On Sunday, March 24, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) invites the community to the inauguration of MIRROR, a permanent art installation for the façade of SAM by artist Doug Aitken that will become a new landmark in downtown Seattle.
MIRROR, 2013 (rendering) © Doug Aitken Workshop.
To celebrate this important new work, Aitken is curating a Happening that will feature an afternoon of conversations inside the museum that explore the dynamics of change in contemporary culture followed by an unprecedented series of performances outside on First Avenue that will feature musicians from the Seattle Symphony Orchestra playing works by legendary minimalist composers Terry Riley and Steve Reich. First Avenue in front of the museum will be closed and food trucks and other activities will take place throughout the afternoon and evening.
Events will be free to the public but tickets will need to be reserved in advance beginning February 20 at www.seattleartmuseum.org.
The museum will also offer free admission and open extended hours (10 a.m. – 9 p.m.) on March 24.