Join us for Happy Hours at Cornelia on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays!
Through Monday, October 20, 2025Seymour H. Knox Building
Join us on Saturday, August 16, from 10 am to 4 pm in the Wilson Town Square for a Sip & Shop event where local vendors will gather under Common Sky with their handmade jewelry, home decor, and more!
Sherry Miller Hocking shares her story of a lifelong friendship with artist Steina Vasulka in an open letter, reflecting on their early days exploring video as a new art form.
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.
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!
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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Thursday, July 31, 2025
7 pm - 8 pm EDT
Join us for a conversation between Helga Christofferson, Curator-at-Large and Curator of the Nordic Art and Culture Initiative; Ulf Küster, Senior Curator, Fondation Beyeler; and Katerina Atanassova, Senior Curator of Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada, as they further illuminate the traditions of Nordic and Canadian landscape painting and discuss the Northern Lights exhibition’s creation and journey from Fondation Beyeler to the Buffalo AKG.
Friday, August 1, 2025
4 pm - 7 pm EDT
Learn about and get involved with local organizations in Western New York that are committed to preserving our natural environment.
5 pm - 8 pm EDT
Please join us on the Patio for beer tastings from Big Ditch Brewing Company and drinks for purchase from the mobile Cornelia bar.
6 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
In celebration of Northern Lights, an exhibition of modern paintings made between 1890-1930 that depict the wild and beautiful landscapes across the Nordic and Canadian regions, the Buffalo AKG will present Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1959), one of the most important films in the history of cinema.
Saturday, August 2, 2025
10 am - 1 pm EDT
Join us in Creative Commons this summer to play like an artist!
4 pm - 6 pm EDT
Attention dog owners and dog lovers! Bring your pups to Pups on the Patio, a new happy hour at the AKG on Saturdays in August!
Monday, August 4, 2025
6 pm - 8 pm EDT
Join the Buffalo AKG’s Archivist Gabrielle Carlo, and Manager of Philanthropy Dana Hogan, PhD, as they delve into the archival installation Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton: "For the Glory of Buffalo!".
Thursday, August 14, 2025
10:30 am - 12 pm EDT
Have fun and experiment with some new mini-projects in the studio!
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Friday, August 15, 2025
Saturday, August 16, 2025
10 am - 4 pm EDT
Join us for a Sip & Shop event in the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Town Square. Local vendors will gather under Common Sky with their handmade jewelry, home decor, and more!
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Listen to a story, explore the museum, and make a fun art project.
