Learn more about Op art in the collections of the Albright-Knox and the the Musée d’arts de Nantes.

Between 1962 and 1965, 297 works of art were added to the Albright-Knox's collection, many of which were on view in Contemporary Art: Acquisitions 1962–1965 in 1966.

The space we know as the Gallery for Small Sculpture today previously served as a lecture hall and then, from 1962 until 1992, as the museum’s Art Reference Library.

Guests gathered on March 4, 1989, for the Members' Preview of The Appropriate Object, which featured the work of seven contemporary black artists.

Guests gathered on March 15, 1991, for the Members' Preview of Faith Ringgold: A 25 Year Survey.

Guests gathered on February 25, 1963, for the Members' Preview of the 27th Annual Western New York Exhibition.

Bruce Jackson: Cummins Wide featured fifty-three of the photographer's images of the infamous Cummins Prison Farm, shot in the early 1970s.

We’re celebrating the return of three paintings by Joan Mitchell with a look back at the artist’s 1988 retrospective at the museum.

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.

On December 15, 1966, the Albright-Knox hosted a Members’ Preview of the newly acquired Mirrored Room with artist Lucas Samaras in attendance. 

On December, 17, 1991, art preparators finished installing Richard Serra’s Kitty Hawk, 1983. 

Beginning in the 1970s, the Christmas Tree Lighting and Concert has become a cherished annual tradition at the Albright-Knox.