Gindlesberger’s contemporary photos at Hallwalls; Krause paintings at Art Dialogue

By Jimmy Keller
(Image above from Portrait of Buffalo II)

Welcome to Hive Highlights; a weekly exhibits roundup from Buffalo Hive. This showcase is meant to point you to gallery openings, ongoing exhibits, closings, artist talks and happenings in the visual arts community of Western New York for the week/end ahead. These lists are not designed to be comprehensive, instead providing a keyhole into the creative hum of our region. 

1. Portrait of Buffalo II, on view at CEPA Gallery
   OPENING, Friday May 2, 2025, 5-8 p.m.
   Focus and Flux Gallery, 617 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14203

Photographers re-energize and continue an ongoing story of Buffalo’s community, businesses, and culture. This exhibition is a revitalization of a project from the late ’70s as CEPA Gallery celebrates its 50th anniversary! Experience how Buffalo has evolved over 50 years and explore how six artists uniquely and collectively see our city today. 

If you miss the reception, you can visit through August 23.

Learn More: https://www.cepagallery.org/exhibit-event/portrait-of-buffalo-ii-images-of-a-revitalized-city-opens-05-02-25/

2. This Time We Have To Die, on view at Hallwalls
   OPENING, Friday May 2, 2025 | Artist Talk @ 7p.m.
   341 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY 14202

Hans Gindlesberger establishes a contemporary direction for photography, focusing on an elaborated truth: if things don’t change, they die. He utilizes new tools and assisted mediums of photography such as Google Maps, AI and society’s obsession with scrolling. His forward-looking explorations focus on the materiality of the image and subject, pulling from processes often used for more three dimensional physical works. This exhibition runs through June 27.

Learn More: https://www.hallwalls.org/visual/6652.html

3. Bill Krause, on view at Art Dialogue Gallery
   ONGOING with Reception Saturday May 3, 2025, 12-1:30 p.m.
   5 Linwood Ave. Buffalo, NY

Self-taught WNY artist Bill Krause exhibits his paintings in the Art Dialogue Gallery space. His expressionist works include landscape, abstraction and figurative. This exhibition can be viewed through June 6.

Learn More: https://artdialoguegallery.wixsite.com/artdialogue/coming-next