DIA beacon

we rented a van the last weekend mother was here and drove up to Beacon, NY. its a very small old mill village on the hudson river thats lately become an outlet for a few manhattan comtemporary arts galleries/foundations. Dia is the main institution that moved entirely out of its chelsea building and into an abandoned factory up here - a 200,000 sq. foot complex. it was fantastic - their collection of mostly 60's-70's minimalist and conceptual art is perfect there - plenty of room to wander aimlessly and mull. the girls were bouncing everywhere and loved it. they seem to do unusually well in art museums, we are very happy to see.

the day started with a 2 hour drive along the river in pouring rain so hard it was almost outrunning the windsheild wipers. Hennie threw up all over herself and her carseat as we finally pulled into town - she gets carsick fairly easily. we went straight to a diner and ate a long slow lunch and the sun broke thru as we headed to the museum.


below blinky palermo

the room of richard serra arcs was amazing, and hennie came and found me in another gallery to tell me to come; she wanted to show me something. i enjoyed them much more than i thought i would.

we spiraled down into the dark interior of one, with mette growing increasingly skeptical. but she held out long enough for me to snap a photo.

outside after the rain












leaving town for the drive home