Meet Gerald C. Mead, an artist in the Buffalo AKG collection, a collector of work by Western New York's finest artists, and a pillar of the Buffalo art scene.

There’s a lot of care going into construction of the new Buffalo AKG Art Museum, and not just in the new Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building. An amazing team of contractors and experts is at work on the Robert and Elisabeth Wilmers Building, completed in 1905, to make sure that every detail shines. One of our partners is Swiatek Studios, restorationists located in Clarence, New York, who specialize in making the classic shine like the contemporary. We asked one of the members of the Swiatek Studios team, Shanel Lamson, to tell us a little more about their craft.

On Saturday, November 5, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum welcomed over three hundred guests to Standing Ovation, a festive evening to celebrate the innovative spirit of the Albright-Knox Northland exhibition program.

The Buffalo AKG recently acquired The Hand of the Devil Was Warm in the Night, 1985, by Jay Carrier (American, born Six Nations, 1963). This work figurative work demonstrates Carrier's explorations of the position of Indigenous people today. 

Meet Charlie Garling, our new Director of Learning and Creativity, who has big plans for the new museum and its indoor Town Square.

Aitina Fareed-Cooke is one of the most dynamic creators that you will ever come across. A musician, a photographer, a videographer, and a poet, Fareed-Cooke recently added the title of curator to her resume—at least officially—as one half of the guest curatorial duo behind the special exhibition In These Truths, which closed its run at Albright-Knox Northland on June 5, 2022. We asked her about her thoughts on the exhibition and the exciting new project she has recently unveiled: Tales from the Porch. 

In April, Kelly Marie Wofford, the founder of Front Seat Life, spoke with the curators of In These Truths, Aitina Fareed-Cooke and Edreys Wajed, about mental health in the arts. In Part 1 of our interview Wofford sat down with us to talk about her story of healing from trauma and reaching out to help others. In Part 2, Wofford answers our questions about mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and healing from the trauma of the May 14 shooting in Buffalo.

The Buffalo AKG recently acquired a series of works by G. Peter Jemison, an artist, curator, educator, and faithkeeper. The painting Dried Geometry, 2005, was acquired through the generosity of the Seneca Gaming Corporation and the Seneca Nation. Four additional works acquired by the museum, Long House Winter I, 2000, Free Leonard Now, 2005, Fur Trader 2, 2012, and No Fracking!, 2013, show Jemison’s signature use of paper bags to explore his relationship with the natural world and contemporary social issues.