Public Art:  The Midnight Garden

Artist Ola Volo has completed the most immersive mural that the AKG’s Public Art Initiative has ever commissioned. The Midnight Garden, 2025, spans three neighboring buildings along Hertel Avenue, with the Monocle at 1235 Hertel as the central anchor. 

A mural wrapping around three buildings

About the Public Art Initiative

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum's Public Art Initiative seeks to empower artists, inspire viewers, and strengthen a sense of our shared landscape with art that reflects the beauty and vitality of the many communities that shape it.

Initiative Sponsors

The Public Art Initiative was established and is supported by leadership funding from the County of Erie and the City of Buffalo.