On view 26 June–8 November 2026, the exhibition marks the first-ever artist collection intervention at Buffalo AKG Art Museum. The Hemicycle Gallery will feature an installation that delves deeply into the artist’s influences and process through materials from his studio and an artist-curated selection of works from the museum’s collection. Additionally, a focused selection of Banisadr’s work will be installed throughout the Robert and Elisabeth Wilmers Building, among the dreamlike imaginings of the Surrealists and the unbridled energy of the Abstract Expressionists.
The title of the exhibition, borrowed from Albert Pinkham Ryder’s enigmatic painting, The Temple of the Mind, serves as a conceptual framework for the project, suggesting a space where perception, memory, and imagination converge.
Image: Ali Banisadr, Weighing of the heart, 2023
Oil on linen. 48 x 60 inches (121.92 x 152.4 cm)
© Ali Banisadr
