Phyllis Thompson is one of the leading matriarchs of artmaking in the region, earning wide respect in our community among colleagues, educators, makers, and appreciators alike. Thompson is soft-spoken and not a self-promoter by nature, preferring the studio environment to the bustle of art-world events. Luckily, the Buffalo AKG has no qualms about championing the work of incredible artists. Public Art Curator Aaron Ott discusses recent works of Thompson's that have been acquired by the museum.

The Buffalo AKG recently acquired The Hand of the Devil Was Warm in the Night, 1985, by Jay Carrier (American, born Six Nations, 1963). This work figurative work demonstrates Carrier's explorations of the position of Indigenous people today. 

The Buffalo AKG recently acquired a series of works by G. Peter Jemison, an artist, curator, educator, and faithkeeper. The painting Dried Geometry, 2005, was acquired through the generosity of the Seneca Gaming Corporation and the Seneca Nation. Four additional works acquired by the museum, Long House Winter I, 2000, Free Leonard Now, 2005, Fur Trader 2, 2012, and No Fracking!, 2013, show Jemison’s signature use of paper bags to explore his relationship with the natural world and contemporary social issues.

Los Artistas del Barrio Buffalo is an arts collaborative that highlights the talents of Latino/a/x and Hispanic artists of every genre in Western New York. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we're highlighting their thoughts about an artwork in our collection that speaks to them and their work.

Learn more about Op art in the collections of the Albright-Knox and the the Musée d’arts de Nantes.

Thanks to a recent gift by the Aldo Tambellini Foundation, the Albright-Knox's collection now includes examples of this media art pioneer's paintings, lumagrams, videos, and videograms. 

We're highlighting a number new additions to the museum's collection—including two mixed media collages by Deborah Roberts—here on the blog.

Kara Walker’s Resurrection Story with Patrons is just one of a number new additions to the museum's collection we're highlighting here on the blog.

Gordon Parks’s American Gothic, Washington, D.C. is just one of a number new additions to the museum's collection we're highlighting here on the blog.

Stanley Whitney's Endless Time is just one of a number new additions to the museum's collection we're highlighting here on the blog.

Sadie Benning’s Blow up 1 is just one of a number new additions to the museum's collection we're highlighting here on the blog.

Millie Chen’s "Prototypes 1970s" is just one of a number new additions to the museum's collection we're highlighting here on the blog.

Each Wednesday this month we're highlighting five women artists with works in our collection. This week we focus on artists whose works are included in our current exhibition We the People: New Art from the Collection.

In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating works by African American artists, including Kevin Beasley's Untitled (hollow), 2016, which is currently on view in We the People: New Art from the Collection.

In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating works by African American artists, including Samuel Levi Jones's Elements, 2018, which is currently on view in We the People: New Art from the Collection.

In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating works by African American artists, including Rashid Johnson's Falling Man, 2015, which is currently on view in We the People: New Art from the Collection.