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Visit the Shop in the Seymour H. Knox Building for all things AKG! From exclusive exhibition merchandise to collaborations with local businesses, there is something for everyone.
Art
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Through Monday, June 9, 2025
Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building
Events
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Members' Preview of "Steina: Playback"

Join us for the Members' Preview of Steina: Playback on Thursday, March 13, in the Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building.
Learn & Create
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Visit Creative Commons

Located adjacent to the Wilson Town Square in the Knox Building, Creative Commons is a free, active space for ages five and up designed to help you create, share, and connect through fun and playful experiences with art! Admission to the Knox Building is always FREE.
Community
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Hi-Vis: Ten Years of Public Art

Check out Hi-Vis: Ten Years of Public Art—a documentary that features reflective interviews with AKG Curator of Public Art Aaron Ott and many of the artists who have worked with the Public Art Initiative over the past ten years.
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Members get the best access to the AKG and special opportunities to create deeper connections with the collection. Enjoy unlimited free admission, guest passes, invitations to exclusive members’ previews and events, and more!
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Trace the evolution of the museum’s campus, from groundbreaking for our first building in 1900 to the opening of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in 2023.

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Polly Apfelbaum

American, born 1955

Polly Apfelbaum installing her work Reckless, 1998, for Extreme Abstraction in 2005. Photograph by Tom Loonan.

Works by This Artist

Regina, 2013

Polly Apfelbaum
Dan, 2014

Polly Apfelbaum
Adam, 2014

Polly Apfelbaum
Reckless from the series "Fallen Paintings", 1998

Polly Apfelbaum

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Installation view of Extreme Abstraction

Extreme Abstraction

July 15, 2005–October 2, 2005

Installation view of Defining Sculpture with John Chamberlain’s Crowded Hearts, 1987, and Polly Apfelbaum’s Reckless, 1998

Defining Sculpture

June 18, 2016–October 9, 2016

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