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November 22 to December 22, 2022

Members’ Event

Members' Shopping Days


Dia Beacon and Dia Chelsea

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25/11/2022 00:00 25/11/2022 23:45 America/New_York Members' Shopping Days From November 25 through December 31, Dia members receive a 30% discount on all Dia publications and a 20% discount on other items purchased at Dia bookshops, or a 30% discount online. Gift memberships will be 10% off and include a complimentary Dia item. Upgrades for current or lapsed members will also have a 20% discount. Exclusions apply. Please note: Gift memberships and membership upgrades must be purchased either over the phone at 212 293 5520 or in person at Dia Beacon or Dia Chelsea to receive this special rate. This gift membership promotion is not valid online. Join, renew, or gift a membership today.   Dia Beacon and Dia Chelsea TURE DD/MM/YYYY FREQ=DAILY; Members' Shopping Days

Special Event

Jason Moran


Offsite

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27/11/2022 00:00 27/11/2022 23:45 America/New_York Jason Moran Event DetailsSunday, November 27, 2022, 3 pm Village Vanguard178 7th AvenueNew York, New York Sold out. Standby line on the day of the event.   In conjunction with Leslie Hewitt at Dia Bridgehampton, Jason Moran presents a solo piano interpretation of a score realized collaboratively by Hewitt and Jamal Cyrus, titled For Solo Piano, Alto Saxophone, or Tambourine (This Score May Be Realized in Any Imaginative Way, or in conjunction with or in response to the recording of the song Evidence (Justice) 00:07:55 on the album Monk in Tokyo, Columbia Records (1963) with Thelonious Monk on piano, Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Butch Warren on bass, and Frankie Dunlap on drums or Evidence 00:04:41 on the album Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, Blue Note Records (1957) with Thelonious Monk on piano, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Ahamed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums or Evidence 00:05:00 on the album Evidence, New Jazz (1962) with Steve Lacy on soprano saxophone, Don Cherry on trumpet; Carl Brown on Bass, and Billie Higgins (Abdul Kareem) on drums) (2022). This performance by the acclaimed pianist, composer, and educator is the first of three matinees that punctuate the run of Hewitt’s exhibition. The score will subsequently be interpreted by saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins in March and choreographer Rashida Bumbray in May.  Building upon traditions of indeterminate musical notation and the fractal logic of the jazz standard, Hewitt and Cyrus’s score is comprised of an arrangement of objects overlaid with metadata and sound that can be imagined in relation to Thelonious Monk’s song Evidence (first recorded in 1948). Just as the score calls attention to relationality, its interpretation occurs in the register of practice. Shifting attention away from linear notation and finished performance, the focus on practice emphasizes interpretation as an exercise in discovery and an opportunity to critically add to the score. Jason Moran was born in Houston in 1975. He is a jazz pianist, composer, and educator. He earned a degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Jaki Byard. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010 and is the artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC. Moran’s work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2021) and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2019). He participated in the 56th Venice Biennale and the 2012 Whitney Biennial. Moran teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. He lives in Harlem, New York. Offsite TURE DD/MM/YYYY Jason Moran

Special Event

Hudson Valley Free Day


Dia Beacon

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27/11/2022 00:00 27/11/2022 23:45 America/New_York Hudson Valley Free Day Hudson Valley residents receive free admission to Dia Beacon on the last Sunday of each month. The Hudson Valley encompasses the following counties: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington, and Westchester. Please contact 845 231 0811 or tickets@diaart.org to reserve tickets. Hudson Valley Free Days at Dia Beacon are made possible by Charlie Pohlad.     Dia Beacon TURE DD/MM/YYYY Hudson Valley Free Day

Special Event

Wadada Leo Smith Performance


Dia Beacon

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03/12/2022 00:00 03/12/2022 23:45 America/New_York Wadada Leo Smith Performance Event DetailsSaturday, December 3, 2022, 2 pmDia Beacon 3 Beekman Street Beacon, New York Free with museum admission. Event sold out. Waiting list on the day of the performance. Provoked by the formal qualities of Jack Whitten’s art, and to honor the artist’s lifelong interest in experimental music, Dia has invited trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith to musically interpret Whitten’s Greek Alphabet paintings on view at Dia Beacon. This rare performance by one of the foremost figures in contemporary music will take place in the museum galleries. Wadada Leo Smith is a multi-instrumentalist and composer. For five decades he has been a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Smith’s notational system for improvisation in an ensemble context, which he calls Ankhrasmation, has been critical to his music and work as an educator and ensemble leader. His music philosophy is detailed in his book notes (8 pieces), source a new world music: creative music, first published in 1973. From 1994–2013, Smith was on the faculty of the Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Santa Clarita, where he was the director of the African American Improvisational Music program. He earned an honorary doctorate from CalArts, where he was also celebrated as Faculty Emeritus. Smith’s honors include the Mohn Career Achievement Award for Made in L.A. 2016 at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and a Doris Duke Artist Award (2016); he was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music (2013). In 2017 DownBeat magazine’s 65th Annual Critics Poll placed him first in the categories of Jazz Artist, Trumpet, and Jazz Album (America’s National Parks). Dia Beacon TURE DD/MM/YYYY Wadada Leo Smith Performance

Learning Program

Saturday Studio on the Farm


Common Ground Farm

Saturday Studio

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10/12/2022 10:30 10/12/2022 12:00 America/New_York Saturday Studio on the Farm Event DetailsSaturday, December 10, 2022, 10:30 am–12 pm Common Ground Farm79 Farmstead LaneWappingers Falls, New York Join a practicing artist for a free outdoor workshop of art making and exploration offered in partnership with Common Ground Farm. Designed for all ages, Saturday Studio is a family friendly program that is most suitable for children ages 5 and up. Saturday Studio begins promptly at 10:30 am at Common Ground Farm. In the case of inclement weather, the program will take place on Sunday, December 11, from 10:30 am–12 pm. Space is limited and reservations are required. Reservations open on Friday, December 2, at 9 am.  Program Guidelines: Families attending Saturday Studio must include at least one adult caretaker; groups should be no larger than six people Wearing a mask is optional Advanced reservations are required; walk-ins will not be accepted An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present; by attending Saturday Studio at Common Ground Farm, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 For more information, email learning@diaart.org.     Common Ground is a nonprofit community farm that works hard to ensure food and educational access to everyone in our community. To learn more about their work, visit commongroundfarm.org. Common Ground runs on the generous support of its community. If you are able, please consider making a donation.     Common Ground Farm FALSE DD/MM/YYYY Saturday Studio on the Farm

Dia Talks

Shahryar Nashat on Cy Twombly


Dia Chelsea

Artists on Artists Lecture Series

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15/12/2022 00:00 15/12/2022 23:45 America/New_York Shahryar Nashat on Cy Twombly Event DetailsThursday, December 15, 2022, 6:30 pmDia Chelsea537 West 22nd StreetNew York, New York Free. Register for the event here.  Shahryar Nashat is a visual artist, whose work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago (2022–23); the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2020); SMK—Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (2019); Swiss Institute, New York (2019); Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2017–18); and Portikus, Frankfurt (2016). Nashat lives in Los Angeles. Dia Chelsea TURE DD/MM/YYYY Shahryar Nashat on Cy Twombly

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