Dia Art Foundation

07/06/2023

“It’s a constant, continuous, spectacular world we live in, and every day you see things that just knock you out, if you pay attention.”—Robert Irwin

07/01/2023

Rita Mcbride: Momentum | Exhibitions & Projects | Exhibitions | Dia

Now Open: Rita McBride at Dia Beacon.

McBride’s “Arena” (1997) took over the central corridors at Dia Beacon and is accompanied by other works spanning over two decades of the artist’s career. For the duration of the presentation at Dia Beacon, an expanding body of artists, performers, writers, musicians, and dancers will activate physical and virtual spaces as part of a series titled Momentum.

Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.

06/23/2023

Tony Cokes | Exhibitions & Projects | Exhibitions | Dia

Now Open: Tony Cokes at Dia Bridgehampton. The artist presents a new work in dialogue with the material histories of the site, a former firehouse–turned–First Baptist Church. Cokes also responds to the permanent Dan Flavin installation on the second floor, which resonates with the artist’s own conceptual and formal interests in radiant, monochromatic color and light, as well as his increasingly sculptural and context-specific approach to moving-image installations.

We invite you to join us on Saturday, June 24 from 4–6 pm, for an opening reception with the artist at Dia Bridgehampton. RSVP via [email protected].

Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.

06/14/2023

Public Tour Of Chryssa & New York | Calendar | Program | Dia

On Saturday, June 24 at 12:30 pm, join a free, artist-led tour of the exhibition Chryssa & New York at Dia Chelsea. Exhibition tours are approximately 30 minutes long. More information about the exhibition and tour is available on our website.

Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.

06/12/2023

Publications are an essential part of Dia’s mission to champion and advance contemporary art. This year, three groundbreaking books on Chryssa, Joan Jonas, and Jack Whitten were released. Each volume features never-before-published photography and writings by the artists, while offering numerous paths for deeper exploration by everyday art lovers and scholars alike.

Explore and purchase Dia’s recent publications here: https://diaart.org/shop/books

06/01/2023

Dia Beacon Arts Education Program, 2023 Student Exhibition | Calendar | Program | Dia

Join us next weekend on June 10 and 11 for our Dia Beacon Arts Education Program, 2023 Student Exhibition.

Dia Beacon's Arts Education Program partnership with the Beacon City School District provides K-12 students with an intimate setting to respond critically to Dia Beacon through multi-session workshops with artist educators.

The exhibition feature artworks made by the 2023 Arts Education Program participants, students from Glenham, J. V. Forrestal, Sargent, and South Avenue elementary schools, as well as Rombout middle school.

Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.

05/26/2023

Hudson Valley residents: Join us this Sunday, May 28 for free admission with your ID. The Hudson Valley encompasses the following counties: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington, and Westchester.

Dia Beacon is open 10 am to 5 pm. Reserve tickets here: https://diaart.wufoo.com/forms/dia-beacon-free-admission-reservations-request/

Photo: .k on Instagram

05/24/2023

Charlotte Posenenske | Exhibitions & Projects | Exhibitions | Dia

Closing soon: Charolette Posenenske at Dia Beacon. Spanning one of the largest galleries in the building, this display consists of a number of works acquired by Dia after the major 2019 exhibition “Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress,” shown in an entirely new configuration. In keeping with the egalitarian and participatory ethos of Posenenske’s work, the installation on view was designed through the collaborative effort of twenty participants, each of whom attended earlier workshops held in conjunction with the artist’s 2019 retrospective at Dia Beacon.

We invite you to experience Posenenske’s works before the exhibition closes on Monday, June 4. Dia Beacon is open Friday through Monday, 10 am―5 pm.

Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.

05/21/2023

Leslie Hewitt | Exhibitions & Projects | Exhibitions | Dia

Closing Soon: Leslie Hewitt at Dia Bridgehampton. Visit before June 4 to experience the exhibition a final time. Exploring ideas of light, sound, and inertia, Hewitt realized an array of low-profile sculptures that are laterally distributed within and outside the gallery, as well as a diagrammatic score composed in collaboration with artist Jamal Cyrus.

Dia Bridgehampton is open Friday through Sunday, 12–6 pm and is open on Memorial Day. Admission is free.

Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.

05/19/2023

Dia announces Cameron Rowland’s Depreciation (2018) as a new Dia site. Dia’s stewardship of Depreciation extends its unwavering commitment to site-specific projects that has been in place since the foundation’s inception in the 1970s.
 
Depreciation extends and critiques the legacies of Conceptual and Land art that are key to Dia’s mission. In accord with the logic of the work and its conceptual and political terms, the conversation between Dia and Cameron Rowland has resulted in an indefinite extended loan agreement that stipulates the terms of Dia’s continued stewardship, rather than ownership, of Depreciation in partnership with 8060 Maxie Road, Inc., the nonprofit organization founded to acquire the land.
 
The legal status of the land is the crux of the artwork. The framed documents that survey the land, register its purchase, and define its legal status make up the component of the artwork that is intended for exhibition. The experience of the work is not predicated on visiting the land and, in fact, visitation is discouraged.
 
“Dia stewards each of its sites based on its individual conditions and needs, and Depreciation extends this commitment to meeting each of these works on its own terms. But as a site that questions notions of property, land occupation, and the art pilgrimage, Depreciation both complements and productively challenges Dia’s existing sites. In this context, it critically shifts Land art’s terms of engagement and proposes new urgencies, stakes, and possibilities within the institution and the field,” said Jordan Carter, curator, and Matilde Guidelli-Guidi, associate curator.
 
The component of Depreciation intended for exhibition will be on long-term display at Dia Chelsea starting this May. Dia further announces an exhibition of new work by Rowland, curated by Jordan Carter, that will premiere at Dia Beacon in spring 2024.

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05/18/2023

Robert Irwin at Dia Beacon

On May 18, 2003, Dia Art Foundation opened Dia Beacon on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York. Twenty years later, on the occasion of Dia Beacon’s anniversary, Dia presents a film about Robert Irwin’s transformation of the former Nabisco box printing factory.

Conceiving of Dia Beacon as a work of art in and of itself, Irwin made subtle interventions into the building’s lighting and developed a symmetrical floorplan to ensure that the galleries are given equal importance and presented without a single overarching historical or chronological narrative. Dia Beacon is open Friday through Monday, 10 am to 5 pm.

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On May 18, 2003, Dia Art Foundation opened Dia Beacon on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York, in a former Nabisco box printing factory. Twenty ...

05/16/2023

“I have always felt that when things are spelled out, they mean less, and when fragmented they mean more.”—Chryssa

On view at Dia Chelsea, “Chryssa & New York” explores the artist’s practice from her iconic neon works to her early works on canvas and sculptures. Join us next Saturday, May 27, for a free artist-guided tour of the exhibition. Dia Chelsea is open Wednesday–Saturday, 12–6 pm, and admission is free.

🔗 For registration and more information visit: https://www.diaart.org/program/calendar/public-tour-of-chryssa-new-york-tour-05272023

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05/12/2023

This month Imi Knoebel at Dia Beacon will close. The exhibition features Knoebel’s works from the 1960s and ’70s that grapple with questions of presentation and installation, as well as a preoccupation with form. In the mid-1970s, Knoebel began working with abstract shapes layered with a type of paint typically used for industrial anticorrosion purposes. The ten-part series Mennigebilder (1976) features some of his earliest production in this vein, pairing abstract form and utilitarian use of lead pigment. The works were shown only once before in Cologne, West Germany, in 1981, until this exhibition which includes additional work by the artist.

We invite you to experience Knoebel’s works before the exhibition closes on Monday, May 21. Dia Beacon is open Friday through Monday, 10 am―5 pm. https://diaart.org/exhibition/exhibitions-projects/imi-knoebel-exhibition-266

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05/10/2023

Dia is thrilled to announce an expansion of our free-admission policy: Beginning Saturday, May 13, Newburgh residents can visit Dia Beacon Friday through Monday, 10 am to 5 pm, for free.

Free admission is already offered on all open days to residents of Beacon, including the adjacent communities of Chelsea, Fishkill, and Glenham. All residents of the Hudson Valley are able to visit Dia Beacon for free on the last Sunday of each month.

The expansion of local free admission to Newburgh marks the occasion of Dia Beacon’s twentieth anniversary. Dia will continue its robust educational programming in these surrounding areas, encouraging people of all ages to engage with art for years to come.

Photo: Michael Govan

05/03/2023

Tiffany Sia On An-my Lê | Calendar | Program | Dia

Established in 2001, Dia’s Artists on Artists Lecture Series highlights the work of contemporary artists from the perspective of their colleagues and peers. Artists are invited to give informal lectures, talks, or other presentations focused on a single artist represented in Dia’s permanent collection, exhibitions, or programming.

The next event in the Artists on Artists series features Tiffany Sia on An-My Lê, Wednesday, May 10, 6:30 pm at Dia Chelsea. Admission is free.

Photo: An-My Le, “Trap Rock (shot II)”, 2006. © An-My Le

Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.

05/01/2023

"I just wanted to be sure I didn't get caught not expressing what I thought was important to me. That can easily happen, because you can easily get discouraged by not being allowed to participate, or just being ignored, when you know your work is beyond ignoring."—Melvin Edwards

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04/27/2023

Hudson Valley Residents, join us for free admission to Dia Beacon this Sunday, April 30. The Hudson Valley encompasses the following counties: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington, and Westchester. Dia Beacon is open 10 am to 5 pm. Reserve tickets here: https://diaart.wufoo.com/forms/dia-beacon-free-admission-reservations-request/.

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[ID: A person walks between Richard Serra’s large steel sculptures in a naturally lit room.]

04/20/2023

“'The Gates to Times Square' (1964-66), the artist’s masterwork, a hulking paean to the city’s street-level energy and the complete expression of her original encounter, which took ‌a decade to metabolize...Newly restored, the sculpture buzzes in a far corner like an altar to some neon god, at once ominous and magnetic.”—Max Lakin on “Chryssa & New York” for The New York Times.

On view now at Dia Chlesea. Open Wednesday through Saturday, 12 am–6 pm. Free admission.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/arts/design/chryssa-neon-sculptor-dia-chelsea.html

04/17/2023

“One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.”—Dan Flavin

Photo: .lights via Instagram

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04/12/2023

“The definition of sculpture for me is stance and attitude. All sculpture takes a stance. If it dances on one foot, or, even if it dances while sitting down, it has a light-on-its-feet stance.”—John Chamberlain

Photo: Drew Rane

04/10/2023

After moving to New York in the late 1950s, Greek-born artist Chryssa was stuck by the commercial landscape. In particular, she was profoundly moved by her first encounter with Times Square. Chryssa began working with neon in the early 1960s. She incorporated neon elements and repurposed urban signage into works such as “Times Square Sky” (1962) and “Americanoom” (1963), and this combination of materials would soon define her work. She often gleaned discarded letters from sign “graveyards” or worked in partnership with professional sign makers and neon fabricators to create her sculptures.

"Chryssa & New York" is on view now at Dia Chelsea. Open Wednesday–Saturday, 12–6 pm. Admission is free. More information about the exhibition is available on our website: https://diaart.org/exhibition/exhibitions-projects/chryssa-new-york-exhibition

Chryssa, Times Square Sky, 1962. © Εstate of Chryssa, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens. Courtesy Walker Art Center. Photo: Don Stahl

04/04/2023

“Personally, I like materials that are transformative, when there is another use for them. I am particularly interested in this notion of shape-shifting. Water became this amazing material for me: it can be frozen solid or liquid; it seeks its own level. Water, more than any other natural element, has so many different forms. It is so powerful, so healing, so nurturing; but, it can also drown you. When I began to put water into vinyl plastic forms, I was exploring that. The ‘Water Compositions’ had to do with the body in the sense that they yielded to your touch. They produced a sensual experience.”―Senga Nengundi

On view now at Dia Beacon. Open Friday through Monday, 10 am–5 pm. Tickets available at www.diaart.org/tickets.

Photo: Thomas Barratt

03/29/2023

"I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns."―Richard Serra

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[ID: A silhouetted figure walks in the space between two black and white walls.]

03/28/2023

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12/08/2022

In December of 2021, visited Dia Beacon for the first time. Now a year later, we are excited to partner with him for this live performance video and hope you enjoy seeing Dia Beacon through his eyes.

Stay tuned for an exclusive interview with RM.

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12/05/2022

"Establish enigmas, not explanations."―Robert Smithson

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11/25/2022

Members' Shopping Days at Dia start today! From November 25 through December 31, Dia members receive a 30% discount on all Dia publications and a 20% discount on other items purchased at Dia bookshops, or a 30% discount online. Give the gift of membership this year for 10% off and receive a complimentary Dia item. Upgrades for current or lapsed members will also get a 20% discount. More information at our link in bio.

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11/20/2022

Now open at Dia Beacon, “Jack Whitten: The Greek Alphabet Paintings” is the first-ever exhibition devoted to Whitten’s Greek Alphabet painting series of 1975–78.  Whitten used the Greek alphabet as the organizational principle of this landmark yet long overlooked series, which consists of variations on abstract, black and white compositions and experiments in mark-making. Bringing together forty paintings from private and institutional lenders, this display offers unique insight into a pivotal moment in Whitten’s practice. More information and tickets are available at our link in bio.

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11/14/2022

Join us Saturday, November 19, from 12:30–3:30 pm at the Chelsea Recreation Center for the next installment in our Activations series. Inspired by particles, ingredients, and secret spaces, artist Stella Zhong's workshop converts the Chelsea Recreation Center’s spin room into the home base for a large-scale miniature sculpture operation. Participants are invited to choose from a buffet of small objects and assemble them into site-specific installations throughout the recreation center’s common areas. Link in bio for more information and a link to register.

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11/11/2022

Dorothea Rockburne will close on Sunday, November 27. To experience the exhibition before it ends, plan your visit now to Dia Beacon, located at 3 Beekman Street in Beacon, New York. Open Friday–Monday, 10 am–4 pm. Link in bio for tickets.

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