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    Join us for an Author Talk & Book Signing with Thomas Schlesser, recently named France's Author of the Year, and author of Mona's Eyes (2025), on Monday, September 22, from 5 to 6 pm in the Wilson Town Square. 

     

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    Submit to the 29th annual Art Alive! This contest invites participants to create living representations of famous works of art at the AKG for great prizes. 

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    The Public Art Initiative was proud to collaborate with Kissing Bridge All Seasons Resort and renowned artist Mark Paul Deren, also known as MADSTEEZ, on two large-scale murals. ://GROW!NG_BUFFALO and ://_K!SS!NG_WEENaflow are now on view. 

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    Buffalo AKG members receive an array of benefits throughout the run of One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama, including advance access from Friday, September 26, through Monday, September 29. Reserve your timed-entry tickets now!

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    • Plan Your Visit
    • Hours & Admission
    • Directions & Parking
    • Codes of Conduct
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    • Shop
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    • Frequently Asked Questions

    Happy Hours

    Join us for Happy Hours at Cornelia on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays!

     
  • Art

    Art

    • Exhibitions
    • Collection
    • Search the Collection
    • Public Art
    • Nordic Art and Culture Initiative
    • Publications

    Northern Lights

    Through January 12, 2026
    Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building

  • Events

    Events

    • Find an Event
    • M&T FIRST FRIDAYS
    • Book Your Birthday Party
    • Book the Art Truck
    • Public Tours
    • After Hours

    Author Talk & Book Signing

    Join us for an Author Talk & Book Signing with Thomas Schlesser, recently named France's Author of the Year, and author of Mona's Eyes (2025), on Monday, September 22, from 5 to 6 pm in the Wilson Town Square. 

     

  • Learn & Create

    Learn & Create

    • Studio Art Classes
    • Creative Commons
    • Blog
    • Free Digital Guide
    • Art’scool: School Tours
    • Lesson Plans
    • Resources for Educators

    Submit to Art Alive!

    Submit to the 29th annual Art Alive! This contest invites participants to create living representations of famous works of art at the AKG for great prizes. 

  • Community

    Community

    • Public Art
    • Museum Day Pass Donations
    • Community Resources and Feedback

    Public Art Initiative

    The Public Art Initiative was proud to collaborate with Kissing Bridge All Seasons Resort and renowned artist Mark Paul Deren, also known as MADSTEEZ, on two large-scale murals. ://GROW!NG_BUFFALO and ://_K!SS!NG_WEENaflow are now on view. 

  • Support

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    • Membership
    • Make a Donation
    • Corporate Support
    • Annual Fundraising Events
    • Entertain at the Buffalo AKG
    • Travel with Us
    • Volunteer
    • Our Supporters

    Members' Preview Week

    Buffalo AKG members receive an array of benefits throughout the run of One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama, including advance access from Friday, September 26, through Monday, September 29. Reserve your timed-entry tickets now!

  • About

    About

    • Vision & Mission
    • Our Collections
    • Our Campus
    • Our History
    • Our Team
    • Annual Reports
    • 2016–2026 Strategic Plan
    • Building the Buffalo AKG Art Museum

    Campus History Timeline

    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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Shantell Martin

  • #5WomenArtists: Bottoms, Casañas, Reiss, Martin, and O'Leary Soudant

    March 21, 2018

    Five of the projects undertaken as part of our AK Public Art Initiative in the past year have featured works by women artists. We highlight five of them here.

    Julia Bottoms working on a portrait of Arthur O. Eve for The Freedom Wall
  • AK Public Art Spotlight: Shantell Martin’s Dance Everyday

    June 12, 2017

    Titled Dance Everyday, Shantell Martin’s recently completed mural at 537 East Delavan is a distinctively playful black-and-white composition filled with her identity, capturing a spirit soaked in optimism.

    Shantell Martin in front of her mural, Dance Everyday, 2017, at 537 East Delavan Avenue
  • Your AK: Shantell Martin's Someday We Can

    April 5, 2017

    Shantell Martin's exhibition Someday We Can has transformed our Sculpture Court, and you've been documenting every inch of it on Instagram.

    Silhouette of a person looking at Shantell Martin's mural
  • Exhibition Spotlight—Shantell Martin: Someday We Can

    April 3, 2017

    Shantell Martin’s mantra is “Draw on Everything,” which she does with aplomb. Learn more about her unique artistic method on the occasion of her current exhibition Shantell Martin: Someday We Can.

    Shantell Martin in front of her mural in the Albright-Knox's Sculpture Court
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