Press Releases
- May 10, 2013
The Honorable Bruce J. Oreck, United States Ambassador to Finland, to Speak to Members at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Sunday
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery will be hosting a talk by the Honorable Bruce J. Oreck, United States Ambassador to Finland, on Sunday May 12, 2013, at 4 pm, in the Gallery’s Auditorium. Ambassador Oreck will speak to Gallery Members on new museum technologies and the role of culture in economic development.
more- April 30, 2013
Albright-Knox Director Janne Sirén to Present Special Family Program, Invites Children to Bring their Artwork
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery will host an afternoon of art, music, stories, and more on Saturday, June 15, 2013, from 2 to 4 pm. The Albright-Knox’s new director, Janne Sirén, will present “The Adventures of Augen, Part I,” an original narrative about the world of art told through stories, music, and interactive looking.
more- April 26, 2013
Artist Andy Goldsworthy O.B.E. to Deliver Rare Public Talk at Albright-Knox Art Gallery May 15
Renowned British artist Andy Goldsworthy will give a rare public talk at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 pm.
more- April 25, 2013
Local Students Explore the Interaction between People and Their Surroundings in Upcoming Exhibition at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
In: Introspection, Interaction will open to the public on Friday, May 3, 2013, with a special night of opening events on Thursday, May 2, 2013.
more- April 24, 2013
Acclaimed Vocalist Gretchen Parlato to Perform as Part of 2012–2013 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series at the Albright-Knox on May 4
The 2012–2013 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series will present acclaimed jazz vocalist Gretchen Parlato in her first area appearance at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Saturday, May 4, at 8 pm.
more- March 28, 2013
Largest-Ever Exhibition of Pop Art from the Gallery’s Collection, Sweet Dreams Baby! Life of Pop, London to Warhol, Opens May 31
Exploring the trajectory from Abstract Expressionism to Pop art’s explosive, colorful, and witty portrayals of the modern world, the exhibition will feature many iconic works acquired by the Gallery at the height of the movement, between 1962 and 1965.
more- February 4, 2013
Kelly Richardson: Legion Opens to the Public February 16
Groundbreaking Video Installation Mariner 9 to Have US Debut at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
more- January 29, 2013
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Partners with First Niagara Bank to Present New Mentoring Program: AK Teens
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery announced the launch of its newest program for young Western New Yorkers today.
more- January 24, 2013
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Gamak to Perform as Part of 2012–2013 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series at the Albright-Knox on January 27
The 2012–2013 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series will present Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Gamak, featuring David “Fuze” Fiuczynski, at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Sunday, January 27, 2013, at 3 pm.
more- January 18, 2013
Three Special Exhibitions to Open at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery This Month
Includes early works by Agnes Martin, a look at the Gallery’s contemporary photography collection, and Dennis Maher: House of Collective Repair, the second installment of the AK’s Artist-in-Residence program
more- January 14, 2013
Janne Sirén Will Become Next Director of Albright-Knox Art Gallery
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Janne Sirén its eleventh Director.
more- November 28, 2012
Albright-Knox to Debut Major Commission Western New Yorkers Helped to Create
Eric and Heather ChanSchatz’s Universals Albright-Knox 150 Will Be on View to the Public Beginning Tuesday, December 4, 2012
more- October 17, 2012
First Western New York Concert by Harmonica Virtuoso Grégoire Maret to Kick off 2012–2013 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series at the Albright-Knox
The 2012–2013 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series will kick off at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at 8 pm, with the first area concert by the harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret.
more- September 12, 2012
2012–2013 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series Tickets on Sale Now!
Now entering its fourteenth season as the most successful music series of its kind in Western New York history, Art of Jazz has established the Albright-Knox Auditorium as one of the premier venues for live jazz in North America.
more- August 17, 2012
Major Public Event: Thousands of Spectators Expected to Witness Western New York’s First Large-scale Video Projection Mapping Project, Illuminate AK, at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
On October 5, 2012, as part of M&T FIRST FRIDAYS @ THE GALLERY, the entire community will experience a spectacle of color and light on a scale never before seen in Western New York.
more- August 14, 2012
DECADE: Contemporary Collecting 2002–2012 on View August 21, 2012–January 6, 2013
Surveying key acquisitions that have entered the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s Collection over the past ten years, DECADE: Contemporary Collecting 2002–2012 will include an exemplary array of signature works by some of the world’s leading contemporary artists, organized thematically to explore essential threads woven through contemporary art.
more- June 14, 2012
Louis Grachos to Depart Albright-Knox Art Gallery, January 2013
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery announced today that Director Louis Grachos has accepted the position of Executive Director at AMOA-Arthouse, a new organization formed by the merger of two long-standing arts organizations in Austin, Texas, effective January 2013.
more- April 20, 2012
Area Teens Examine the Notion of Identity in this Year’s Future Curators Exhibition
Calloused, this year’s exhibition of artwork by Western New York teens organized through the Future Curators Teen Program at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, will open on Thursday, May 3, 2012.
more- April 17, 2012
Jazz Master Donald Harrison to Bring the Sounds of New Orleans to the Albright-Knox’s Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series
New Orleans jazz master Donald Harrison will appear with his quartet as part of the 2011–2012 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series on Saturday, April 28, at 8 pm.
more- March 30, 2012
Albright-Knox Inviting 150 Western New Yorkers to Participate in Creating a Work of Art
Project Universals 150 Will Result in a Monumental Work to Be Unveiled to the Public in December 2012
more- February 15, 2012
Italian Jazz Legend Enrico Rava to Perform as Part of the 2011–2012 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series
Trumpter Enrico Rava will make a rare North American appearance with his band Enrico Rava Tribe at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Sunday, February 26, at 3 pm.
more- January 13, 2012
Grammy Nominee Gregory Porter to Perform as Part of the 2011–2012 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series
Vocalist Gregory Porter will make his area debut as part of the 2011–2012 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series at the Albright-Knox on Sunday, January 29, at 3 pm.
more- December 1, 2011
Holiday Tree Lighting to Take Place on December 2
Albright-Knox Art Gallery will hold its annual Holiday Tree lighting this Friday, December 2, in the Gallery’s Sculpture Court as part of the December installment of M&T FIRST FRIDAYS @ THE GALLERY.
more- September 22, 2011
Major Exhibition – The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery – Surveys One of America’s Foremost Collections, Opens November 4, 2011
The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will feature eighty iconic works by more than seventy-five artists, highlighting the history of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s extraordinary Collection, and the benefactors and museum professionals who made it possible.
more- September 21, 2011
Virocode to Exhibit in the Albright-Knox’s Gallery for New Media: A Disappearance of the Source
The Western New York collaborative duo Virocode will open an exhibition of photographic and video installation work at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on October 21, 2011. Since 1987, Virocode, has been exploring the intersection of science and popular culture through hybrid uses of video, photography, sculpture, and digital technology.
more- September 20, 2011
Victoria Sambunaris: Taxonomy of a Landscape Opens October 21
This comprehensive, ten-year survey of the work of Victoria Sambunaris (American, born 1964) marks the artist’s first solo exhibition at a major American museum. Sambunaris's hauntingly beautiful images reveal a sparse, seemingly limitless landscape and geology, dotted by a human imprint that is distinctly American.
more- September 19, 2011
Panel Discussion: Museums and Censorship – September 25 at 2 pm
The Albright Knox Art Gallery, in partnership with the Department of Visual Studies and the Humanities Institute at the University at Buffalo, will present a conversation on the controversy surrounding the recent Smithsonian exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture—the first major museum queer exhibition in US history—and the Smithsonian’s decision to remove David Wojnarowicz’s film Fire in My Belly from the exhibition.
more- August 31, 2011
2011–2012 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series Tickets on Sale Now!
Tickets are now on sale for the 2011–2012 season of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s popular Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series. The lineup includes the tenor saxophone legend Houston Person, the Grammy-nominated vocalist Gregory Porter, the Italian jazz icon Enrico Rava, and the New Orleans cultural standard-bearer Donald Harrison.
more- July 19, 2011
SANGHA: An Installation by Kathryn Walker Opens July 22
A stunning new installation by the artist Kathryn Walker will open in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s Gallery for Small Sculpture. SANGHA is composed of more than one thousand miniature terracotta pots, each carefully painted and collaged by the artist.
more- June 29, 2011
Monumental New Sculpture to be named at Albright-Knox; Landmark Exhibition to open
A massive event at the Gallery on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at 9:30 pm, will include the official naming and lighting of the new installation by the artist Nancy Rubins and the opening of Videosphere: A New Generation, the largest exhibition of works in new media ever organized from a single art collection.
more- June 8, 2011
Major Grant Award from New York State Supports Urgently Needed Conservation; Restoration of Historic Grand Staircase at the Albright-Knox Begins
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery today broke ground on a major conservation project, and announced it has been awarded an important grant by the New York State Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for essential repairs to the Grand Staircase of the Gallery’s historic 1905 Albright Building.
more- May 26, 2011
Art Alive 2011 Promises a Visual Spectacle on June 4; Thousands Expected to Experience Living Works of Art on the Gallery’s Grounds
Thousands are expected to join in the excitement as famous works of art come to life during the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s fourteenth annual Art Alive: A Walking, Talking Art Contest, scheduled for Saturday, June 4, from noon to 2 pm.
moreMonumental New Sculpture will Transform Elmwood Avenue; Nancy Rubins to Create Spectacular Work
The campus of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will receive a significant addition this summer. Beginning June 6, the artist Nancy Rubins will be on site at the Gallery to supervise the installation of one of her monumental new works.
more- May 13, 2011
Jonathan VanDyke will perform The Long Glance, beginning May 28; Performance will last for forty hours
A remarkable performance will take place at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery from Saturday, May 28, through Thursday, June 2, 2011. The artist Jonathan VanDyke will perform The Long Glance, a piece for which he will contemplate Jackson Pollock’s seminal work Convergence, 1952, for forty hours over five days.
more- May 12, 2011
Albright-Knox to Join in Association of Art Museum Directors’ Celebration of Art Museum Day on May 18, 2011
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery announced today that it will offer free admission and a 20% discount on memberships on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day.
more- May 6, 2011
Media Advisory: Area Teens To Show Their Work At The Gallery; raw Exhibition Organized By Grade 11 and 12 Students
raw, this year’s exhibition of works by area teens, curated and organized by their peers through the Future Curators Teen Program, will open on Friday, May 6, 2011, and remain on view through Sunday, July 3, 2011. The exhibition will highlight a broad range of works by teen artists from throughout Western New York with a down-to-earth and organic presentation.
more- May 4, 2011
Albright-Knox and BlueCross BlueShield Continue Collaboration, Host Bill Strickland for Educators’ Night Out and Announce “Inspired” Art Contest
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery and BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York will announce a grant award for arts in education and a NEW art contest for schools. The award and contest will be announced on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the program’s annual Educators’ Night Out event, which will also feature a keynote address by Bill Strickland.
more- May 2, 2011
raw: Exhibition of Teen Art, Organized by Teens, Unplugs Us from the Wired World
raw, this year’s exhibition of works by area teens, curated and organized by their peers through the Future Curators Teen Program, will open on Friday, May 6, 2011, and remain on view through Sunday, July 3, 2011.
more- March 8, 2011
Robert Glasper Trio to Perform as Part of Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series
The highly-acclaimed Robert Glasper Trio will make their first area appearance as part of the 2010–11 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Sunday, March 20, at 3 pm.
more- March 3, 2011
Three Masters Breaking the Bonds of Convention
Spotlight on the Collection—Artists in Depth: Arp, Miró, Calder, presented by The Buffalo News, opens Friday, March 25, 2011.
more- February 14, 2011
Special Media Preview of Surveyor, and Opportunity to View New Works, Meet Curator Heather Pesanti and Local Artists
The media preview of this major new exhibition will take place at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Thursday, February 17, at 10 am.
more- February 10, 2011
Surveyor on View Friday, February 18–Sunday, June 5, 2011
A new exhibition of modern and contemporary work rooted in the exploration, observation, and construction of the landscape will open at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Friday, February 18, 2011.
more- February 8, 2011
Gallery Announces 2011 Schedule for AT WORK, Its Innovative Program for Businesses
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery announced the 2011 schedule for its AT WORK program today. This year’s program will feature guest speakers, as well as a series of workshops and discussions designed to stimulate creative thinking and develop the problem-solving skills of area business employees.
more- February 1, 2011
MAJOR SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS—2011
An overview of major special exhibitions at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 2011.
more- January 11, 2011
Acclaimed Jazz Masters Charles Lloyd New Quartet to Perform as Part of Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series
Charles Lloyd New Quartet will perform on Sunday, January 30, at 4 pm, in the Gallery’s Auditorium. The concert will be the first area performance for saxophonist Lloyd in more than forty years.
more- December 28, 2010
Gallery will Open on New Year's Day, Welcome Visitors in Town for World Junior Hockey Championship
Stanley Cup and other NHL Trophies on View January 2, 3, 4, and 5
moreGilbert Perreault at The Albright-Knox
On Tuesday, December 28, 2010, from 2 to 4 pm, Gilbert Perreault will meet fans, sign autographs, and take photographs in the special exhibition Forty: The Sabres in the NHL, currently on view at the Gallery.
more- December 1, 2010
M&T FIRST FRIDAYS @ THE GALLERY Goes Festive: Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus, Ladies First Jazz Combo to Perform, Holiday Tree Lighting
December’s installment of the M&T FIRST FRIDAYS @ THE GALLERY series, this Friday, December 3, will feature special holiday performances by the Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus and the Ladies First Jazz Combo.
more- November 2, 2010
Special Media Preview of Forty: The Sabres in the NHL, and Opportunity to Experience NHL in 360°, a State-Of-The-Art Video Installation
Celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League, the special exhibition Forty: The Sabres in the NHL will open on November 7, 2010.
more- October 19, 2010
Forty: The Sabres in the NHL—A Photographic and Multimedia Celebration Opening on November 7 with Celebrations and Surprises from 10 am to 10 pm
The exhibition features more than 200 photographs and film documenting the team’s history and character, and will debut a new and innovative video installation, NHL in 360°.
more- October 14, 2010
Largest Commissioned Sol LeWitt Scribble Drawing Is Completed—Wall Drawing #1268: Scribbles: Staircase (AKAG) Will Be Unveiled, Opens to the Public October 17
An ambitious installation of the largest commissioned scribble drawing by American artist Sol LeWitt, a pioneer in the development of Minimalism and Conceptual art in the 1960s and 1970s, has been completed at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
more- October 12, 2010
Hot Club of Detroit to Kick Off the 2010–2011 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series with a Celebration of Django Reinhardt
Hot Club of Detroit will make their first area appearance as part of the 2010–2011 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Saturday, November 6, 2010, at 8 pm in the Gallery’s Auditorium.
more- October 11, 2010
Unveiling of Major Artwork on October 14, 2010
Special media preview of renowned artist Sol LeWitt’s completed, monumental wall drawing at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
more- September 20, 2010
Opportunity to Meet Artist Didier Pasquette before His High-wire Walk atop Buffalo’s Liberty Building
On September 23, 2010, renowned artist Didier Pasquette will walk a high-wire suspended between the statues of liberty atop the twenty-three-story Liberty Building in downtown Buffalo. The walk will herald the opening of Beyond/In Western New York 2010: Alternating Currents.
more- September 10, 2010
2010-2011 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series Tickets on Sale Now
The 2010-2011 Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series lineup will include the first area performance of jazz great Charles Lloyd in more than four decades, the Django Reinhardt–inspired Hot Club of Detroit, pianist and composer Robert Glasper, and Niagara Falls native Pete Malinverni.
more- June 17, 2010
Contemporary Visual Culture Is Examined and Explored in New Exhibition to Open June 25
The new exhibition ECHO: Sampling Visual Culture will open at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Friday, June 25, 2010. Drawn entirely from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection, the exhibition features work by artists who borrow imagery from advertising, media, daily life, and even other artists.
moreAlbright-Knox to Exhibit Clyfford Still’s Abstract Masterpieces This Summer
This summer, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will open an exhibition of its paintings by Clyfford Still—one of the world’s largest public collections of the Abstract Expressionist master’s work—organized by Chief Curator Douglas Dreishpoon.
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