ArtsBeat

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, one of Western New York's claims to fame in the art world at large, avant garde and otherwise, has been quietly working for the past several years to digitize its extensive archive of exhibition information and documentation that stretches back to the center's opening in 1974.

The center recently put a searchable timeline of performances and exhibitions online, and it's a fascinating chronicle of the hundreds of important art-world figures Hallwalls has hosted in its storied history. These include performance artists like Karen Finley (see above), exhibitions from founders and pivotal early artists like Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo and Charles Clough, and all manner of esoterica that people interested in Buffalo's legacy as a bastion of the avant garde might be interested in checking out.

Give it a look!

--Colin Dabkowsk