Went to New York to see a beloved friend of mine and he had a great idea to go out of the city to visit the DIA: Beacon. The establishment is BEAUTIFUL! I loved it so much I was day dreaming wishing it was my loft.

It is located on the banks of the Hudson River and is a former Nabisco box- printing factory. The ceiling has a million windows as well as through-out the museum bringing in a generous amount of light to showcase the contemporary pieces inside. I really liked the vertical gardens to the right of the entrance. I dream of having a vertical and symmetrical garden someday.

Richard Serra was most definitely one of my favorite artists at the museum. He is a minimalist sculptor known for working with and assembling steel on a large scale. The steel sculptures that you could walk through were amazing and had this beautiful rust color. Dan Flavin had cool and interesting light installations. Some of them, to me, resembled the Empire State building. Sol LeWitt was absolutely one of my favorites. He did these amazingly intricate drawings on the wall. He had me going cross-eyed I was staring at them so long! Seeing the Louise Bourgeois spider sculpture immediately brought me back to my childhood when I went to the Guggenheim with my mother and brother in Bilboa.

If you are ever in NY I highly recommend driving an hour and a half to visit this calming beauty.

Grounds & Entrance

Gardens to the right of the entrance

My friend walking through the gardens

Ceiling

That light……

Amazing factory windows…I would want them if I had a loft.

Richard Serra

This is not at the Dia: Beacon but I wanted to show the large scale and that you can walk through them.

Beautiful rust color…

Dan Flavin

Sol LeWitt

Robert Smithson

up close…

Louise Bourgeois

Bourgeois at the Guggenheim in Bilboa- I remember going there when I was a teen and being fascinated by this sculpture.