DIA: BEACON.

I have been to many museums around the globe, and I can honestly say that the Dia: Beacon museum has been my favorite museum experience thus far. The train ride up is a 100 minute ride on the Metro North, but fear not because the ride is extremely scenic. You ride along the Hudson River the entire length of the trip, and hop off the Beacon platform to face this beautiful view. Also - if you happen to ride with a conductor by the name of Christopher K., you are in for a TREAT!!!!!!!!! HOLLA AT MA BOI ON THE METRO NORTH, YAHEARD!?!?!!? Very nice conductor who let me say into the train's loudspeaker, "Coldspring, next stop. Coldspring."


The large, vast space holds a contemporary art collection dating from the 1960s to the present. The museum is lit by natural sunlight and the space is simply massive!!! I love how it allows the art to just BREATHE!!!!! Walking through the 24 colors of Imi Knoebel.


4 huge walls covered with Andy Warhol. I was abut half the size of those paintings!!!!


I was absolutely in love with the wall drawings of Sol Lewitt. You can't see very clearly, but the first picture is the pattern he had planned on using drawn out in a small grid...behind my dear friend A is the pattern blown up into its full glory. Absolutely magnificent!! I can't even imagine the painstaking process this must have been, all hand-drawn with graphite!


Another Lewitt that I liked.


There is an adorable sound garden outside where we relaxed for a little while, enjoying the fresh air and wonderful weather.


I was completely captivated by work of Fred Sandback. He used long pieces of yarn to create visual planes that made it seem like there were large glass structures everywhere. It made you fearful of touching the space between the strings. At one point, A pushed me into one of the planes and I cringed thinking that I would shatter glass everywhere.


The Richard Serra exhibit is always, I'm sure, a crowd favorite. Large structures of (I believe) steel with small entrance points for you to walk in...spiral around...stand inside and hear the echoes...look at shadows. People love this stuff.


I loved this shadow casting that had been painted onto the wall. How CLEVER.


I had seen the work of Louise Bourgeois at the Guggenheim, but I felt that the work had so much more expression in this space. Because the space is so immense, it really lets the art and its meaning grow...and also as a viewer, it makes you feel a lot less overwhelmed. I obviously did not put up pictures of every exhibit in the museum - you MUST all go see it for yourselves.


Afterwards, don't forget to take a quick walk to Main Street so you can enjoy its cute shops and ice cream creameries in the Spring/Summer time. We were really upset to find out that Zora Dora had closed for the season - but at least we were able to grab some burgers at Poppy's! Veggie burger topped with a fried egg...YUMMMMM!!!!