Today the Buffalo AKG Art Museum announced the hiring of Charlie Garling as the inaugural Director of Learning and Creativity. Garling comes to the museum with twenty years of experience leading learner-centered creative practices.

On Saturday, June 18, artist Aitina Fareed-Cooke will work with students from two local organizations at the Juneteenth Festival of Buffalo in support of several ambitious projects, including her own exhibition, Tales From the Porch, and sustaining the public art work of Adeyemi Adegbesan, aka Yung Yemi.

On Friday, June 3, join the AK Teens: Museum Ambassadors as they bring you an evening at Albright-Knox Northland featuring performances, a scavenger hunt, music, a movie, food, and artmaking activities celebrating the special exhibition In These Truths. 

On Saturday, July 30, 2022, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum will open a new installation of artworks by artist Sarah Braman at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff. Sarah Braman: Finding Room is the first collaboration between the Curatorial and Public Art departments to take place outside of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum campus.

Today the Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Public Art Initiative announced artist Bunnie Reiss (American, born 1975) will return to Buffalo to produce another mural on the West Side of Joe’s Deli at 1322 Hertel Avenue. 

In celebration of Block Club Month, the Albright-Knox will welcome the Board of Block Clubs of Buffalo and Erie County, Inc., and the entire community to enjoy a special Block Club Weekend at Albright-Knox Northland May 20–22, 2022.

On Saturday, February 19, Albright-Knox Northland will open its new exhibition, titled In These Truths. The exhibition is co-curated by Edreys Wajed and Aitina Fareed-Cooke, two of Buffalo’s most influential, charismatic, and insightful artists, in collaboration with Albright-Knox Curator of Public Art, Aaron Ott. The exhibition will remain on view through Sunday, June 5, 2022.

In a landmark collaboration between two leading U.S. modern and contemporary art museums, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden announced today the joint acquisition of an important immersive artwork by Yayoi Kusama.

The Albright-Knox is pleased to present two opportunities for people to participate with the museum: the Docent Program for the future Buffalo AKG Art Museum and the Museum Ambassadors program, taking place February–June at Albright-Knox Northland.

Today the Albright-Knox announced its upcoming show at Albright-Knox Northland, titled In These Truths. The exhibition is co-curated by Edreys Wajed and Aitina Fareed-Cooke, two of Buffalo’s most influential, charismatic, and insightful artists, in collaboration with Albright-Knox Curator of Public Art, Aaron Ott.

On September 13, Bank of America and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will launch the latest Masterpiece Moment series featuring Frida Kahlo’s (Mexican, 1907–1954) popular work Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1938. 

The Albright-Knox recently partnered with Child & Family Services to supply artmaking kits to children in the Residential Treatment program, as part of the current exhibition at Albright-Knox Northland, Hervé Tullet: Shape and Color.