Albright-Knox Art Gallery

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MISSION

The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, one of the nation's oldest public arts organizations, has a clear and compelling mission to acquire, exhibit, and preserve both modern and contemporary art. It focuses especially on contemporary art, with an active commitment to taking a global and multidisciplinary approach to the presentation, interpretation, and collection of the artistic expressions of our times. In an enriching, dynamic, and vibrant environment that embraces diverse cultures and traditions, the Gallery seeks to serve a broad and far-reaching audience.
VISION

It is the commitment of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to be one of the world's best and most dynamic modern and contemporary art institutions.

It will be recognized locally as a vital and energetic cultural gathering place and as an indispensable educational resource for the community.

Through its outstanding programs, creative collaborations, and an extraordinary new addition that will address pressing space issues and important programming initiatives, the Gallery will attract a growing national and international audience to the Buffalo Niagara region.

represented artists

Yaacov Agam      Romare Bearden      Max Beckmann      Louise Bourgeois      Joseph Cornell      Honoré Daumier      Robert Delaunay      Philip-Lorca diCorcia      Jim Dine      Hamish Fulton      David Hare      Frida Kahlo      Anselm Kiefer      Willem de Kooning      Jacob Lawrence      Nikki S. Lee      Roy Lichtenstein      Franz Marc      Amedeo Modigliani      Claude Monet      François Morellet

Robert Motherwell      Louise Nevelson      Nam June Paik      Jackson Pollock      Martin Puryear      Robert Rauschenberg      James Rosenquist      Mark Rothko      Thomas Ruff      Lucas Samaras      Richard Serra      Charles Simonds      Lorna Simpson      Clyfford Still      Rufino Tamayo      Vincent van Gogh      Victor Vasarely      Tom Wesselmann