ONLINE PROGRAM THROUGH ZOOM

Members’ Virtual Tour Dia Beacon, Beacon, NY 

Alexis Lowry, associate curator, Dia Beacon

 Dia was founded in New York City in 1974 by Philippa de Menil, Heiner Friedrich, and Helen Winkler to help artists achieve visionary projects that might not otherwise be realized because of scale or scope. To suggest the institution’s role in enabling such ambitions, they selected the name “Dia,” taken from the Greek word meaning “through.” Today, Dia is a constellation of sites, from the iconic permanent, site-specific artworks and installations in New York, the American West and Germany; to an exhibition program that has commissioned dozens of breakthrough projects; to the vast galleries of Dia Beacon; and finally the programs of education and public engagement.

 Dia Art Foundation opened Dia Beacon on the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York, in a former Nabisco box printing factory In May 2003. The museum presents Dia’s expansive collection of art from the 1960s to the present as well as special exhibitions and public programs. The collection includes works by Louise Bourgeois, Dan Flavin, Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, Agnes Martin, Richard Serra, and Robert Smithson among others. Dia’s associate curator Alexis Lowry will be our guide. Lowry joined Dia in 2015 and has since curated and co-curated several retrospective exhibitions and installations on site and played a major role in Dia’s acquisition strategy. She is responsible for the Dia Talks series and works closely on the preservation and programming around Dia’s installations in New York and New Mexico.

Members-only program, no fee