Caught on Camera: Press Conference for 109 Obras de Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
From October 23 through November 30, 1969, the Albright-Knox loaned 109 paintings to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the exhibition 109 Obras de Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Caught on Camera: Ghana's Nana Kwaku Dua, the Agogohene of Ashanti Akim, Visits the Albright-Knox
On December 9, 1968, the Albright-Knox hosted a Members’ Preview for African and Afro-American Art: The Transatlantic Tradition.
Monuments Men: Army P-39 Airacobra Show
The Army P-39 Airacobra Show (November 18–December 8, 1942) dramatized one of Buffalo’s major contributions to the war effort.
Artists as Monuments Men
Several artists in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery served in the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section (MFAA) of the United States Armed Forces.
Monuments Men: Art and the War at Home
In May 1942, the Albright-Knox was the first U.S. museum to adopt a special wartime schedule.
Meet Buffalo’s Monuments Men
Several past Albright Art Gallery employees served as Monuments Men during World War II.
Monuments Men at the Albright-Knox
Monuments Men traces the activities of members of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section of the Allied Forces as they located, protected, and returned artworks confiscated by the Nazis during World War II.
Caught on Camera: Vincent Price at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
We’ve dug up some photos of the famous horror film actor Vincent Price visiting the Albright-Knox on October 18, 1963.
Caught on Camera: Four for the Fourth
Four for the Fourth was a dynamic program in which four artists—Diane Bertolo, Joan Jonas, Hannah Wilke, and Jackie Winsor—created work in the presence of and with the assistance of the public on the museum’s grounds.
Early Exhibition Archive Materials Available on Flickr
Selected materials from the opening of the BFAA in 1862 and from early Albright Art Gallery exhibitions can be seen on our Flickr page.
1962 Building Turns 50 on January 19, 2012
The 1962 addition to the Albright Art Gallery was designed by Gordon Bunshaft, one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. Standing in quiet contrast to the museum’s Greek Revivalist 1905 Building, Bunshaft’s modernist addition was unquestionably new and turned quite a few heads at the time of its completion.
Using Technology to Tell Our Collection's Stories
Through the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Albright-Knox Art Gallery has begun a two-year project that will make information about the museum’s Collection more accessible to staff, visitors, and researchers.