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Dia Beacon, Beacon, NY

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Dia Beacon

Dia Beacon is a museum in Beacon, NY, part of the Catskills and Cooperstown guide. Cost: $25 to $50.

3 Beekman St · Beacon, NY

Why you should go…

Dia Beacon fills a former Nabisco box-printing plant built in 1929, renovated with artist Robert Irwin and opened as a museum in 2003. Its 240,000 square feet of galleries hold long-term installations, including Andy Warhol's Shadows, Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipses, Dan Flavin's fluorescent light works and Michael Heizer's North, East, South, West. The museum is a short walk from the Beacon Metro-North station, about 60 miles north of New York City.

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  • #contemporary art
  • #hudson valley
  • #installation art

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