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Are you having a hard time choosing between all the amazing tours planned
for the ARLIS/NA 2018 Conference in New York City
<http://arlisna.org/newyork2018/reg.php>? We completely understand! Because
we know how difficult it is to decide, we'll be featuring some of our tours
over the coming weeks here on ARLIS-L and on social media. If you're
arriving over the weekend before the conference begins, here's one you'll
want to sign up for!

*Please note that registering through the conference registration form is
necessary for paid events such as tours.*



*Day Trip: DIA: Beacon Guided TourSunday February 25, 2018 9:00am - 5:00pm*

Dia:Beacon   3 Beekman St, Beacon, NY 12508
<https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=41.4999917,-73.9824867&z=13&layer=t&iframe=yes&w=100%25&sidebar=yes&bg=no>

Website: https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit/diabeacon-beacon-united-states

Occupying a former Nabisco box printing factory on the banks of the Hudson
River, Dia:Beacon presents the Dia Art Foundation collection of post-modern
and conceptual art from the 1960s to the present as well as special
exhibitions, new commissions, and public and education programs. Attendees
will take a special guided tour of the collection and the impressive
building.

The original building had many key design elements that made it an
appealing site for contemporary art, including broad spans between
supporting columns and more than 34,000-square-feet of skylights. Today
these skylights provide natural light in the galleries and have uniquely
established Dia:Beacon as a “daylight museum.” Working closely with artist
Robert Irwin, Dia devised a masterplan to create a twenty-first century
museum building that retained the original character of the building. For
the exterior setting, Irwin designed seasonally-changing gardens. In
keeping with Dia’s history of single-artist, site-related presentations,
each gallery was designed specifically for the presentation of one artist’s
work. Examples include Dan Flavin’s series of fluorescent light “Monuments
to V. Tatlin;” Joseph Beuys’ mixed-media installations such as Fond III/3
(1979) and Fond IV/4 (1979); Richard Serra’s Torqued Ellipses (2007); and
Michael Heizer’s North, East, South, West (1967/2002).







*Directions: Meet the Tour Wrangler in the assembly area in the Hilton
Hotel main lobby, main entrance at 9:00 AM to walk together to Grand
Central. We will be taking a Metro North train from Grand Central that
departs at 9:43 AM and arrive at 11:24 AM in Beacon. The train back will
depart at 3:12 PM and return to New York at 4:41 PM. Please note that lunch
is not included, but there is a small cafe in the museum.Accessibility:
This tour requires a substantial amount of walking.Maximum Participants:
20Administrative Fee: $82*


Yours,
Chantal Sulkow and Elizabeth Lane
ARLIS/NA 2018 Publicity Coordinators


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*[image: Inline image 1]**Photo:
http://www.artsology.com/blog/2017/06/visiting-diabeacon-in-beacon-ny/
<http://www.artsology.com/blog/2017/06/visiting-diabeacon-in-beacon-ny/>*


Chantal Sulkow
Reference and Collections Librarian

Bard Graduate Center
Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
38 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024
T 212-501-3039
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W bgc.bard.edu <http://www.bgc.bard.edu/>
W bgc.bard.edu/library <http://www.bgc.bard.edu/research/library.html>

Bard Graduate Center Exhibitions:
W bgc.bard.edu/gallery
<http://www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/gallery-at-bgc.html>


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