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Director's Vlog Series
In an effort to connect during this time of social distancing, Peggy Pierce Elfvin Director Janne Sirén has recorded a series of video diaries, or vlogs, to report on developments at the Albright-Knox, and to explore different elements of the museum's past, present, and future.
Vlog #10
With Author Ariana Neumann
Vlog #9
With Artist Olafur Eliasson
Vlog #8
With Amy Cappellazzo, Chairman of the Fine Art division and Executive Vice President of Sotheby’s
Vlog #7
With Albright-Knox Curator of Public Art Aaron Ott and Albright-Knox Board President Alice F. Jacobs
Vlog #6: May 7, 2020
With Albright-Knox Archivist Gabrielle Carlo
Vlog #5: April 29, 2020
With Albright-Knox Public Art Project Coordinator Eric Jones
Vlog #4: April 23, 2020
With AK360 Project Architect Shohei Shigematsu, Partner at OMA North America
Vlog #3: April 15, 2020
With Albright-Knox ledare Curator Cathleen Chaffee
Vlog #2 • Jury Committee Chairman Shinji Higuchi Film Director, Special Effects Director Higuchi is well known mainly for directing Shin Godzilla (2016) and Shin Ultraman (2022). Jury Takami Akai Game Creator, Animation Producer CEO of Yonago GAINAX Inc. Akai is also the creator of the world’s first simulation game, “Princess Maker.” Koki Akiyoshi Architect, Meta-architect Born in Osaka in 1988, Akiyoshi graduated from the Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance in 2015 after majoring in architecture at the College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology in 2013. Akiyoshi founded VUILD, a construction tech startup, in 2017. As President and CEO as well as a meta-architect, he promotes architecture by thorough digitalization from design to construction. A notable example of his work using digital technology includes the House for Marebito that is made of updated Gassho-zukuri (steep gable roof). He is also a developer of the cloud service “EMARF” f • Buffalo, NY – The Albright-Knox Art Gallery has selected the award-winning firm OMA to expand and refurbish the museum’s historic campus. The decision was approved today by the Albright-Knox Board of Directors following a rigorous international search for an architectural partner to collaborate on the museum’s first expansion in more than half a century. The project, entitled AK360, will be OMA’s first art museum project in the United States. It will enlarge and enhance the Albright-Knox, enabling the institution to better serve diverse audiences and to flourish in the twenty-first century. As design architect, OMA Principal Shohei Shigematsu will spend the next year in partnership with the museum and in consultation with the community to develop a vision for a renewed and revitalized Albright-Knox. The $80 million project—the largest ever undertaken by a cultural organization in Western New Yo
Albright-Knox Selects OMA/Shohei Shigematsu for Museum’s AK360 Expansion