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95-658: The museum is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art . It is directly opposite Buffalo State University and the Burchfield Penney Art Center . It is named after three major donors, John J. Albright , Seymour H. Knox II , and Jeffrey Gundlach . The parent organization of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum is the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, founded in 1862, one of the oldest public arts institutions in

190-663: A Link Boy were secure. Works by Gustave Courbet , Honoré Daumier , Jacques-Louis David , and Eugène Delacroix had been purchased by the museum in earlier decades. The decision to deaccession certain art works was made by a vote of the museum's board of directors, was voted on and ratified by the entire membership, and followed the guidelines of the American Alliance of Museums . The sale raised questions about how museums can remain vital when they are situated in economically declining regions and have limited means for raising funds for operations and acquisitions. The museum

285-533: A Roman-era bronze sculpture, Artemis and the Stag , that was auctioned at Sotheby's New York on June 7, 2007, and brought $ 28.6 million. This was the highest price ever paid at auction for an antiquity or a sculpture of any period, according to Sotheby's. It was purchased by the London dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi on behalf of a private European collector. The event brought national attention to what until then had been

380-451: A canopy of glass and mirrors rendered in alternating triangular segments that allow the light to pour into the space below. Visitors can look up and see themselves reflected in the mirrors too, creating a synergistic and kaleidoscopic pushing and pulling of reflections and space. Common Sky ’s form tapers into the courtyard itself, with a cyclone-shaped column that leads to a complex system of drains below. This asymmetrical element nods both to

475-476: A default action ordering the destruction of the shipment. Lego Group footed the bill for the disposal of the 54,000 sets, citing a desire to avoid brand confusion and protect consumers from potentially inferior products. In 2004, Best-Lock defeated a patent challenge from Lego in the Oberlandesgericht, Hamburg. The Lego Group has attempted to trademark the "Lego Indicia", the studded appearance of

570-475: A factory in Switzerland . In 2011, sales for the company grew 11%, rising from US$ 2,847 million in 2010 to US$ 3,495 million in 2011. Profit for the 2011 fiscal year increased from US$ 661 million to US$ 776 million. The increased profit was due to the enormous popularity of the new brand Ninjago , which became the company's biggest product introduction ever. In 2012, it was reported that

665-433: A handwritten letter to Lego from a seven-year-old American girl, Charlotte Benjamin, received widespread attention in the media. In it, the young author complained that there were "more Lego boy people and barely any Lego girls" and observed that "all the girls did was sit at home, go to the beach, and shop, and they had no jobs, but the boys went on adventures, worked, saved people … even swam with sharks". In June 2014, it

760-639: A key point in his career and the development of modern painting. It reflected Matisse's incipient fascination with primitive art : the intense warm color of the figures against the cool blue-green background and the rhythmical succession of the dancing nudes convey the feelings of emotional liberation and hedonism . At the start of 20th-century Western painting , and initially influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec , Gauguin and other late-19th-century innovators, Pablo Picasso made his first Cubist paintings based on Cézanne's idea that all depiction of nature can be reduced to three solids: cube , sphere and cone . With

855-588: A local question, the mission of the Albright-Knox. In February 2007, when the list of works to be deaccessioned was made public, Albright-Knox Director Louis Grachos defined the ancient sculpture as falling outside the institution's historical "core mission" of "acquiring and exhibiting art of the present." This definition made public critics wonder whether the position at the Gallery of " William Hogarth 's Lady's Last Stake or Sir Joshua Reynolds ' Cupid as

950-512: A member of the jury at the Salon d'Automne where he exhibited three of his dreamlike works: Enigma of the Oracle , Enigma of an Afternoon and Self-Portrait . In 1913 he exhibited his work at the Salon des Indépendants and Salon d'Automne, and his work was noticed by Pablo Picasso , Guillaume Apollinaire , and several others. His compelling and mysterious paintings are considered instrumental to

1045-700: A petition for the election with the National Labor Relations Board in January 2024. 71 employees are set to vote on January 25, 2024 on whether to join AKG Workers United. This vote follows AKG Workers United filing unfair labor practice charges against the museum, accusing its leadership of "heightening surveillance of employees and re-enforcing workplace rules in direct response to unionization efforts." Museum officials have denied these allegations and have stated: "Regardless of

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1140-604: A possible expansion in 2001. In 2012, the board commissioned the architectural firm Snøhetta to produce a master plan for future growth. In 2014, the board voted to initiate a museum expansion and, in June 2016, the museum announced its selection of OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu as the architect for the project. It is the first art museum designed by this association of architects in the United States. Doubleline CEO and Buffalo native Jeffrey Gundlach pledged $ 42.5 million to

1235-694: A retail park environment. Legoland Japan Resort was opened in 2017 in Nagoya, Japan . Legoland Water Park Gardaland in Castelnuovo del Garda , Italy and Legoland New York in Goshen, New York , the largest of ten Legoland parks as of 2024, was opened in 2021. In June 2019, the Lego Group purchased the remaining shares in Merlin Entertainments which they did not own and privatised

1330-596: A search for more realism in the depiction of common life, as found in the work of painters such as Jean-François Millet . The advocates of realism stood against the idealism of the tradition-bound academic art that enjoyed public and official favor. The most successful painters of the day worked either through commissions or through large public exhibitions of their work. There were official, government-sponsored painters' unions, while governments regularly held public exhibitions of new fine and decorative arts. The Impressionists argued that people do not see objects but only

1425-462: A series of Minifigure-based action-adventure games inspired by popular cultural franchises such as Star Wars , Batman , Marvel Comics , and the Harry Potter series. The brand also released The LEGO Movie (2014), a computer-animated feature film centered on the adventures of LEGO Minifigures. A spin-off, The LEGO Batman Movie (2017), focused on one of the characters introduced in

1520-508: A week of its online release in August 2014. The BBC's Tom de Castella reported that Kooijman was pleased with the set's final design, despite the addition of face makeup to her original proposal, and that Becky Francis , professor of education and social justice at King's College London , who had been "very, very disappointed" by Lego Friends, is a fan. In June 2021, Lego released a set entitled " Everyone Is Awesome " to celebrate and recognize

1615-624: Is Coko, manufactured by Chinese company Tianjin Coko Toy Co., Ltd. In 2002, Lego Group's Swiss subsidiary Interlego AG sued the company for copyright infringement . A trial court found many Coko bricks to be infringing; Coko was ordered to cease manufacture of the infringing bricks, publish a formal apology in the Beijing Daily , and pay a small fee in damages to Interlego. On appeal, the Beijing High People's Court upheld

1710-463: Is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund , Denmark. It manufactures Lego -branded toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks. The Lego Group has also built several amusement parks around the world, each known as Legoland , and operates numerous retail stores. The company was founded on 10 August 1932, by Ole Kirk Christiansen . The name Lego is derived from

1805-536: Is closely related to Modernism . Although modern sculpture and architecture are reckoned to have emerged at the end of the 19th century, the beginnings of modern painting can be located earlier. Francisco Goya is considered by many as the Father of Modern Painting without being a Modernist himself, a fact of art history that later painters associated with Modernism as a style, acknowledge him as an influence. The date perhaps most commonly identified as marking

1900-559: Is open from 10 am to 8 pm, Thursday and Friday, and 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday through Monday. On the first Friday of each month, admission to the museum is Pay What You Wish sponsored by M&T Bank . Since 2013, Janne Sirén has been director of the Albright–Knox Art Gallery. Sirén is believed to be the first director from the Nordic region to take the helm of a major American art museum. Complete list of directors: As of 2007,

1995-446: Is represented by Self-Portrait with Monkey . Because of Seymour H. Knox and Gordon M. Smith, a former director, the Albright-Knox was one of the first museums to collect Abstract Expressionism in depth. That movement is widely represented in the collection with works by artists including Arshile Gorky , Jackson Pollock , Joan Mitchell , Franz Kline , Robert Motherwell , Adolph Gottlieb , and Helen Frankenthaler . The museum owns

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2090-520: Is the first Legoland in Asia and was quickly followed by another Lego-themed water park in the same area. The first Lego hotel has also opened near the site. People who stay in the hotel will also get tickets to the theme park and water park. The September 2016 they opened Legoland Dubai. In addition, they opened four new Legoland Discovery Centres , which take the Legoland concept and scale it down to suit

2185-551: Is the largest Legoland opened to date at 145 acres, and only one of the Legoland parks opened in the United States. The other Legoland (opened at a later date) water park was opened near the same location on 26 May 2012 after only four months of construction. Merlin Entertainments opened their second new Legoland park in Iskandar Puteri , Malaysia under the name Legoland Malaysia Resort on 22 September 2012. It

2280-464: The Danish phrase leg godt , meaning "play well". In the first half of 2015, The Lego Group became the world's largest toy company by revenue , with sales amounting to US$ 2.1 billion, surpassing Mattel , which had US$ 1.9 billion in sales. The Lego company was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen , a carpenter whose primary business of producing household goods had suffered due to

2375-664: The Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney) at Walt Disney World in Orlando , Florida . Between 1999 and 2005, Lego opened 24 further stores in North America in 23 states. As of 2023, 112 Lego stores are operating in North America in 35 US states and five Canadian provinces. These stores sell various Lego merchandise, including minifigures , Pick-a-Brick, and custom packaged minifigures. The first Lego store in India

2470-806: The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media . On 3 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the LEGO Foundation stated it would donate approximately US$ 16.5   million to organizations including UNICEF , Save the Children , and the Danish Red Cross for emergency relief efforts. In April 2022, The LEGO Foundation announced the launch of the company's $ 20 million play-based learning initiative. The grant programme launched as part of Autism Acceptance Month,

2565-626: The Great Depression . Initially producing wooden toys, the company later developed a system of interlocking bricks. Manufacturing of plastic Lego bricks began in Denmark in 1947. After a fire in the woodworking department, Ole's son, Godtfred, decided to stop the production of wooden toys and solely focus on plastic products and the Lego system. He also built an airport in Billund to facilitate

2660-606: The LGBTQ+ community. The set includes over 300 pieces and has 11 monochrome minifigures in the colours of the Rainbow flag . In October 2021, Lego Group launched a campaign named "Ready for Girls" as part of its celebration of the UN's International Day of the Girl . The company also announced its plan to remove gender stereotypes from the toy(s) following a review of a study commissioned by

2755-853: The Majid Al Futtaim Group , which opened 6 stores in 2015 (4 in the United Arab Emirates , and 2 in Kuwait ). In 2023 there is a total of 423 stores operated by franchisees, mostly in Australia, Asia and South America. October 2002 saw a significant change in the Lego Group's direct retail policy with the opening of the first so-called Lego Brand Store in Cologne , Germany. The second, in Milton Keynes , UK, followed quickly – several dozen more opened worldwide over

2850-407: The 1970s through the end of the twentieth century can be found represented by artists such as Lee Bontecou , Chryssa , Alberto Giacometti , Eva Hesse , Robert Rauschenberg , Jasper Johns , Howardena Pindell , Ed Clark , Kiki Smith , Félix González-Torres , and Andy Warhol . At her death in 2016 pop artist Marisol left her estate to the museum including hundreds of works of art, making it

2945-433: The 1980s and 1990s, as evidenced by the rise of neo-expressionism and the revival of figurative painting . Towards the end of the 20th century, many artists and architects started questioning the idea of "the modern" and created typically Postmodern works . (Roughly chronological with representative artists listed.) The Lego Group The Lego Group (also known as Lego System A/S or formally Lego A/S )

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3040-416: The Albright–Knox Art Gallery's endowment stood at about $ 58 million, generating about $ 1.1 million a year for acquisitions. Since the proceeds from the sale of some 200 works of art in 2007 were added to the preexisting $ 22 million acquisitions endowment, the museum has been able to spend as much as almost $ 5 million on new art annually. In 2013, the Albright–Knox Art Gallery received an $ 11 million bequest from

3135-501: The Americas Art of Oceania Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about

3230-729: The Blackstone subsidiary Merlin Entertainments . Under the terms of the deal, the Lego Group would take a 30% share in Merlin Entertainments and positions on their board. The sale of the theme parks was part of a wider strategy to restructure the company to focus on the core business of toy products. In 2010, Merlin Entertainments opened the first Legoland water park at the Legoland California site. On 15 October 2011, Merlin Entertainments opened their first new Legoland park, Legoland Florida , in Winter Haven, Florida . It

3325-431: The Buffalo AKG Art Museum exhibition space could accommodate only 200 works — just 3% of its 6,740-piece collection. The Buffalo AKG Art Museum has more than 6,500 works in its collection, below is a list highlighting a few other notable works: The gallery contains a variety of sculptures on the exterior grounds. Some of the most notable, from the past and the present, include: In 2007, the Albright–Knox Art Gallery sold

3420-521: The Kirk Kristiansen family, owners of Lego, operate three private jets that have flown over 1,000 times between 2020 and 2023, often to destinations linked to vacations and events related to the family's hobby of horse riding. As private aviation is emitting considerable amounts of greenhouse gasses , reports raise concerns about the contrast between the family's private activities and Lego's public commitment to sustainability. In January 2014,

3515-410: The Lego Group had become the world's most valuable toy company ahead of Mattel with a value of over US$ 14.6 billion. The Lego Group delivered a turnover of kr. 14,142 million in the first half of 2015 with an increase of 18% compared with the same period in 2014 measured in local currency (i.e. excluding the impact of foreign exchange rate changes). Net profit for the first half of 2015

3610-400: The Lego Group under Lego's majority owner Kirkbi A/S , which allowed Create TV and Film to branch onto other projects. The company later produced Bionicle: Mask of Light , Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui and Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows for Creative Capers Entertainment . In 2005, Kirkbi A/S sold Create TV and Film to its chief executive officer , Vanessa Chapman, and the company

3705-402: The Lego Group. The company was founded as Lego Media in 1996 and headquartered in London, England. In February 1999, Lego Media announced their move into the girls' software industry, starting with Lego Friends . In May 2002, the company announced that begin distributing its titles through Electronic Arts . Eventually, the Lego Group opted out of the video game business and Lego Interactive

3800-768: The Lego brick, hoping to stop production of Mega Brands . On 24 May 2002, the Federal Court of Canada dismissed the case, asserting the design was functional and therefore ineligible for trademark protection. The Lego Group's appeal was dismissed by the Federal Court of Appeal on 14 July 2003. In October 2005, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that "Trademark law should not be used to perpetuate monopoly rights enjoyed under now-expired patents" and held that Mega Bloks can continue to manufacture their bricks. Because of fierce competition from copycat products,

3895-718: The United States. On January 15, 1900, Buffalo entrepreneur and philanthropist John J. Albright , a wealthy Buffalo industrialist, donated funds to the Academy to begin construction of an art gallery. The building was designed by prominent local architect Edward Brodhead Green . It was originally intended to be used as the Fine Arts Pavilion for the Pan-American Exposition in 1901, but delays in its construction caused it to remain uncompleted until 1905. When it finally opened its doors on May 31, 1905, it

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3990-484: The attention of curators and critics, at the expense of more traditional media. Larger installations and performances became widespread. By the end of the 1970s, when cultural critics began speaking of "the end of painting" (the title of a provocative essay written in 1981 by Douglas Crimp ), new media art had become a category in itself, with a growing number of artists experimenting with technological means such as video art . Painting assumed renewed importance in

4085-576: The birth of modern art as a movement is 1863, the year that Édouard Manet showed his painting Le déjeuner sur l'herbe in the Salon des Refusés in Paris. Earlier dates have also been proposed, among them 1855 (the year Gustave Courbet exhibited The Artist's Studio ) and 1784 (the year Jacques-Louis David completed his painting The Oath of the Horatii ). In the words of art historian H. Harvard Arnason : "Each of these dates has significance for

4180-743: The building houses the Nordic Gallery, dedicated to contemporary Scandinavian art. The third floor of the building showcases the museum's new acquisitions. The museum is part of the Monuments Men and Women Museum Network, launched in 2021 by the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art . In November 2023, a unionization campaign was launched by museum employees across the visitor experience, facilities, and food services departments, with employees filing

4275-740: The city's Paradise Center . In 1992, when the Mall of America opened in Bloomington, Minnesota , one of its premier attractions was the Lego Imagination Center (LIC). An imagination centre is a large Lego store with displays of Lego sculptures and a play area with bins of bricks to build with. The store inventory includes a large selection of Lego sets for sale, including sets which are advertised in Lego catalogues as "Not Available in Any Store". A second imagination centre opened at

4370-701: The company has always responded by being proactive in its patenting and has over 600 United States–granted design patents to its name. In 2003, the Lego Group faced a budget deficit of kr.  1.4 billion ( US$ 220 million at then-current exchange rates; equal to € 175 million), causing Poul Plougmann to be replaced by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen as president. In the following year, almost one thousand employees were laid off, due to budget cuts. However, in October 2004, on reporting an even larger deficit, Kristiansen also stepped down as president, while placing kr. 800 million of his private funds into

4465-426: The company made it to Forbes Top 100 World's Most Valuable Brands 2018, being 97th on the list. The Lego Group has built eleven amusement parks around the world, each known as Legoland . Each park features large-scale Lego models of famous landmarks and miniature Lego models of famous cities, along with Lego-themed rides. The first Legoland park was built in Lego's home town of Billund in Denmark in 1968. This

4560-472: The company started making plastic blocks with knobs (Lego blocks) so that they could be put together. The basic LEGO brick has remained unchanged since its patent, and this enduring design has been associated with the toy’s widespread popularity. These bricks have become a recognizable part of childhood in many parts of the world. The LEGO Group, which has remained family-owned by the Christiansen family,

4655-437: The company. In 2005, the Lego Group reported a 2004 net loss of kr. 1,931 million on a total turnover, including Legoland amusement parks , of kr. 7,934 million. For 2005, the company returned a profit of kr. 702 million, having increased its revenue by 12% to kr. 7,050 million in 2005 against kr. 315 million in 2004. It also cut expenditures and disposed of amusement parks and

4750-1189: The company. This returned the operation of the Legoland parks to the control of the Lego Group. The Lego Group operates 171 retail stores in North America and Europe (99 in the United States, 19 in the United Kingdom, 18 in Germany , 13 in Canada , 9 in France , 6 in Poland , 3 in Denmark, 4 in the Netherlands , 2 in Austria , 2 in Belgium , 2 in Sweden , 1 in Spain , 1 in Israel , 2 in Ireland . and some in Italy ). The Lego Group also franchised its store brand to

4845-417: The completion of the renovations and its reopening in spring 2023. The Seymour H. Knox Building, until its renovation, had an open courtyard that was not accessible to museum visitors. As part of the redesign of the terrain, a new artwork was created by artists Ólafur Elíasson and Sebastian Behmann , Common Sky, which now encloses this courtyard: "At once architectural and sculptural, Common Sky presents

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4940-605: The contributions of Seymour H. Knox, Jr. and his family, and many other donors. At this time, the museum was renamed the Albright–Knox Art Gallery. The new building was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architect Gordon Bunshaft , who is noted for the Lever House in New York City. The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is listed in the National Register of Historic Places . The museum first began discussing

5035-496: The decision, we are committed to continuing to work collaboratively to support all of our Buffalo AKG team.” In 1910, the museum hosted the International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography (November 3–December 1, 1910), curated by Alfred Stieglitz . It was the first ever show organized by an American museum that aimed to elevate photography's stature to that of a fine art. In 1978, the museum's exhibition on

5130-501: The development of modern art, but none categorically marks a completely new beginning .... A gradual metamorphosis took place in the course of a hundred years." The strands of thought that eventually led to modern art can be traced back to the Enlightenment . The modern art critic Clement Greenberg , for instance, called Immanuel Kant "the first real Modernist" but also drew a distinction: "The Enlightenment criticized from

5225-425: The development of modern art. At the beginning of the 20th century Henri Matisse and several other young artists including the pre-cubists Georges Braque , André Derain , Raoul Dufy , Jean Metzinger and Maurice de Vlaminck revolutionized the Paris art world with "wild," multi-colored, expressive landscapes and figure paintings that the critics called Fauvism . Matisse's two versions of The Dance signified

5320-436: The difficulties in achieving the necessary durability and production efficiency. Despite previous commitments to reduce plastic waste, the company's recent efforts to create bricks from recycled plastic bottles did not result in the anticipated sustainable alternatives, as the production process resulted in a higher carbon footprint than anticipated. In 2024, investigative journalism by Danish news broadcaster DR revealed that

5415-467: The early beginnings of Surrealism . Song of Love (1914) is one of the most famous works by de Chirico and is an early example of the surrealist style, though it was painted ten years before the movement was "founded" by André Breton in 1924. The School of Paris , centered in Montparnasse flourished between the two world wars. World War I brought an end to this phase but indicated the beginning of many anti-art movements, such as Dada , including

5510-475: The estate of longtime board member and Buffalo arts patron Peggy Pierce Elfvin, the largest single gift in the museum's history at that time. In 2016, Los Angeles financier Jeffrey Gundlach contributed $ 42.5 million, the largest donation from a single individual in the museum's history. Modern art Art of Central Asia Art of East Asia Art of South Asia Art of Southeast Asia Art of Europe Art of Africa Art of

5605-412: The first clear manifestation of cubism, was followed by Synthetic cubism , practiced by Braque, Picasso, Fernand Léger , Juan Gris , Albert Gleizes , Marcel Duchamp and several other artists into the 1920s. Synthetic cubism is characterized by the introduction of different textures, surfaces, collage elements, papier collé and a large variety of merged subject matter. The notion of modern art

5700-412: The first cooperation of the Lego Foundation with a museum. Likewise, it houses the Cornelia restaurant, which features an almost 30-foot-high (9.1 m) glass mosaic by artist Firelei Báez . The Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building, a circular glass building, opened in August of 2023 and added more than 50,000 square feet (4,600 m) to the museum's exhibition and five studio classrooms. The first floor of

5795-448: The first decade of the 20th century were Fauvism , Cubism , Expressionism , and Futurism . Futurism took off in Italy a couple years before World War I with the publication of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 's Futurist Manifesto . Benedetta Cappa Marinetti , wife of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, created the second wave of the artistic movement started by her husband. "Largely thanks to Benedetta, her husband F.T. Marinetti re orchestrated

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5890-440: The first half of the year, the first reported decrease in 13 years. The revenue losses are due to a more competitive environment, where the company has to compete not only against its traditional competitors Hasbro and Mattel , but also against technology companies such as Sony or Microsoft as more children use mobile devices for entertainment. The job cuts account for 8 per cent of the company's total workforce. In May 2018,

5985-581: The five years ending on 31 December 2013. It is seeking alternatives to crude oil as the raw material for its bricks. In June 2015, this resulted in the establishment of the Lego Sustainable Materials Centre, which is expected to recruit more than 100 employees, as a significant step towards the 2030 ambition of finding and implementing sustainable alternatives to current materials. In 2023, online magazine Wired reported that Lego has faced challenges in transitioning from traditional acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene plastic to more sustainable materials due to

6080-473: The focal point of new artistic movements. The 1950s and 1960s saw the emergence of Abstract Expressionism , Color field painting , Conceptual artists of Art & Language , Pop art , Op art , Hard-edge painting , Minimal art , Lyrical Abstraction , Fluxus , Happening , video art , Postminimalism , Photorealism and various other movements. In the late 1960s and the 1970s, Land art , performance art , conceptual art, and other new art forms attracted

6175-560: The impact of its operations on the environment, in particular in areas such as climate change, resource and energy use and waste. All manufacturing sites are certified according to the environmental standard ISO 14001. The first Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind turbines off the coast of Germany began producing electricity in February 2015, which would help the Lego Group reach its goal of being based 100% on renewable energy by 2020. The company claims to recycle 90% of its waste and that it has made its operations nearly one-third more energy efficient over

6270-419: The largest collection of her work in the world. Their contemporary collection includes pieces by artists such as Cory Arcangel , Tony Conrad , Mark Bradford , Nick Cave , Simone Leigh , Georg Baselitz , John Connell , and Per Kirkeby . The museum bought Anselm Kiefer 's large-scale Die Milchstrasse (The Milkyway) (1985–1987) in 1988 to celebrate its 125th anniversary. Before its 2019-2023 expansion,

6365-433: The light that they reflect, and therefore painters should paint in natural light ( en plein air ) rather than in studios and should capture the effects of light in their work. Impressionist artists formed a group, Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs ("Association of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers") which, despite internal tensions, mounted a series of independent exhibitions. The style

6460-399: The location of a lone hawthorn tree planted in the original courtyard in the 1960s, while simultaneously serving as a drainage system of rain and snow that Buffalo is famed for." The resulting 6,000 square feet (560 m) community gathering space was given the name "Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Town Square" in honor of the $ 11 million donation of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. and the Wilson Foundation for

6555-467: The nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency away from the narrative , which was characteristic of the traditional arts, toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art. More recent artistic production is often called contemporary art or Postmodern art . Modern art begins with the heritage of painters like Vincent van Gogh , Paul Cézanne , Paul Gauguin , Georges Seurat and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec all of whom were essential for

6650-418: The next few years, and most of the existing stores have been remodelled on the new Brand Store template. One of the distinctive features of these new stores is the inclusion of a "Pick-A-Brick" system that allows customers to buy individual bricks in bulk quantities. The opening of most of these stores, including the 2003 opening of one in the Birmingham Bull Ring shopping centre in England, has been marked by

6745-534: The nineteenth century such as Paul Gauguin , Edgar Degas , Berthe Morisot , Claude Monet , and Vincent van Gogh . Revolutionary styles from the early twentieth century such as abstraction , cubism , surrealism , and constructivism are represented in works by artists like Pablo Picasso , Georges Braque , Jean Metzinger , Albert Gleizes , Henri Matisse , André Derain , Joan Miró , Piet Mondrian , Giacomo Balla , Sonia Delaunay , Georgia O'Keeffe , Amedeo Modigliani , and Alexander Rodchenko . Frida Kahlo

6840-431: The original film. Since the expiry of the last standing Lego patent in 1989, several companies have produced interlocking bricks that are similar to Lego bricks. The toy company Tyco Toys produced such bricks for a time; other competitors include Mega Bloks and Best-Lock . These competitor products are typically "compatible" with Lego bricks, and are often marketed at a lower cost than Lego sets. One such competitor

6935-402: The outside ... . Modernism criticizes from the inside." The French Revolution of 1789 uprooted assumptions and institutions that had for centuries been accepted with little question and accustomed the public to vigorous political and social debate. This gave rise to what art historian Ernst Gombrich called a "self-consciousness that made people select the style of their building as one selects

7030-434: The painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), Picasso dramatically created a new and radical picture depicting a raw and primitive brothel scene with five prostitutes, violently painted women, reminiscent of African tribal masks and his new Cubist inventions. Analytic cubism was jointly developed by Picasso and Georges Braque , exemplified by Violin and Candlestick, Paris, from about 1908 through 1912. Analytic cubism,

7125-448: The pattern of a wallpaper." The pioneers of modern art were Romantics , Realists and Impressionists . By the late 19th century, additional movements which were to be influential in modern art had begun to emerge: Post-Impressionism and Symbolism . Influences upon these movements were varied: from exposure to Eastern decorative arts, particularly Japanese printmaking , to the coloristic innovations of Turner and Delacroix , to

7220-856: The production of a new, special, limited edition, commemorative Lego Duplo piece. Lego opened the first brand store in its home country Denmark in Copenhagen on 13 December 2010. In 2016, three stores opened in Italy: one in Milan , one in the shopping centre near the Milan Bergamo Airport in Bergamo , and another in Verona . On 18 August 2022, Ireland's first Lego store was opened in Dublin on Grafton Street . On 2 December 2022, an official store

7315-461: The project, while businesses, foundations, government groups, and individuals promised matching funds toward a $ 125 million goal. Another 20 million came from New York State . In recognition of Gundlach's donation, a newly constructed building was named the Jeffrey E. Gundlach Building. The museum would be renamed the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, representing the names of the museum's historical donors, on

7410-481: The renovation. Clifton Hall houses, among other things, the museum's archives, offices for the staff as well as the "F. Paul Norton and Frederic P. Norton Family Prints And Drawings Study Center", and working spaces for the Public Art Initiative. The Seymour H. Knox Building now includes rooms where visitors can participate in art workshops themselves, the so-called Creative Commons, which represents

7505-542: The sale of Lego toys around the world. In North America, Samsonite managed the Lego brand from 1961 until 1972 (United States) and 1986 (Canada). The name Lego is a contraction of the Danish words: "Leg godt" (English: "Play well"). However, the name also means in Latin either "I collect", "I compose", "I choose", or "I read". These additional meanings, the first three of which are very relevant, only made sense when

7600-441: The second-largest collection of paintings by Clyfford Still : 33 abstract works that span the most critical developments of his career from 1937 to 1963. They include 31 paintings donated to the museum in 1964 by Still and two paintings acquired in 1957 and 1959 as gifts of Seymour H. Knox, Jr. Additionally, the gallery is rich in further examples of post-war American and European art . Works of pop art , minimalism , and art of

7695-728: The shifting ideologies of Futurism to embrace feminine elements of intuition, spirituality, and the mystical forces of the earth." She painted up until his death and spent the rest of her days tending to the spread and growth of this period in Italian art, which celebrated technology, speed and all things new. During the years between 1910 and the end of World War I and after the heyday of cubism , several movements emerged in Paris. Giorgio de Chirico moved to Paris in July 1911, where he joined his brother Andrea (the poet and painter known as Alberto Savinio ). Through his brother, he met Pierre Laprade,

7790-609: The trial court's ruling. In 2003, the Lego Group won a lawsuit in Norway against the marketing group Biltema for its sale of Coko products, because the company used product confusion for marketing purposes. Also in 2003, a large shipment of Lego-like products marketed under the name "Enlighten" was seized by Finnish customs authorities. The packaging of the Enlighten products was similar to official Lego packaging. Their Chinese manufacturer failed to appear in court, and thus Lego won

7885-468: The work of Marcel Duchamp , and of Surrealism . Artist groups like de Stijl and Bauhaus developed new ideas about the interrelation of the arts, architecture, design, and art education. Modern art was introduced to the United States with the Armory Show in 1913 and through European artists who moved to the U.S. during World War I. It was only after World War II , however, that the U.S. became

7980-591: The work of Richard Diebenkorn was chosen to represent the United States at the 28th Venice Biennale . In 1988, the museum again won the competition to organize the exhibition representing the United States in Venice; the museum's curator Michael G. Auping proposed media artist Jenny Holzer . The Buffalo AKG Art Museum has long operated not by collecting artists' work in depth, but by trying to acquire key works. The gallery's collection includes works spanning Impressionistic and Post-Impressionistic styles by artists of

8075-685: The world's production of Lego was produced at the Swiss facility in Baar . The Baar facility eventually closed in 2004. In 2014, Lego announced that it would not renew its promotional contract with Shell following a Greenpeace campaign protesting Shell’s plans to drill in the Arctic . Lego CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp expressed frustration at the company being used to target Shell, while Greenpeace insisted that firms like Lego should also consider their business partners' environmental impact. Lego acknowledges

8170-467: Was adopted by artists in different nations, in preference to a "national" style. These factors established the view that it was a "movement." These traits—establishment of a working method integral to the art, the establishment of a movement or visible active core of support, and international adoption—would be repeated by artistic movements in the Modern period in art. Among the movements that flowered in

8265-616: Was among the first inductees to the U.S. National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998. Additionally, it was recognized as “Toy of the Century” by several organizations in 2000. LEGO bricks have been utilized in various creative projects, including large-scale replicas of famous monuments such as the Eiffel Tower and Mount Rushmore, as well as modern art installations. In the 21st century, the LEGO brand expanded into various electronic games, including

8360-545: Was announced that Lego would be launching a new "Research Institute" collection featuring female scientists including a female chemist, palaeontologist, and astronomer. The science-themed project was selected as the latest Lego Ideas winner and was submitted by Ellen Kooijman, a geochemist in Stockholm. Lego denied claims that the set was introduced to placate criticism of the company by activists, pointing to its Lego Ideas origins. The Research Institute range sold out within

8455-576: Was followed by Legoland Windsor Resort in Windsor, England, Legoland California in Carlsbad , United States and Legoland Deutschland Resort in Günzburg, Germany . In addition, Legoland Sierksdorf was opened in 1973 but soon closed in 1976. In July 2005, the Lego Group announced that it had reached a deal with private investment company Blackstone Inc. to sell all four parks for € 375 million to

8550-409: Was kr. 3,553 million compared with kr. 2,715 million for the first half of 2014. First half-year sales were driven by double-digit growth across all geographical regions and strong product innovation on themes such as Lego Ninjago , Lego Elves and Lego Creator . The Lego Group announced on 4 September 2017 its intention to cut 1,400 jobs following reduced revenue and profit in

8645-620: Was named the Albright Art Gallery. Clifton Hall, the third building on the museum's campus, was constructed in 1920 as the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. In 1927, the dilapidated building was renovated until 1929, when it was reopened as the Albright Art School. The sponsor was Charles Clifton, which is why the building was named Clifton Hall. In 1962, a new addition was made to the gallery through

8740-613: Was opened in Brescia , bringing the total number of Lego stores in Italy to 29. In 2023 there were a total of 66 stores in Europe, which are operated by Lego itself. In London at Leicester Square , there is the former largest Lego store in the world, with an area of 805 m . The first Lego store is expected to open doors in Sofia , Bulgaria on 19 December 2023 in the largest shopping centre in

8835-727: Was opened in Chennai , Tamil Nadu in March 2014 by Funskool , under licence from the Lego Group. But India's only operating Lego store in 2023 opened in Mumbai International Airport duty-free in 2021. The first Lego store in Israel was opened on the third floor of the Dizengoff Center in July 2022. Lego Interactive (formerly Lego Media and later Lego Software) was the video game publishing division of

8930-542: Was renamed Create Media Ventures Limited. The sale included Little Robots but excluded the Bionicle movies, which were retained by the Lego Group. Create was later dissolved in August 2016. Lego products are mass-produced , packaged and shipped on a large scale. Lego Produktion AG was a major production facility for Lego. It was founded in Switzerland in 1974. At the time of its announced closing in 2001, 30% of

9025-456: Was shut down in 2004. Former Lego Interactive staff opened Giant Interactive Entertainment to publish future Lego titles, which later became part of TT Games . Lego Media also operated a motion picture division, which produced the BBC children's series Little Robots for Cosgrove Hall Films . In 2003, this division was rebranded to Create TV and Film Limited and became independent from

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