Together with our colleagues at other institutions, our patrons, and our neighbors, we will continue to build Beacon and the region’s reputation as a cultural destination.”ĭia:Beacon’s 10th anniversary celebration will continue into spring 2014 with more Community Free Days, Gallery Talks, and other special events. Susan Sayre Batton, Managing Director of Dia:Beacon, said, “We are thrilled that over the past decade, Dia:Beacon has become an integral part of the local community and the region of the Hudson Valley. Selected from Dia’s collection, the works include Ammazzare il Tempo (1978), Mappa (1972), Opera Postale (1980), Untitled (January–December) (1986), and the groundbreaking Untitled (Victoria Boogie Woogie) (1972), consisting of 5,040 envelopes the artist mailed to himself in Turin from different cities in Italy.Īlso on May 18, artist Melissa McGill will collaborate with guest musicians to lead a program for children and families, exploring the relationship of mark-making and sound while considering works of art at Dia:Beacon, including Time Piece Beacon (2005) by Max Neuhaus. Conceived in 1969, the work was first presented as a performance piece in 1993 at Dia Center for the Arts, with participants reading aloud dates going into the past and the future.Ī new installation of embroidered works and large-scale works on paper by Alighiero e Boetti will open at Dia:Beacon on May 18, 2013, and remain on view through February 17, 2014. This presentation will be the first live reading of One Million Years at Dia:Beacon. To celebrate the 10th anniversary, the Community Free Day on May 18 will include a public reading of On Kawara’s One Million Years. We thank the Board and leadership for their generous contributions over the past decade and we look forward to continuing to work together to inspire audiences for years to come.” Dia:Beacon, a collection of collections, offered a new way to present-in depth and in time. The current presentation of works by Alighiero e Boetti and the reading of On Kawara’s One Million Years are a tribute to Dia’s history and a celebration of the present. Philippe Vergne, Director of Dia Art Foundation, said, “With the opening of Dia:Beacon in 2003, we became a different institution.
Other free events will include a public reading of On Kawara’s One Million Years and a multimedia program for children and families. A new collection room dedicated to the works of Alighiero e Boetti will open that day.
Throughout the day, visitors will be offered free admission to Dia:Beacon’s 22 galleries dedicated to the landmark work of artists including Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Richard Serra, and Andy Warhol. Ten years after Dia:Beacon opened its doors, Dia Art Foundation will inaugurate an anniversary celebration encompassing a yearlong schedule of exhibitions, programs, and events, beginning with Community Free Day on May 18, 2013. Working together with artist, Robert Irwin, the design team additionally developed a new entry passage, site circulation, parking and landscape for the museum’s exterior surrounds.Community Free Day on May 18 will feature a public reading of On Kawara’s One Million Years, opening of Dia:Beacon’s new presentation of works by Alighiero e Boetti, a program for children and families and free admission for all. The former administrative wing houses a bookstore, café, educational media facilities, and offices. Balancing the needs of individual artworks with the strength of the exposed building structure and large factory floor plates, the design team carefully calibrated new interior insertions to create a restrained architecture that firmly embraces the artworks and visitors without overwhelming either. The project works to create a powerful, yet discrete, context for painting, sculpture and landscape by optimizing natural light and minimizing the use of material resources.
Dia:Beacon is the award-winning conversion of a former Nabisco box-factory, situated along the Hudson River, into a museum for Dia Art Foundation’s renowned permanent collection.