Throwback Thursday: Members' Preview for The Appropriate Object in 1989
Guests gathered on March 4, 1989, for the Members' Preview of The Appropriate Object, which featured the work of seven contemporary black artists.
Exhibition Spotlight: Politics in Window to Wall: Art from Architecture
LaToya Ruby Frazier and other contemporary artists emphasize that architecture is far from neutral, actively shaping and reflecting a society’s culture, politics, and history.
Throwback Thursday: Members' Preview for Faith Ringgold: A 25 Year Survey in 1991
Guests gathered on March 15, 1991, for the Members' Preview of Faith Ringgold: A 25 Year Survey.
Exhibition Spotlight: Emotion in Window to Wall: Art from Architecture
For some artists, including Rachel Whiteread, architecture is less about form than feeling: their works underscore how a building and its interior space can define our inner lives.
Throwback Thursday: Members’ Preview of the 27th Annual Western New York Exhibition in 1963
Guests gathered on February 25, 1963, for the Members' Preview of the 27th Annual Western New York Exhibition.
Throwback Thursday: Blue Star Families at the Museum
On March 6, 2016, the Albright-Knox welcomed military families for tours and hands-on art projects.
Exhibition Spotlight: Structure in Window to Wall: Art from Architecture
From the late nineteenth century onwards, artists have drawn parallels between the architecture of buildings and the “architecture,” or structure, of the picture plane. Their works encourage us to appreciate buildings as formal compositions in three-dimensional space.
Throwback Thursday: Bruce Jackson: Cummins Wide
Bruce Jackson: Cummins Wide featured fifty-three of the photographer's images of the infamous Cummins Prison Farm, shot in the early 1970s.
Exhibition Spotlight—Sound in Out of Sight! Art of the Senses
Sound plays a key role in a number of the works in Out of Sight! Art of the Senses.
Throwback Thursday: Joan Mitchell
We’re celebrating the return of three paintings by Joan Mitchell with a look back at the artist’s 1988 retrospective at the museum.
Exhibition Spotlight—Scent in Out of Sight! Art of the Senses
Smell is one of the most evocative of our senses and can instantly bring to mind highly specific memories or powerful waves of nostalgia.
Throwback Thursday: A New Installation by James Turrell
On January 1, 2007, the Albright-Knox debuted a new installation by James Turrell: Gap from the series “Tiny Town,” 2001. This work is currently on view once again as part of the special exhibition Out of Sight! Art of the Senses.