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#CAUGHTONCAMERA Spotlight on the Collection—Artists in Depth: Picasso, Braque, Léger, Delaunay January 28—June 5, 2011 Spotlight on the Collection—Artists in Depth: Picasso, Braque, Lége...
HISTORYPIN OF THE WEEK Isamu Noguchi’s The Cry, 1962 Isamu Noguchi’s The Cry was originally sculpted from balsa wood and was cast in bronze several years later. It was featured in a 1965 e...
#CAUGHTONCAMERA Opening Concert of the Ninth Season of the Creative Associates, SUNYAB October 28, 1972 On October 28, 1972, the Albright-Knox hosted the opening concert in the ninth season of t...
albrightknox : > AK Historypin of the Week > Buffalo State Hospital, Forest Avenue between Grant Street and > Elmwood Avenue > > The Albright Art Gallery (now the Albri...
Celebrating her unique spirit and unsparing vision, Who Does She Think She Is? presents Rosalyn Drexler as both a sharp critic of and a joyful participant in American culture of the past fifty y...
#CAUGHTONCAMERA Members’ Preview of Mixed Media and Pop Art November 18, 1963 On November 18, 1963, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery hosted a Members’ Preview for Mixed Media and Pop Art. The ...
HISTORYPIN OF THE WEEK Franz West’s Sculptures at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Part of Extreme Abstraction, 2005 The top photo is a view of Franz West’s Ypsilon , 2004, on the Albright-Kno...
#CAUGHTONCAMERA Opening of Retrospective Collection of French Art, 1870–1910 October 29, 1916 From October 29 to December 9, 1916, the Albright Art Gallery hosted a loaned exhibition of work...
HISTORYPIN OF THE WEEK John C. Lord House Former Location: Delaware Avenue near Potomac Avenue This wooden house was built by Reverend Dr. John C. Lord (1905–1877) around 1855. He was a well-...
#CAUGHTONCAMERA Gallery Talk in Trends in Painting: 1600–1800 October 1957 From October 2 to November 4, 1957, the Albright Art Gallery hosted Trends in Painting: 1600–1800, a collection of ...
HISTORYPIN OF THE WEEK Alexander Liberman’s Bond, 1969 Albright-Knox Art Gallery Grounds Alexander Liberman arrived in the United States in 1941 and quickly became enamored with the industri...
The series of projects I developed with Mylar was a part of an investigation of materials with certain physical traits that can somehow be activated outside of the material or object itself. Tran...
#CAUGHTONCAMERA Concert in Honor of Robert Rauschenberg September 24, 1977 On September 24, 1977, as part of a special Members’ Preview event, the Albright-Knox hosted a concert in honor of Ro...
HISTORYPIN OF THE WEEK Native American Arts Festival August 8, 1988 On August 8, 1988, the Albright-Knox hosted a Native American Arts Festival titled “Day for the Turtle” featuring dance ...
CLOSING SOON: SHADE: CLYFFORD STILL / MARK BRADFORD This exhibition features six works Mark Bradford created specifically for this exhibition and which are in dialogue with both Still’s abs...
#CAUGHTONCAMERA Fall 1979 Adult Workshop In the fall of 1979, the Albright-Knox offered a series of adult art classes focused on teaching participants to create still life paintings with waterco...
HISTORYPIN OF THE WEEK Aristide Maillol’s La Nuit 1902–09 (cast executed 1939) This seated female figure by Aristide Maillol was sculpted between 1902 and 1909, and was cast in 1939 in lead....
SHADE: CLYFFORD STILL / MARK BRADFORD This exhibition features the work of celebrated American artists Mark Bradford and Clyfford Still. For the exhibition, Bradford has helped select more ...
The visitor may sit down in a chair in front of a minimalist work desk, pick up the receiver from a ’60s-style telephone, and listen to a recording of a conversation between me and a man who we...