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This catalogue contrasts the turn- of- the- century photographic and ethnographic record of the American Indian as a “disappearing race” by Edward S. Curtis with new artwork by six contemporary Native artists. Includes a foreword by W. Richard West, essays by Jill Sweet, Katherine Hauser, and Barry Pritzker,... See more 

Focusing on two specific domains, the human body and northeastern North America, this catalogue examines the ways in which realms inaccessible to our senses are depict-ed. Five centuries of maps and atlases are combined with scientific objects, genetic sequencing equipment, and artwork by eighteen contemporary... See more 

Over the past four decades, dancer/choreographer Trisha Brown has worked in collaboration with some of the most celebrated visual artists, composers, and designers of our time. Beginning in the early 1960’s with legendary Judson Dance Theater, Brown began working in an interdisciplinary mode, uniting dancers with... See more 

Religion, invention, and aesthetics are explored through the exquisite and simple designs for Shaker furniture, tools, and textiles. These objects are juxtaposed with a group of recent work by twelve artists including Janine Antoni, Ann Hamilton, Richard Pettibone, and Andrea Zittel. Includes introductions by Ian... See more 

The Tang’s award winning exhibition catalogues are available at the Tang store. Relive the concepts and ideas of the museum’s provocative and scholarly past exhibitions. View a complete listing of available catalogues by selecting the tag word All Exhibition Catalogues. See more 

From a hirsute Beasty Girl to a lock of George Washington’s hair, this project explored the significance of facial, head, and body hair in western society from the Renaissance to the present. Though primarily focused on paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, the exhibition also included objects made from... See more 

New Tang exhibition teases out the social meanings of hair, from the Renaissance era to the present SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—Hair might be defined in any standard dictionary as “a slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of an animal.” But hair can also be a subtle and complex cultural signifier that... See more