Beacon, United States

Dia Beacon

Dia Beacon opened in 2003 in a former Nabisco box-printing factory on the Hudson River, transforming nearly 300,000 square feet of daylit industrial space into long-term galleries for the Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present. The minimal architectural intervention by artist Robert Irwin and OpenOffice preserves the building's saw-tooth roof and concrete floors, providing the conditions of scale and natural light that Dia's founding generation — Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Richard Serra, Agnes Martin, Sol LeWitt, Michael Heizer — demanded for their work.

Dia Beacon is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present and is one of the 12 locations and sites they manage. The museum, which opened in 2003, is situated near the banks of the Hudson River in Beacon, New York. Dia Beacon's facility, the Riggio Galleries, is a former Nabisco box-printing facility that was renovated by Dia with artist Robert Irwin and architects Alan Koch, Lyn Rice, Galia Solomonoff, and Linda Taalman, then of OpenOffice. Along with Dia's permanent collection, Dia Beacon also presents temporary exhibitions, as well as public programs designed to complement the collection and exhibitions, including monthly Gallery Talks, Merce Cunningham Dance Company Events, Community Free Days for neighboring counties, and an education program that serves area students at all levels. With 160,000 square feet (15,000 m2), it is one of the…