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Bewitched: A Haunting at the Museum

Your favorite Convergence Series event at the AKG is back, and bigger than ever! Join us on Saturday, November 1, from 7:30 to 11 pm, for an evening of spooky good fun at the most creative Halloween costume extravaganza in Buffalo.
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The Buffalo AKG Art Museum provides an unparalleled setting for your special event. With one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary art in the world, the museum offers exclusive opportunities for you and your guests.
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Buffalo AKG members receive an array of benefits throughout the run of One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama, including exclusive early access to online reservations and invitations to special events and programming. Additionally, the special exhibition admission fee will be waived for members at the Associate level and above.
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Lucas Samaras

American, born Greece, 1936-2024

Lucas Samaras in his Room No. 2 in 1966. Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection and Archives, Buffalo, New York.

Works by This Artist

Hook, 1972

Lucas Samaras
Model for "Room No. 2", 1966

Lucas Samaras
Mirrored Room, 1966

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0259 (John Duff) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2009

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0036 (Mickey Friedman) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2009

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0182 (David Goerk) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2009

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0124 (Dianne Vanderlip) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2009

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0187 (Jasper Johns) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2009

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0385 (Isabelle Glimcher) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2010

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0381 (Isabelle Glimcher) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2010

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0053 (Marla Prather) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2009

Lucas Samaras
Ribbon, 1972

Lucas Samaras
Reconstruction #28, 1977

Lucas Samaras
Transformation: Boxes, 1966-1967

Lucas Samaras
Pose 0037 (Martin Friedman) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2009

Lucas Samaras

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Pose 0090 (Robert Whitman) from the series Poses/Born Actors, 2009

Lucas Samaras

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Lucas Samaras's Room No. 2 (popularly known as the Mirrored Room), 1966

Mirrored Room by Lucas Samaras

December 15, 1966–May 30, 1967

Installation view of Lucas Samaras: Reflections

Lucas Samaras: Reflections

June 21, 2014–January 4, 2015

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Letters from 31 Artists to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

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Lucas Samaras's Reconstruction #28, 1977

Recycled Reconstruction

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