After Just Two Stress-Filled Years on the Job, Seattle Art Museum Director Derrick Cartwright Announces Resignation

The old saying goes that there are only two things for certain in life: death and taxes. If you were able to include an addendum on there, we’d also submit “that there will be dramatic goings-ons at the Seattle Art Museum.” It’s now been years of financial insecurity for the museum, originating with the death of Washington Mutual and new tenant JP Morgan Chase up and leaving SAM with an empty new building and $60 million of debt, which has resulted in layoffs,