All Group Exhibitions

Extensions of the Eye:
Three Women Photographers

February 18 - April 15, 2012

Curated by Laura Mintz ’12, this exhibition presents photography by Barbara Morgan, Naomi Savage, and Kunié Sugiura from the Tang Collection. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions, Student Curated

Behind Those Planes Are the Stars

October 1, 2011 - February 5, 2012

This exhibition invites visitors to consider why, as nations, we fight and kill, and how the grave decisions of those in power affect our individual lives.
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Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

MELT

May 28 - September 18, 2011

MELT presents artists who expose the fluid nature of things we might not normally consider fluid. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

And All You Suck In Is Oil

May 28 - September 4, 2011

And All You Suck In Is Oil presents work from the Tang Collection and on extended loan by artists Rita Ackermann, Kim Jones, and Marlene McCarty. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Senior Thesis Exhibition

May 13 - May 21, 2011

A tradition continues with the annual Skidmore Senior Thesis Exhibition. Celebrate the work of forty-four senior studio art majors May 13 through May 21.
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Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Alumni Invitational 3

March 26 - August 14, 2011

The third Alumni Invitational organized by the Tang Museum. Four Skidmore alumni artists will be shown in the museum's Wachenheim Gallery. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions, Alumni Exhibitions

Environment and Object
Recent African Art

February 5 - July 31, 2011

This exhibition examines the broad impact of the environment on recent African art, and the use of found objects and materials as media. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Traveling Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions

Say- - Sea- - Take Me!

February 5 - April 17, 2011

This constellation of artworks from the Tang Collection presents a view of the natural world as both idiosyncratic and full of mystery. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

The Jewel Thief

September 18, 2010 - February 27, 2011

The Jewel Thief will combine works by over fifty contemporary artists with eccentric arrangements to explore new ways to think about and experience abstract art. See More

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For You

June 12 - August 22, 2010

A unique open call exhibition of artwork created by artists who have passed away, but whose work and memory continue to impact individuals in the greater Capital Region. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Skidmore Senior Art Majors Exhibition

May 14 - May 22, 2010

Forty-seven senior studio art majors will be displaying their work as a capstone to their studies at Skidmore College. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Text Messages

May 1 - May 23, 2010

Featuring pieces from the Tang’s collection and on extended loan, this show presents a wide range of contemporary works in which the word is the image. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions, Student Curated

Power Play

February 6 - April 26, 2010

Drawing from the Tang’s permanent collection, Power Play explores ways in which play and humor have functioned since the eighteenth century to expose and disarm structures of power. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Amazement Park: Stan, Sara and Johannes VanDerBeek

June 6, 2009 - April 25, 2010

Work by the influential filmmaker/artist, his daughter and son, in a year-long, changing exhibition. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Things Remain

May 24 - September 7, 2008

Things Remain brings together works by a select group of contemporary artists who seek to validate the notion of objects as archives of the past, while also raising questions about race, gender, class, and heritage. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Smack

February 9 - April 20, 2008

Whether jarring or soothing, dissonant or melodic, sound results from action. The artists in Smack use distinct actions, like scratching, stomping, or dragging, to explore specific sounds. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions, Student Curated

Stripes

August 4 - December 30, 2007

Bold yet shifty, stripes are a powerful pattern. The striped works on view here are by a select group of contemporary artists investigating the tensions, both visual and psychological, that the pattern can provoke. See More

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Alumni Invitational 2

May 17 - August 12, 2007

The second Alumni Invitational organized by the Tang Museum includes the work of four artists that represent multiple generations and a variety of media. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions, Alumni Exhibitions

Contexts: Writing in the Museum

March 9 - April 22, 2007

Can the writing we encounter in museums radically shift our understanding of the objects on view? Students in English 205D, "Writing for Museums" explore this question in this exhibition and the accompanying web feature. See More

Filed Under: Faculty Curated, Group Exhibitions

Twice Drawn, part 2

October 7 - December 30, 2006

"Twice Drawn" returns in a new iteration, revisiting the spring 2006 eccentric survey of modern and contemporary drawing to explore how context affects our understanding of art. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions