Our latest AK Public Art projects include murals by Nicole Cherry, Augustina Droze, Logan Hicks, and Kobra; a sculpture by Aakash Nihalani; and a participatory project by Hillary Waters Fayle. The AK Innovation Lab continues its work on Art Heals. We also invite you to explore the Elmwood Avenue Cultural Corridor, request a speaker through our Community Speakers Program, or take one of our Buffalo Architecture Tours.

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  • Aakash Nihalani's Balancing Act II, 2018, installed at Five Points Bakery in Buffalo
    Aakash Nihalani
    Balancing Act II ,
  • Community members at work during Garden Walk Buffalo 2019 on some of the cyanotypes that will serve as the inspiration for Hillary Waters Fayle’s 244 Dewitt Street mural
    Hillary Waters Fayle
    244 Dewitt Street (working title) ,
  • A large colorful mural on the exterior wall of a building featuring Mark Twain and John T. Lewis
    Eduardo Kobra
    Untitled ,
  • Logan Hicks's mural at 5 East Huron Street in Buffalo
    Logan Hicks
    Walking Back Time ,
  • A colorful mural inspired by bird and butterfly wings painted on the side of a red brick building overlooking a small park
    Augustina Droze
    Green Kaleidoscope ,
  • A large colorful mural featuring 1800s-style bikes wrapped in vines on a long exterior wall of a building
    Nicole Cherry
    1800s Bikes in Vines ,
  • Felipe Pantone's Optichromie—BUF, 2019, on Washington Street between East Tupper and East Chippewa Streets (back of Town Ballroom) in Buffalo
    Felipe Pantone
    Optichromie—BUF ,
  • A photograph of a sculpture composed of long blue poles painted bright blue assembled into a tower. the sculpture sits in the middle of a green field in a large open park.
    Shayne Dark
    Tanglewood ,
  • Jim Hodges’s look and see, 2005, on the Richardson Olmsted Campus in Buffalo
    Jim Hodges
    look and see ,

AK Innovation Lab

The AK Innovation Lab was established in 2014 to explore new ideas and develop solutions to challenges confronting museums and society in the 21st century.

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Youth participate in a focus group for ArtGames 2.0 Learn More

Elmwood Avenue Cultural Corridor

The Albright-Knox is located in the heart of Buffalo’s cultural district, also known as the Elmwood Avenue Cultural Corridor. 

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Screenshot of Google Map of the Elmwood Avenue Cultural Corridor Learn More

Community Speakers Program

Bring the Albright-Knox to your facility! Our staff members can come to you to present on various topics related to art and museums. 

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Curator of Public Art Aaron Ott (right) with artist Jenny Kendler and Public Art Project Coordinator Eric Jones Learn More

Buffalo Architecture Tours

Tour Buffalo’s cultural and historic landmarks through the eyes of Henry-Russell Hitchcock, the dean of American architectural historians. These four themed Historypin tours were inspired by the museum’s photography exhibition Buffalo Architecture, 1816–1940.

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Black and white photograph of the Central Terminal Learn More