Gallery Talks at Dia:Beacon are a series of presentations that take place the last Saturday of every month at 1 pm and are free with admission to the museum. Focused on the work of the artists in Dia's collection, the one-hour presentations are given by curators, art historians, and writers, and take place in museum's galleries. Reservations are suggested. Please call Dia:Beacon at 845-440-0100 ext 44.

This series is made possible through the generosity of The Dyson Foundation, The Karan-Weiss Foundation, Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, and the New York State Council on the Arts.


Saturday, August 30,
2008, 1pm
Jennifer Mackiewicz on Michael Heizer


Saturday, September 27,
2008, 1pm
Philip Gefter on Bernd & Hilla Becher


Saturday, October 25,
2008, 1pm
Steven Evans on Sol LeWitt


Saturday, November 29,
2008, 1pm
Kenneth Goldsmith on Andy Warhol


Saturday, December 20,
2008, 1pm
Kristin Poor on Fred Sandback


Saturday, January 24,
2009, 1pm
José Luis Blondet on Robert Ryman


Saturday, February 21,
2009, 1pm
Lynne Cooke on Imi Knoebel





July 26, 2008
William McManus on Andy Warhol


June 28, 2008
Susan Aberth on Louise Bourgeois


May 31, 2008
George Trakas on George Trakas’s Beacon Point (on location)


April 26, 2008
George Stolz on Robert Irwin


March 29, 2008
Christina Rosenberger on Agnes Martin


February 23, 2008
Bettina Funcke on Joseph Beuys


January 26, 2008
Luc Sante on An-My Lê


December 15, 2007
Barbara Schroeder on Blinky Palermo


November 24, 2007
Gregory Williams on Imi Knoebel


October 27, 2007
Tim Rollins on Robert Ryman


September 29, 2007
Liz Kotz on Max Neuhaus


August 25, 2007
Judith Rodenbeck on Gerhard Richter


July 28, 2007
Jan Avgikos on Lawrence Weiner


May 26, 2007
George Stoltz on Sol LeWitt


April 28, 2007
Claire Barliant on Louise Bourgeois


March 31, 2007
Chrissie Iles on Michael Heizer


February 24, 2007
Molly Nesbit on Robert Smithson


January 27, 2007
Norton Batkin on Bruce Nauman


December 16, 2006
Steven Evans on Walter De Maria


November 25, 2006
Jan Avgikos on Fred Sandback


November 11, 2006
Ivo Mesquita on Blinky Palermo


October 22, 2006
Joan Jonas in conversation with Judith Rodenbeck


September 30, 2006
Johanna Burton on Richard Serra


August 26, 2006
Judith Rodenbeck on Joseph Beuys


July 29, 2006
Karen Kelly on Robert Smithson


June 24, 2006
Claire Barliant on Lawrence Weiner


May 27, 2006
Lynne Cooke, Curator, Dia Art Foundation, on Agnes Martin


April 29, 2006
David Deitcher, art historian, critic and writer, on On Kawara


March 25, 2006
Jack Bankowsky, art critic and Editor at Large at Artforum, on Louise Lawler.


February 25, 2006
Steven Evans, Assistant Director for Beacon, Dia Art Foundation, on Dan Flavin


January 28, 2006
Neil Printz, Editor of the Andy Warhol catalogue raisonné project, on Andy Warhol


December 17, 2005
Susan Aberth, Assistant Professor of Art History, Bard College, on Louise Bourgeois


November 26, 2005
Johanna Burton, Art historian and frequent contributor to Artforum, on John Chamberlain


October 29, 2005
Rhea Anastas, Faculty at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College on Fred Sandback


September 24, 2005
Judith Rodenbeck on Donald Judd
Rodenbeck is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, Division of Visual Culture, at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York.


August 27, 2005
Jan Avgikos, Contributing Editor of Artforum, on Agnes Martin


July 30, 2005

Douglas Crimp, co-director, Visual and Cultural Studies Program, University of Rochester, on Andy Warhol's Films
"Coming Together To Stay Apart: Andy Warhol's Collaboration with Ronald Tavel"


June 25, 2005

Jennifer Mackiewicz, Dia Art Foundation, on Michael Heizer


May 14, 2005

Lynne Cooke, Curator, Dia Art Foundation, on Andy Warhol


April 30, 2005
Steven Evans, Assistant Director for Beacon, Dia Art Foundation, on Andy Warhol


March 26, 2005
Jan Avgikos, Contributing Editor of Artforum, on Hanne Darboven


February 26, 2005
Nico Israel, Associate Professor of English at Hunter College, New York, on On Kawara

January 29, 2005
David Levi Strauss, art critic and writer, on Joseph Beuys


December 18, 2004
Janet Kraynak on Bruce Nauman. Kraynak is faculty in the Art History Department and the State University of New York, Purchase, and the editor of the book Bruce Nauman: Pay attention, pay attention, pay attention (MIT Press, 2003)

November 27, 2004
Jeffrey Kastner on Michael Heizer. Kastner is senior editor of Cabinet magazine and the co-editor of Land and Environmental Art (Phaidon, 1998).

October 30, 2004
Michael Govan, Director, Dia Art Foundation, on Dan Flavin


September 25, 2004
Jan Avgikos, contributing editor with Artforum, on Hanne Darboven


August 28, 2004
Susan Aberth, Assistant Professor of Art History, Bard College, on Louise Bourgeois

July 31, 2004
Amy Sandback, Director of Collection Research, Dia Art Foundation, on Robert Ryman

June 26, 2004
Patricia Phillips, Professor, SUNY New Paltz, on Robert Irwin


May 29, 2004
Rhea Anastas, Faculty at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, on Robert Smithson

May 15, 2004
Lynne Cooke on Agnes Martin

Dia Curator Lynne Cooke will lead a discussion on Agnes Martin’s early work, in conjunction with the exhibition "...going forward into unknown territory...," a presentation of early paintings by Martin on view at Dia:Beacon beginning May 16, 2004 through April 18, 2005.





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