Visit our online catalog AKAT at http://akat.albrightknox.org to search the collections of the G. Robert Strauss Jr. Memorial Library.
The catalog includes records for exhibition catalogs, monographs, periodicals, artists' files, artists' books, and coming soon, items in our Special Ephemera collection of exhibition invitations and announcements, publication announcements, and other visually-compelling printed ephemera produced by art galleries and museums!
Scroll down to the bottom of the AKAT home page to get tips on searching the catalog.
Here are some additional tips to find particular types of resources:
New Books
To browse through a constantly-updating list of the newest titles added to our collection, go to the AKAT home page and click on the New Books tab (directly above the search box).
Artists' Files
On the AKAT home page, enter the artist's name (Last Name, First Name) in the search box, and select Pamphlet Files from the drop-down list in the Limit: box.
Artists' Books
On the AKAT home page, click on the Advanced search tab.
Click on Set Limits in the lower-right hand corner.
On the next page, select ARTISTS' BOOKS in the location list, then click on Apply Limits. Now you can enter your search terms on the Advanced Search page, and your search will be limited to artists' books only.
History of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Buffalo Art School
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery has had several names during its long history, as has the art school that was affiliated with the Gallery until the 1950s. Searching for works by or about the Gallery and the art school can be tricky if you don't know the exact name that was in use during a particular moment in history. Fortunately, cross-references among different names are built into the catalog to help you.
For instance, if you do an author search for "Albright-Knox Art Gallery," you can click on the Info button to learn about earlier names by which the Gallery was known. Then click on the linked version of the earlier (or later) name to find all the works produced by the Gallery when it was known by its earlier name. This way, your search will not be limited to just those works produced by the Gallery since its name officially became the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 1961!
