It’s been an exhausting week, and, having earned a lifetime ban (“earned” being the operative term, it’s an impressive accomplishment, mind) from virtually every media holiday party, we’re looking forward to a low-key night where, with a little luck, we won’t end up wandering the street with two Santa hats as slippers (what, Stefano told Read More
The Dia Art Foundation is in danger of losing control of Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty” in Utah, a giant rock sculpture built on the bed of the Great Salt Lake in 1970.
The foundation acquired the work, which at times has been completely submerged by the lake, through the artist’s estate in 1999 and since Read More
The Dia Art Foundation has announced that it will be returning to its old neighborhood, constructing a new building on West 22nd Street in Chelsea. Director Philippe Vergne said in a press release that the foundation wants “to build a ‘dream house’ for artists.”
The 22nd Street location is already closely associated some Read More
On May 8, the Dia Art Foundation appointed Yasmil Raymond, associate curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, as its next curator. In September, Ms. Raymond will succeed Lynne Cooke, who has held the position since 1991, and who will stay on at Dia as curator-at-large.
Dia Art Foundation director Philippe Vergne, who Read More
The Dia Art Foundation announced its new director yesterday. Philippe Vergne, the deputy director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, will take the post starting on Sept. 15.
As the Dia’s new director, Mr. Vergne, 42, will take on the task of finding and developing a permanent exhibition space for the foundation in Read More
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