Margo VansynghelStaff Reporter

With local and international fare at Lumen Field and a sprawling art show in Pioneer Square, here’s what stood out — and sold — on the opening day of Seattle’s ‘art holiday.’

The show was meant to extend a hand to artistic tech workers. But to many in the Seattle arts community, it was a slap in the face.

Sasquatch meets ‘The Bachelor’ in Samantha Allen’s debut novel ‘Patricia Wants to Cuddle’ — the gory summer beach read you didn't know you needed.

The ‘Forest for the Trees’ exhibit will feature 7 floors of art, more than 100 artists, live music, bars and roof-top installations.

In ‘The Art of Banksy: Without Limits,’ at Seattle’s Federal Reserve Bank Building, not everything is as it seems.

Free concerts amid splendid nature, powerful pop paintings and the return of the Seattle Art Fair. 

MoPOP and the Museum of Museums explore a galaxy of Black culture by way of science fiction, fashion and art installations.

The curator who found Victor Kai Wang’s decades of unusual artwork says it was ‘like stumbling upon buried treasure.’

Plus, a new flower festival blooms in the Chinatown-International District.

Plus, sublime slime and a trip to space.