As you ascend an escalator, a magisterially high ceiling soaring above, hushed and carefully temperature-controlled air swirling below, the third floor of the Seattle Art Museum comes into view. It wouldn’t be unusual to find the American art gallery here sparsely populated, the majestic landscape paintings and regal oil portraits looking out upon a mostly empty room. But the gallery, which has remained largely untouched since 2007, is currently more bereft of visitors than usual: It’s shuttered for a radical overhaul, designed to breathe new life into this quiet corner of the museum. The new iteration, American Art: The Stories We Carry, will be unveiled in October.
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