By Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times staff reporter Alden Mason, a vivid splash of color in the Northwest art world, is dead at 93. Born July 14, 1919, in Everett, Mr. Mason lived, studied and worked in Seattle and the Puget Sound region all his life, but his work was...

When Seattle art dealer John Braseth saw an iconic George Tsutakawa fountain sculpture listed for sale for $1 million on eBay — and then mysteriously removed from the site — he set to work trying to find the seller. He eventually bought the damaged work for a much...

13 May 2011 – by ArtfixDaily Staff Yale University has launched a massive online database with records on over 250,000 objects from its museums, archives and libraries. Providing unprecedented, unlimited access to the Ivy League school’s varied collections, including...

By SHEILA FARR and SUSAN KELLEHER, The Seattle Times If we measure an artist’s importance by the number of museum exhibitions, books, articles and television appearances he has, Seattle glass guru Dale Chihuly is right up there with the greats. His work is in the...

By ROBIN UPDIKE, The Seattle Times Guy Anderson was born in Edmonds 91 years ago. He died Thursday in La Conner of pneumonia. In the years between he rarely traveled far from Western Washington, finding all the natural beauty, artistic inspiration and human...