ExhibitionsOn view

A dark-skinned woman and man wearing nineteenth-century clothing hold hands and glance towards a window while seated next to each other on a blue velvet bench.

Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour

Against a bright blue wall is a partially-nude, dark-skinned woman reclining on a couch covered in a floral blanket.

Studio/Archive

Four squares, outlined by a stark black line are colored by illuminated patterned fabric.

Elevator Music 48: Alone, only in flesh

A black and white photograph of two light-skinned, prepubescent boys looking at us, only the top of one’s face is visible while the other stands scowling with his arms crossed.

Hyde Cabinet #24: Boyhood

Someone in a red jacket faces a wall with artwork hung on it, at center is a large black and white cartoon portrait of an abstract face.

Abject Anatomy

A group of people gather around the side of a table to look and talk about art laid out on the table.

Art & Ideas

A detail of an abstract, colorful painting by Carrie Moyer with various layers of paint and glitter.

Explore the Collection

Three students sit at a table and look towards artist Carrie Moyer, an older, white female who is in the right foreground.

What is a teaching museum?

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Work With Us

The Tang is now accepting applications for year-round positions:

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Endowed Internships at the Tang

We are now accepting applications for our year-long Endowed Internships. Gain hands-on experiences in all aspects of museum work for the 2024-2025 academic year and following summer.

Skidmore students are invited to apply by May 12. Learn more here.

Performances

Apr 17, 4:30 PM

K-Pop Dance Performance!

Beginning K-Pop Dance students perform!

Performances

Apr 17, 5 PM

as if our hands could hold the weight of promise

Join us for a live performance of spoken word poetry, improvisational movement, and cello!

Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass

This sumptuously illustrated artist’s book and reader documents Lessons of the Hour (2019), the ten-screen film insta…

Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science

Can crochet explain the complexities of non-Euclidean geometry? How does the 1804 Jacquard loom relate to modern comp…

Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards

Over the course of more than 50 years, renowned American artist Ellsworth Kelly made approximately 400 postcard colla…

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Student Intervew: Paul Seggev ’23

Paul Seggev shares his experience working at the Tang as the 2021–22 Carole Marchand Endowed Intern.

Student Intervew: Paul Seggev ’23

Student Interview: Maria Staack ’22

Radical Fiber Symposium

Dario Robleto on Interdisciplinary Practice

Artist Interview with Elaine Mayes

2021 Winter/Miller Lecture with Nick Cave

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Instagram

Wednesday, 4/17, at 5 pm: MIZU, Theresa-Xuan Bui, Antonius-Tín Bui, and dancer Glenna Yu will activate the Tang’s elevator and staircase with a live iteration of...

A gallery with three black and white portraits on a silver wall

Tang in the News: Albany Times Union

Photo exhibits at Tang let faces reveal how we see others, ourselves

A grid of photos of six light-skinned women smiling with their eyes closed.

Tang in the News: The New York Times

Antoine Predock, Architect Who Channeled the Southwest, Dies at 87: His striking, acclaimed structures evoked the desert. But for major projects elsewhere in the world, he adopted the same principle: connecting buildings to their settings.

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