Over the past four years, Tacoma Art Museum has acquired more than 400 new works. Many of them were gifts from the Safeco Insurance Company collection, and many of those are currently on exhibit.

Check it out. There's some good stuff here.

The first thing to catch the eye is a large oil painting by Pacific Northwest icon Guy Anderson called "Skimming the Sea." At 6 feet by 6 1/2 feet, with bold, oblong, white forms marching like an army of fish nets across the surface, this is a strong image to welcome viewers to the show.

To read Alec Clayton's full review, click here.

[Tacoma Art Museum, Collecting for the Future: The Safeco Gift and New Acquisitions, through January 2012. Wednesday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Third Thursdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., $10, student/military/senior (65+) $8, Family $25, Children 5 and younger free. Third Thursdays free, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.4258]