Free Public Tours Begin Feb. 16 at the Tang Teaching Museum

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College has announced a lineup of free public tours. The season begins with a behind-the-scenes tour and continues with Tang Guide Tours each Sunday beginning Feb. 16 and numerous Curator’s Tours.

All tours, which are free and open to the public, provide visitors unique perspectives on our exhibitions as well as the museum. Through the presentation of contemporary art, the Tang offers visitors opportunities to connect with new ideas and ways of understanding the complexities of the human experience.

The Tang rotates exhibitions in and out of its galleries, presenting more than a dozen each year. New exhibitions in the upcoming season include Everforward, Neverback, which opened Jan. 25 and features art from the Tang collection that presents narratives of joy, beauty, and community as acts of resistance by members of various ethnic and racial groups. 

A field of bloom and hum, opening Feb. 14, presents a two-floor exhibition of work by queer artists who assert their lives, identities, and stories, often through extensive series created over multiple decades. Note this exhibition contains nudity and imagery that visitors may want to preview before bringing children.

Tang Guide Tours will take place Sunday at 2 p.m., from Feb. 16 through May 4. A Curator’s Tour of a field of bloom and hum will take place at noon on Thursday, Feb. 27 and Thursday, April 24, and the Curators’ Tour of Everforward, Neverback takes place at noon on Thursday, March 20. 

For the latest information, visit https://tang.skidmore.edu or contact the Tang Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080.