Past Exhibitions: 2012
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Beauty, Life, and Spirit: A Celebration of Greek Culture
July 27, 2012–April 21, 2013
This exhibition—presented in celebration of the Gallery's 150th anniversary—is the third in a series organized in partnership with the Buffalo Museum of Science that incorporates work from both museums’ collections.
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DECADE: Contemporary Collecting 2002–2012
August 21, 2012–January 6, 2013
This major exhibition will explore the Albright-Knox’s recent collecting history, featuring key acquisitions from the past ten years and highlighting the continuing growth and dynamism of the Gallery’s Collection.
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Universals Albright-Knox 150
December 4–December 30, 2012
In honor of its 150th anniversary, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery commissioned the artists Eric and Heather ChanSchatz to create a unique work of art that will be on view starting December 4, 2012, to celebrate the Gallery’s Founders’ Week.
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Color 150 (Education Exhibition)
December 4–December 30, 2012
Throughout the course of the Albright-Knox’s 150th anniversary this year, we invited Gallery friends of all ages to get creative with our PARTICIPATE coloring cards. This exhibition is the result.
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Grover L. Priess Primary School (Education Exhibition)
November 13–November 30, 2012
Ms. Mary Ellen Bossert, an art teacher from Grover L. Priess Primary School, presents the artwork of her talented kindergarten, first, and second graders.
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Celebrate Differences: Disability Awareness (Education Exhibition)
October 2–October 28, 2012
Local artists showcase their remarkable abilities and talents in this third annual disability awareness exhibition, on view in the Education Exhibition Hallway in recognition of Disability History Month.
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery Staff Show 2012 (Education Exhibition)
August 7–September 9, 2012
Stop by the Education Exhibition Corridor to see artworks created by the dynamic team working behind-the-scenes at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
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The Experience of Process, Creativity, and Choice (Education Exhibition)
June 13–July 29, 2012
The artwork in this exhibition was created by Artisans Unlimited participants from the Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara day habilitation program.
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Wish You Were Here: The Buffalo Avant-garde in the 1970s
March 30–July 8, 2012
Wish You Were Here explores a creative ecology that flourished in Buffalo in the 1970s comprising collaborative pockets of artistic communities in the visual arts, film, video, performance, literature, and music.
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Art’scool "Inspired"
May 10–June 17, 2012
K–12 teachers from throughout Western New York entered our Art'scool "Inspired" contest, presented by BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. This exhibition of selected entries will be on view in Clifton Hall.
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Calloused (2012 Future Curators Exhibition)
May 3–June 17, 2012
This exhibition is organized by the 2012 Future Curators and features artwork created by local high school students. It is composed of pieces that show both vulnerability and the internal strength we acquire through time.
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Art'scool "Inspired" Online Exhibition
April 25–June 17, 2012
K–12 teachers from throughout Western New York entered our Art'scool "Inspired" contest. All entries are now on view in an online gallery. An exhibition of selected entries is on view at the Gallery through Sunday, June 17.
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Arts Work for Autistic Services: Selected Education Program Work, Past and Present (Education Exhibition)
April 24–June 3, 2012
This year, the Arts Work Program at Autistic Services, Inc. celebrates its 10th anniversary. The program was created in the fall of 2002. The Arts Work mission is to give people with autism the opportunity to get involved in the visual and performing arts.
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Artworks 2012: Inside the Knox (Education Exhibition)
March 20–April 15, 2012
This exhibition by West Seneca Schools students in grades K–12 features artwork in a variety of media.
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Spotlight on the Collection
Artists in Depth: Arp, Miró, CalderMarch 25, 2011–April 15, 2012
Presented by The Buffalo News
Featuring a comprehensive array of works in all media by Jean (Hans) Arp, Joan Miró, and Alexander Calder, this exhibition will highlight the Gallery’s extensive collection of the work of these three modern masters, who pushed color, line, and form beyond convention.
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Hands Up! (Education Exhibition)
February 17–March 11, 2012
Hands Up! is an exhibition of artwork created by participants in the Gallery’s Matter at Hand program, which serves a wide range of visitors of different ages and needs with tours and artmaking sessions.
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The Impermanent Collection: The Room of Contemporary Art, 1939–1971
November 4, 2011–March 4, 2012
This installation of original letters, photographs, publications, and other documents from the Gallery Archives tells the story of the Gallery's Room of Contemporary Art, which was conceived in 1939.
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The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
November 4, 2011–March 4, 2012
The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery highlights the history of the Albright-Knox’s extraordinary Collection by focusing on the pioneering benefactors and museum professionals who made it possible.
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Living Art:
A. Conger Goodyear and SculptureNovember 4, 2011–March 4, 2012
This exhibition presents thirty-five sculptures and works on paper by nineteen artists, gifted or bequested to the Gallery by A. Conger Goodyear between 1926 and 1970. It will also feature a selection of archival material from the G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library and Gallery Archives.
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Virocode: A Disappearance of the Source
October 21, 2011–January 29, 2012
Virocode: A Disappearance of the Source will feature new works related to the artists' “Evolving Moisture” series, including static photo-sculptures, video projections, and a new experimental strategy that uses micro-loops of video/digital photographs that shimmer within framed LCD screens.
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Victoria Sambunaris: Taxonomy of a Landscape
October 21, 2011–January 22, 2012
Victoria Sambunaris's photographs capture the expansive American landscape and the natural and fabricated adaptations that appear throughout it. This exhibition, presented in conjunction with the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, features approximately forty photographs from Sambunaris’s body of work.
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Full Color Depression: First Kodachromes from America’s Heartland
October 21, 2011–January 22, 2012
Photographs by Jack Delano, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott, and Others
This exhibition will feature a selection of rarely seen color photographs from the Library of Congress’ Farm Security Administration (FSA) photography collection.
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Support for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s Collection-based exhibitions and installations is generously provided, in part, by the late Peggy Pierce Elfvin; The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc.; The John R. Oishei Foundation; and The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation.
