AKG BLOG:  Looking Back/Looking Forward Archivist Gabrielle Carlo digs through the past to point the museum's way into the future. Read Our Interview with Gabrielle Carlo Profiles, interviews, and guest contributors, diving into the stories behind the art. About the blog. RECOMMENDED READS The One Thing You Have To Do Is Love People The person who inspired Detour's Cobblestone Commons mural is a modern-day abolitionist—and she can show us what it means to care for one another. Read About Kelly Galloway To See the Beauty in One's Skin Bottoms's portraits of Black men and women seek to recode society's stereotypes and to reveal the beauty of her subjects. Read About Julia Bottoms Saying Their Names Phyllis Thompson was moving her mother out of her house, when she discovered a box of decades-old family photographs beneath her bed. Then she went to work. Read About Phyllis Thompson Search by Search by Search the Blog Apply Browse by Tags Browse by Tags Art in Public Doing & Making Guest Authors Ideas Interviews News & Events Profiles Collection Handbook Apply Selected Terms Selected Terms Apply Collaboration Will Bring Kusama Mirrored Room to the Buffalo AKG Art Museum January 31, 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 will jointly be acquiring an important immersive artwork by Yayoi Kusama. Throwback Thursday: Art of Jazz January 13, 2022 From 1999 to 2019, the Albright-Knox hosted the Art of Jazz series, establishing the museum’s auditorium as one of the premier venues to experience live jazz in North America. The series will return in 2022 at Kleinhans Music Hall. Sparks Kindled in Game Design Class for Teens January 5, 2022 As part of Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art the Albright-Knox hosted a series of game design classes for teens. This series introduced participants to the process of game design for both analogue and basic digital games. The One Thing You Have to Do Is Love People: Kelly Galloway's Message of Hope December 9, 2021 On this International Human Rights Day, we celebrate the work of activist and founder of RAMP Global Missions and Project Mona's House, Kelly Diane Galloway, the subject of a new mural by Thomas Evans, aka Detour for the Public Art Initiative. Observing Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20, 2021 On the occasion of Transgender Day of Remembrance, we are sharing the words of artist and archivist Ari Moore and community health specialist Shateer "Tee" Douglas. She Went by Joan: Beatrice Lester, Our Mysterious Benefactor November 10, 2021 Every now and then, the Albright-Knox receives gifts from the estate of someone who has passed away. Often, these are gifts we had previously been notified we would receive. But not too long ago, we had a mystery to solve. Marisol: Collected Ghost Stories October 6, 2021 Since I began working on the Albright-Knox’s Marisol Bequest, I seem to hear many more ghost stories than I used to. In interviews, Marisol's contemporaries recall instances when her works seemed to come alive in the studio, falling over in the middle of the night and making noise out of nowhere. Esperanza Cortés's Embroidered Allegories September 30, 2021 During Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting artists recently featured in the special exhibition Comunidades Visibles: The Materiality of Migration. Today we focus on Colombia-born/New York City–based artist Esperanza Cortés. Ronny Quevedo’s Lines on the Floor September 27, 2021 During Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting artists recently featured in the special exhibition Comunidades Visibles: The Materiality of Migration. Today we focus on Ecuador-born/New York City–based artist Ronny Quevedo. Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 … Next page Next Last page Last