A must-see: Dia Beacon
I had the pleasure of visiting the Dia: Beacon museum in Beacon, NY a couple of weeks ago with daughter Emily. What a staggering experience; the luxury of the natural-lit, long galleries with minimal installation of minimalist works. I must admit I had trouble initially with rooms of Robert Ryman's all-white paintings, but Em pointed out that he favored process over product; and while his gessoing or painting over linen was his process, the viewer's process was coming to the work with unfulfilled expectations, and being forced to deal with what does fill your mind, standing there. Interesting. The building was converted ten years ago from a Nabisco box printing factory. Do go if you can.