Are you having a hard time choosing between all the amazing tours planned for the ARLIS/NA 2018 Conference in New York City? 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!
Sunday February 25, 2018 9:00am - 5:00pm
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: 20
Administrative Fee: $82
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: 20
Administrative Fee: $82
Yours,
Chantal Sulkow and Elizabeth Lane
ARLIS/NA 2018 Publicity Coordinators
Chantal Sulkow and Elizabeth Lane
ARLIS/NA 2018 Publicity Coordinators
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When you post about the conference, don't forget to use our official ARLIS/NA 2018 conference hashtag! #ARLISNA2018
Chantal Sulkow
Reference and Collections Librarian
Bard Graduate Center
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
T 212-501-3039