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I have to admit that when I visited Buffalo last week, I didn’t quite know what to expect. Most people who come to that area seem to rush straight to Niagara Falls, without paying much attention to Buffalo. After spending some time there, I wish travelers would pay more attention to Buffalo though – the city kept surprising me with its fascinating history, thriving art scene and recent renaissance of neighborhoods including the downtown area which is filled with gorgeous art deco buildings.
Before I’ll share more about my time in Buffalo, I’d like to introduce you to the city with ten facts that I learned there that you might not know and that might surprise you:
and, at #4:
Booming art scene
Who knew that Buffalo was home to so much world class art? In total, there are over 50 art galleries (private and public), and the outstanding Albright-Knox Art Gallery alone makes every art lover’s heart beat faster with excitement, showcasing pieces by great painters such as Henri Matisse, Max Beckmann, Marc Chagall, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Anselm Kiefer, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Mac Ernst, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Claude Monet, Georges Braque, Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Henri Rousseau and Toulouse-Lautrec, to name just a few. The Burchfield Penney Art Center is another top-notch art gallery, dedicated to American painter Charles E. Burchfield, but showcasing other local as well as international artists as well.