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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.
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Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building
Events
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Join us for Erie County Free Week from February 20–24! This week of free admission for Erie County residents, with special programs and events, is a way for the museum to express its gratitude to all Erie County residents, the County Executive, and County Legislators for their generous support of museum operations.
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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.
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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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Nicolas Schöffer

French, born Hungary, 1912-1992

Nicolas Schöffer installing his work Spatiodynamique 22, 1954, for Art Today: Kinetic & Optic at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in February 1965. Image courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Digital Assets Collection and Archives, Buffalo, New York.

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Lux 9, 1964

Nicolas Schöffer
Spatiodynamique 22, 1954

Nicolas Schöffer

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