-in-drawing-oct-2026-live-model

[📷: 1,3 Runyon Colie; 2 Jueqian Fang]

Take some deep, calming breaths of that autumn air! Mindfulness MeditationWed, Oct 712:30 pmFrye Auditoriumfryemuseum.or...
10/06/2026

Take some deep, calming breaths of that autumn air!
Mindfulness Meditation
Wed, Oct 7
12:30 pm
Frye Auditorium

fryemuseum.org/programs/mindfulness-meditation

[Carola Baer-von Mathes. Herbstwald mit Kühen (Autumn Forest with Cows), ca. 1890. Oil on linen. Frye Art Museum, Founding Collection, Gift of Charles and Emma Frye, 1952.003. Photo: Jueqian Fang]

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