Dia Art Foundation

Beginning this Friday, February 12, Walter De Maria's "The New York Earth Room", will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 126 pm, closed 33:30 pm daily. To learn more about "The New York Earth Room", visit: https://diaart.org//walter-de-maria-the-new-york-earth-roo

Join Dia tomorrow at 12:30 PM EST for Readings in Contemporary Poetry: Etel Adnan. For this Readings in Contemporary Poetry season, instead of pairing two poets for an evening, curator Vincent Katz has chosen a format that pays tribute to five exemplary poets. For this event, a small group of readers will pay homage to the featured poet, followed by a reading of that poet’s work by Katz. The featured poet for this event is Etel Adnan. The tribute readers for this event will ...include Kyle Dacuyan, Pierre Joris, Stephen Motika, Sarah Riggs, and Asiya Wadud. To RSVP, visit: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_MkXjHG1aTIyFK8w8kScryQ

Join Dia and Carl Craig every Thursday in February at 5 pm EST for an Instagram live conversation between Craig and a guest discussing records by Black artists. Every day over the course of Black History Month, Craig hosts All Black Vinyl, a series presenting a different vinyl track on his Instagram account. Each Thursday, Craig and his guest will discuss the week’s vinyl selections and the role of Black voices in music, art, and culture. ... To learn more about Craig’s sound installation Party/After-Party (2020), on view at Dia Beacon, located in Beacon, New York, visit www.diaart.org/craig

What interests me is the opportunity for all of us to become something different from what we are, by constructing spaces that contribute something to the experience of who we are. Richard Serra To learn more about Serra's exhibitions on view at Dia Beacon, visit: https://diaart.org//exhibitions-p/richard-serra-exhibition

Join Dia Talks on Wednesday, October 28 for a conversation with Jill Magid, Matilde Guidelli-Guidi, and Justine Ludwig, held on Zoom at 5 pm EST. In conjunction with Magid’s current projects with Dia and Creative Time, this discussion will address matters of circulation, site, and memory in our moment of crisis. For more information and to rsvp visit, diaart.org/program/calendar.

Join Dia Talks on Tuesday, October 27 for a conversation between Barbara Bloom and Kelly Kivland, held on Zoom at 5 pm EST. The discussion will focus on Bloom’s Artist Web Project Half Full Half Empty (2008) which takes absence, domesticity, and time as its subjects. For more information and to rsvp visit, diaart.org/program/calendar.

Since each work sets up a perceptual structure, you’re always perceiving your own sight and your own perception relative to the structure, so there is a perceptual relativity which is also very physical and related to the level of the eye. Nancy Holt To learn more about Holt's "Sun Tunnels", visit: https://diaart.org//visit-our-locat/nancy-holt-sun-tunnels

Dia’s blog brings together original content featuring the artists and artworks that are at the core of the institution. Each week, we feature new posts on Dia’s Artist Web Projects, exhibitions, and public programs over the years, as well as poetry, prompts from artists, and more. Visit www.diaart.blog to follow along.

#OnTheBlog Danyele Brown on Deeds for AIRs https://diaart.blog/home/danyelebrownondeedsforairs Learn more about Deeds for AIRs, a fundraiser by ... Performance Space New York organized to secure long-term, stable housing for Black and trans artists experiencing houselessness: https://gofundme.com/f/deeds-for-airs See more

Join artist Sam Falls and Dia curator Kelly Kivland for an exhibition walkthrough on 303 Gallery's Instagram Live this Friday, October 16th at 10am EDTtune in to https://www.instagram.com/303gallery/?hl=entune to virtually attend. Presented in conjunction with Frieze Viewing Rooms #FriezeWeek, Falls will discuss his current 303 Gallery exhibition with Kivland, introducing viewers to the concepts, inspirations, and processes which inform his latest body of work. Sam Falls's e...xhibition is currently on view at 303 Gallery, New York through Saturday, November 14, 2020. Image: Sam Falls, Midnight Garden (Jnana), detail, 2020.

Being black is a very important point of tension and self-discovery. To have a sense of self-acceptance we blacks have to throw off this dichotomy that has been forced on us by the white experience. Sam Gilliam To learn more about Gilliam's exhibition now on view at Dia Beacon, visit: https://diaart.org//exhibitions-pro/sam-gilliam-exhibition

Walter De Maria’s The New York Earth Room, located in New York City, will reopen to the public on October 10. New hours are Saturdays, 12-6 pm (closed from 3-3:30 pm). Timed reservations are now available to book via our website. For more information, visit: https://diaart.org//walter-de-maria-the-new-york-earth-roo Admission to The New York Earth Room is free. Advance reservations are required. The New York Earth Room has additional health and safety protocols in place due to COVID-19. For more information please read our visitor guidelines. Image: Walter De Maria, The New York Earth Room, 1977. Estate of Walter De Maria. Photo: John Cliett

A survey of Barry Le Va’s floor-based installations is currenlt on view at Dia Beacon, located in Beacon, NY. Though seemingly randomand emblematic of chance-based operationsthese radical works are rigorously planned and arranged for each site-dependent installation. Learn more: https://diaart.org//exhibitions-pro/barry-le-va-exhibition

Dia Teens is an intensive program that elevates the voices, ideas, and contributions of youth at Dia, while emphasizing collective agency, critical thinking, and choice. In collaboration with an artist ally, this program invites flexible thinkers to make ambitious ideas actionable. Dia is currently accepting applications for the 202021 school year, which will begin later this month and take place virtually. To learn more, visit https://diaart.org/program/program/dia-teens

Today marks the opening day of ‘Artists for New York’, a major initiative led by Hauser & Wirth to raise funds in support of New York City non-profit visual arts organizations that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 100 artists have committed works that will be sold starting 1 October to benefit Dia Art Foundation and a group of non-profit institutions that have shaped the city’s rich cultural history. Visit hauserwirth.com to learn more.... Image: Jenny Holzer from Survival (198385), 2020 2020 Jenny Holzer, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)