Dia:Beacon
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Dia:Beacon is an art museum located next to the Hudson River in Beacon, New York. Operated by the Dia Art Foundation, Dia:Beacon shows works by Richard Serra, Dan Flavin, Joseph Beuys, Donald Judd, among others.
In 2005, Dia Beacon offered an exhibit of the paintings of Andy Warhol and Agnes Martin.
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[edit] History
The museum occupies a historical industrial building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally serving as the National Biscuit Carton Making and Printing Plant, it was designed by Nabisco’s staff architect Louis N. Wirshing, Jr. and built in 1927. In 1999, the then owner of the building, International Paper, donated it to Dia. The renovation to ready the building for use as a museum was completed by OpenOffice Arts + Architecture Collaborative in May 2003.
[edit] Collection
The museum has works by Joseph Beuys, John Chamberlain, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Imi Knoebel, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Louise Bourgeois, Michael Heizer, Robert Irwin, On Kawara, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Bruce Nauman, Robert Ryman, Gerhard Richter, Robert Smithson, Richard Serra, and Lawrence Weiner, among others.
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