There are still spots available on some great tours being offered
during the conference in New York. These are trips to Dia:Beacon,
Princeton University, and a boat tour of Manhattan. It's not too
late to register for tours even if you have already registered for
the conference. To sign up for these or any other tours please
email Sue Rawlyk at [log in to unmask] advising her which tour or
tours you would like to attend. She will confirm availiabilty and
discuss payment options with you.
Thursday April 15
TOUR 1. DIA:BEACON
Enjoy a beautiful bus ride along the Palisades through the Hudson
Valley to the new contemporary art museum in Beacon, New York,
built for the Dia Art Foundation's renowned collection of painting
and sculpture from the 1960s to the present. Each gallery is
devoted to a single artist and was designed to fulfill the
particular needs of the works. Artists include Dan Flavin, Donald
Judd, Bruce Nauman, Gerhard Richter, and Richard Serra. There is
private guided walk-through of Michael Heizer's "North South East
West." The work has been constructed in its entirety as a permanent
feature at Dia:Beacon, in the size and material (weathering steel)
that Heizer originally specified for it. The four diverse elements
measure more than 125 feet in length, and sink from the floor of
the gallery to a depth of 20 feet. After a box lunch at the museum,
tour the Tallix Art Foundry, also in Beacon, New York, where they
fabricate large sculptures for such artists as Louise Nevelson and
Joel Shapiro. The foundry features a changing outdoor disply of the
sculptures they have constructed.
The tour times are 9am-6pm and the cost is $110.
Tuesday April 20
TOUR 13. NEW YORK HARBOR TOUR
Join architectural historian Andrew Dolkart on a boat tour of the
island of Manhattan. See the skyline from an unique vantage point
from the water in daylight and at dusk when the city lights up to
its full magnificence. Andrew Dolkart has led many ARLIS/NY tours
and is known for his extensive knowledge and wit.
The tour times are 3:30-6:30 and the cost is $70.
Wednesday April 21
TOUR 14. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
The historic campus of Princeton University will be at peak beauty
during our day long visit. Highlights include the Princeton
University Art Museum and a special exhibit titled "The Book of
Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible."
This exhibit displays the greatest illuminated French manuscript of
the thirteenth century, if not the entire Middle Ages, in context
with artifacts of the era. Tours will be given of the recently
renovated Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, the Index to
Christian Art, and the Visual Resources Collection. There will be
visits to the Milberg Galley and Cotsen Children's Library at
Firestone Library and the Architecture Library. In addition, there
will be a campus architecture and sculpture walking tour. Lunch is
on your own so you can enjoy the town of Princeton which is right
across the street from campus.
The tour times are 8:30am to 5pm and the cost is $60.
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