Dia Art Foundation is a nonprofit organization that initiates, supports, presents, and preserves art projects. It was established in 1974 by Philippa de Menil, the daughter of Houston arts patron Dominique de Menil and an heiress to the Schlumberger oil exploration fortune; art dealer Heiner Friedrich , Philippa's husband; and Helen Winkler, a Houston art historian. Dia provides support to projects "whose nature or scale would preclude other funding sources."
65-855: The David Livingstone Centenary Medal was established in March 1913 by the Hispanic Society of America . The establishment commemorates the 100th anniversary of David Livingstone ’s birth. Designed by Gutzon Borglum , this medal is awarded by the American Geographical Society for "scientific achievements in the field of geography of the Southern Hemisphere". Livingstone led the Zambezi Expedition from 1858 to 1864. He returned to Africa in 1868, to Zanzibar , where he discovered Lake Victoria and
130-584: A learned society . Founded in 1904 by philanthropist Archer M. Huntington , the institution continues to operate at its original location in a 1908 Beaux Arts building on Audubon Terrace in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. A second building, on the north side of the terrace, was added in 1930. Exterior sculpture in front of that building includes work by Anna Hyatt Huntington and nine major reliefs by
195-516: A collection of a select group of artists. Among those whose work was commissioned and collected at that time are Joseph Beuys , John Chamberlain , Walter De Maria , Dan Flavin , Donald Judd , Imi Knoebel , Blinky Palermo , Fred Sandback , Cy Twombly , Robert Whitman , and La Monte Young . In 1979 the Dia Art Foundation acquired Shadows (1978–79), the monumental painting installation by Andy Warhol consisting of 102 canvases, as
260-607: A complex of cultural institutions, which was partially realized. The chosen neoclassical design of the complex was designed to become the reputable institution that the Hispanic Society of America is today. Between 2007 and 2011, the Dia Art Foundation commissioned several projects at the Hispanic Society's Building on West 155th Street. These commissions were by Francis Alÿs , Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster , and Koo Jeong A . A weekly event called "Tuesdays on
325-418: A contract with the museum. The two-and-a-half-year contract entailed raised salaries, a 403(b) plan , and preserved fully-paid health benefits. It also established severance pay, and professional development funds. 40°50′01″N 73°56′47″W / 40.833521°N 73.946514°W / 40.833521; -73.946514 Dia Art Foundation Dia holds a major collection of work by artists of
390-413: A drastically reduced operating budget, approximately $ 800,000 a year. Dia began showing works from its collection in public for the first time, starting with a show of Cy Twombly paintings. The financial difficulties during the 1980s reduced Dia's annual expenditures from $ 5 million in 1984 to 1.2 million in 1987. By the end of 1987, real-estate and art sales had brought in about $ 17 million to pay
455-464: A fast rate. The mosque was removed from 155 Mercer Street to 245 West Broadway. La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela had to leave the Harrison Street building, which was then sold for $ 5.5 million. Artists were outraged and threatened to sue. La Monte Young said, "The new board treated us like criminals, like terrorists... they took ten years of our lives away." and Dan Flavin remarked about
520-616: A former firehouse and church for the Dan Flavin Art Institute , Dick's Castle in Garrison, New York (which was purchased for $ 1 million but later discovered was too expensive to renovate), and the Mercantile Exchange at 6 Harrison Street for Young and Zazeela to create Dream House (Dia spent approximately $ 4 million on buying and renovating the building and gave Young and Zazeela a budget of $ 500,000
585-482: A handful of such works, and the enormous Map of the World (1526) by Juan Vespucio . The society has been described as "perhaps New York's most misunderstood institution", because it was established to concentrate on Old Spain and its culture in its colonies, as opposed to Hispanic American culture, despite its location in what has over time become a predominantly Hispanic (chiefly Dominican ) neighborhood. In 2012 it
650-614: A key Dia artist, donated 21 of his works to the institution, making Dia's Ryman holdings unparalleled in any other public collection. In 1985, Dia Art Foundation for the first time auctioned off 18 works at Sotheby's , including pieces by Cy Twombly and Barnett Newman , for $ 1.3 million. In 2013, the foundation announced its plan to sell another group of paintings and sculptures — including pieces by Twombly, Chamberlain and Barnett Newman — at Sotheby's, this time hoping to raise at least $ 20 million for an acquisition budget and to pay for 30 works that have been on long-term loan to Dia from
715-585: A lawsuit threatened by Judd led to the establishment of the Chinati Foundation with support from Dia. The affiliate institutions are: In 2023, the Sam Gilliam Award was established at the Dia Art Foundation by Gilliam’s foundation and his widow, Annie Gawlak, with plans to give out the prize annually for a decade: The Dia Art Foundation is a tax-exempt charitable organization . Current programs are supported in part by funds from
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#1732797566725780-626: A letterhead. Following a series of performance works and temporary exhibitions at Friedrich's gallery in SoHo, including the "Dream Festival" by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela , Dia installed its first public artwork in 1975 at the Kunstmuseum Basel , in Basel , Switzerland. This artwork, Untitled (In memory of Urs Graf) by Dan Flavin , was installed in the museum's courtyard and consists of fluorescent tubes in varying colors outlining
845-559: A month. The foundation spent over $ 30 million in less than 10 years amassing over 900 works and a small real estate empire. By 1981 Dia owned about $ 14 million worth of artwork and $ 15 million in real estate. Over 1980 and 1981 it spent about $ 19 million supporting artists and their work. These first years of Dia are marked with management issues, including paying taxes on properties that could be tax exempt and other extravagant spending. Philippa de Menil summed up how fast Dia did so much with "The reason we accomplished so much in terms of projects
910-523: A more diverse and international mix of artists. Female artists who have been added to the permanent collection include Mary Corse , Nancy Holt , Dorothea Rockburne , Michelle Stuart and Anne Truitt . In 2017, Dia acquired work by Kishio Suga and Lee Ufan , bringing seminal work from the 1960s Mono-ha movement in Japan into the collection to promote greater understanding of work being made internationally during this period. In 2017, Robert Ryman ,
975-604: A new building to a much smaller scope of construction in an interview in Artnet Morgan explained, "We're very different from the Guggenheim or MoMA , where we think of specific buildings as being the landmark institutions. Dia has always followed a different route, which was finding spaces where the artists could share their vision with us." The New Dia Chelsea is scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2020 followed by updates, renovations, and expansions at other spaces under
1040-516: A permanent, multicolored, light installation by Dan Flavin stretching across three platforms at Grand Central Terminal in New York. The same year Dia purchased a volcanic crater in Arizona for James Turrell for his Roden Crater project (and later gave him approximately six million dollars to move the project forward).In 1979 the second location of Friedrich's gallery space, 393 West Broadway,
1105-552: A shake up in Dia's board due to the financial issues and Judd's threatened lawsuit. Heiner Friedrich left the board and Philippa de Menil's financial support ended and her money was placed into a trust, although she remained a board member. Philippa de Menil's mother, Dominique de Menil , stepped in, and installed Ashton Hawkins, an executive vice president at the Metropolitan Museum , as Dia's chairman. Along with Hawkins,
1170-728: A single entity from the artist during its inaugural exhibition at the Heiner Friedrich Gallery in New York. In 1991 Dia gave the Menil Collection in Houston six of its best works by Twombly in anticipation of the Twombly Gallery that opened there in 1995. In anticipation of the opening of Dia Beacon , Dia augmented its core collection with focused acquisitions. The first of these was made in 1997, when Board Chairman Leonard Riggio and his family gave
1235-482: A year for upkeep and artmaking.) This buying spree continued into the 1980s with the purchase of a building on West 19th street in 1980 for Robert Whitman spending $ 495,000 on the building and handing out $ 250,000 a year to Whitman for upkeep and art making, and the 1981 purchase of a former bank building in Winchendon, Massachusetts for Fred Sandback to create a one-man museum in. The year 1980 also saw Dia open
1300-867: Is one of the locations and sites the Dia Art Foundation manages . Michael Govan, the former director of Dia under whose direction Dia Beacon was constructed, estimates that before Philippa de Menil's family forced her to sharply cut back on funding—an act precipitated by the 1980s oil glut 's effect on the Schlumberger fortune—Dia spent "at least $ 40 million" on a series of installations that Dia continues to maintain. Among those 1970s and early 1980s projects are works by Walter De Maria , including The Lightning Field (1977), near Quemado, New Mexico ; and The New York Earth Room (1977) and The Broken Kilometer (1979), in New York City . The 9 sites are: Over Dia's first ten years, its founders assembled
1365-548: Is that we just forged ahead and didn't worry about overspending." Between 1980 and 1982, the Schlumberger oil stock cratered, going from about $ 87 a share to about $ 30. This drastic cut to de Menil's fortune forced Dia to begin tightening the purse strings with its artists. Artists were sent details about how to spin their projects off into independent foundations. In 1983, Donald Judd was informed that his brainchild in Marfa
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#17327975667251430-614: The Lannan Foundation ($ 10 million), Ann Tenenbaum and her husband Thomas H. Lee ($ 2.5 million), among others. As of 2007 its annual operating costs are about $ 3 million a year. Dia Bridgehampton, previously known as the Dan Flavin Art Institute, is a museum in Bridgehampton , New York opened in 1983 to house nine fluorescent light works by Dan Flavin on permanent display. Besides
1495-601: The Lualaba River . The following people received the award in the year specified: Hispanic Society of America The Hispanic Society of America operates a museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain and Portugal and their former colonies in Latin America , the Spanish East Indies , and Portuguese India . Despite the name, it has never functioned as
1560-636: The Masjid al-Farah (later Dergah al-Farah), a Sufi lodge replete with Flavin light works and living quarters for Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi , in a former firehouse at 155 Mercer Street. The opening of the Sufi lodge was a reflection of de Menil's recent conversion to the path of Sufi Islam and later ascension as spiritual guide to the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Order of New York City . Over this same time Friedrich and de Menil purchased
1625-724: The Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City from June through September 2018; the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History , November 2018 through March 2019; the Cincinnati Art Museum , October 2019 through January 2020; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from March to May 2020. Admission to the museum has always been free, in accordance with Archer Huntington's trust. Due to financial difficulties,
1690-763: The National Labor Relations Board , joined local 2110 (the Technical, Office, and Professional Union) of the United Automobile Workers , and began contract negotiations with the museum. In February 2023, the staff sent an open letter containing a list of complaints to the museum's board of trustees. On March 27 the workers authorized a strike in response to the museum's planned reopening. The current contract removed coverage for health insurance premiums and deductibles. The union stated that proposed salary increases would not offset
1755-603: The 18th century, the United States viewed Spain as an enemy that must be dealt with in order to move forward with American success in North America. During the 19th century, many areas once under Spanish control in North America were added to the territories of the United States. By the turn of the 19th century into the 20th century, Hispanic and Latin American studies became more pronounced in the scholarly world in
1820-456: The 1960s and 1970s, including Joseph Beuys , Dan Flavin , Donald Judd , Agnes Martin , and Andy Warhol . The art of this period represented a radical departure in artistic practice and is often large in scale; it is occasionally ephemeral or site-specific. Currently, Dia commissions, supports, and presents site-specific installations and long-term exhibitions of work by these artists, as well as those of younger generations. Heiner Friedrich
1885-613: The 1960s and 1970s, on view at Dia Beacon that opened in the Hudson Valley in 2003. Dia also presents exhibitions and programs at Dia Chelsea in New York City, located at 535, 541 and 545 West 22nd Street. In addition to its exhibition spaces at Dia Beacon and Dia Chelsea, Dia maintains and operates a constellation of commissions, long-term installations , and site-specific projects, notably focused on land art , nationally and internationally. Dia's permanent collection holdings include artworks by artists who came to prominence during
1950-516: The 20th century. The collection includes important paintings by Diego Velázquez , Francisco de Goya , El Greco , and Joaquín Sorolla , among others. It also includes sculpture and architectural elements, furniture and metalwork, ceramics and textiles. The Sorolla Room, which was reinstalled in 2010, displays Vision of Spain , 14 massive paintings commissioned by Archer Huntington in 1911. Sorolla completed these works from 1913 to 1919. These paintings total more than 200 linear feet (61 m); they ring
2015-468: The Dia purview. A new gallery will open in SoHo in a retail space Dia has rented out for 10 years, 11,000 square feet (1,000 square metres) of gallery space at Dia Beacon will be opened, and the climate control systems for The New York Earth Room and The Broken Kilometer will be overhauled so the works can remain open all year. These physical updates to buildings Dia owns are planned to use less than 25% of
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2080-893: The Foundation three sculptures from Richard Serra 's Torqued Ellipses series (1996–97), sculptures created for an exhibition at Dia Chelsea; it was the first acquisition for Dia's permanent collection in over ten years, a $ 2 million purchase made by Riggio. With support from the Lannan Foundation , the artists themselves, and others, the collection has expanded with gifts, purchases, and long-term loans of works by other artists from that same generation— Bernd and Hilla Becher , Louise Bourgeois , Hanne Darboven , Michael Heizer , Robert Irwin , On Kawara , Sol LeWitt , Agnes Martin , Bruce Nauman , Gerhard Richter , Robert Ryman , Robert Smithson , and Lawrence Weiner —as well as additional works by artists already represented. In recent years, Dia has focused on broadening its collection to spotlight
2145-859: The Lannan Foundation. In response, founders Heiner Friedrich and Fariha de Menil filed suit in New York Supreme Court , seeking an injunction against the foundation and Sotheby's while raising the possibility that some of the works might not be legally owned by Dia but constitute long-term loans from the Friedrichs. However, the lawsuit was dropped shortly after, and the consigned works raised $ 38.4 million. Alongside managing 12 locations and sites, Dia also maintains relationships with 6 affiliate institutions. Dia collaborates with and supports these institutions financially, and through donations or sharing of artworks, particularly in
2210-588: The Swiss-American sculptor Berthold Nebel , a commission that took ten years to complete. The Hispanic Society complex was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2012. In 2021, the museum expanded into the former home of the Museum of the American Indian, adjacent to the museum's original building. The museum contains more than 18,000 works in every medium, ranging from prehistoric times to
2275-466: The Terrace" was also organized by Dia over these years presenting public outdoor programing of dance, music, and poetry. In April 2015 the society announced the appointment of Philippe de Montebello to chair the society's Board of Overseers and spearhead a major effort to roughly double the museum's size by renovating the vacant Beaux Arts building adjacent to the society's original museum building. It
2340-448: The United States. Huntington's Hispanic Society of America was one of the leaders in the movement to bring Hispanic art to the attention of scholars in order to introduce the concept that Hispanic art was worthy of study. People started to realize that learning about Hispanic culture was important because it was such a large part of American history. Huntington had the foresight to see how important this kind of museum would be and established
2405-555: The acquisition of Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt . Morgan also ended the drive to build a new building in Chelsea and instead focused on joining three buildings the Foundation already owns and using raised funds to support the endowment. A $ 78 million capital campaign was announced in June 2018 and the target was raised to $ 90 million in May 2019. When asked about this sudden change from building
2470-675: The advisory council. Dia got its name from the Greek word "dia" which means "conduit." Friedrich explained the name choice with "'Dia' was chosen as a transitory term for an institution that would not be eternal but would make possible the presence of artworks on an extended, long-term basis" Dia first patronized a group of artists that included Donald Judd , Dan Flavin , John Chamberlain , Walter De Maria , La Monte Young , and Marian Zazeela . These artists received stipends, studios, and archivists in anticipation of one-man museums that Dia planned for several of them. Dia stayed away from press and
2535-414: The costs of the loss of benefits and that the administration had left the museum short-staffed and the collection in jeopardy due to a lack of safeguards. The union asked for minimum salaries for union positions on par with other museums in the city, guaranteed future wage increases, a retroactive wage increase, and restoration of health care coverage. On May 19, the workers ended the strike after ratifying
2600-481: The de Menil's that, "It doesn't matter who gets hurt in order to hold up the family reputation." An auction of works from Dia's holdings was held in 1985 at Sotheby's including pieces by Cy Twombly , Andy Warhol , and Donald Judd and raised approximately $ 1.3 million causing an outcry from those artists still connected to Dia. The foundation restructured and refocused on a new purpose as an institution. A fundraising campaign began to start an endowment that would fund
2665-536: The debt and start an endowment. The foundation was renamed the Dia Center for the Arts and a programme of poetry readings, performances, lectures and publications was begun. In 2015 Jessica Morgan joined Dia as the new director. While Dia holds works by under 50 artists, Morgan focused new collecting on works by women and international artists to diversify the largely white and male collection. This push culminated in
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2730-485: The early stages of each organization's development. One of the affiliates, Roden Crater by James Turrell , while being partially funded and supported by Dia since the 70's, is still not completed. The installation of work by Donald Judd and John Chamberlain, in Marfa, Texas , was begun by Judd; Dia gave the project $ 4 million between 1980 and 1986, before cutting off the financial support due to Dia's financial crisis;
2795-456: The funds raised from the capital campaign. There are twelve locations and sites which the Dia Art Foundation considers part of its constellation of art museums and long-term installations. Dia breaks its holdings into two distinct categories: locations and sites. "Locations" include museum structures that contain galleries of smaller works either on permanent or temporary display, while "sites" are long-term art installations placed outside of
2860-477: The gallery context that have been either commissioned or acquired by Dia. Dia Beacon, Riggio Galleries in Beacon, New York , is located in a former printing plant built in 1929 by Nabisco . When it opened in 2003 with 160,000 square feet (15,000 m ) of exhibition space, it became one of the largest museums to open in the United States since the Museum of Modern Art opened in the late 1930s. Each gallery
2925-402: The large room and depict scenes from the regions of Spain. The library contains more than 250,000 books; 200,000 documents; 175,000 photographs; and 15,000 prints. The rare books library maintains 15,000 books printed before 1700, including a first edition of Don Quijote . It also holds the manuscript Black Book of Hours, Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae ad usum Romanum (circa 1458), one of only
2990-459: The magnitude of Titian, be it Andy Warhol; of the magnitude of Michelangelo, be it Dan Flavin; of the magnitude of Donatello, be it Walter De Maria. This is why we did Dia." Friedrich had the vision and art contacts, while Philippa de Menil was heir to the Schlumberger oil fortune and had the money to support the idea. Philippa de Menil's husband, Francesco Pellizzi, was on the original six-member board, and Dominique and Christophe de Menil were on
3055-409: The museum in 1904. Huntington worked diligently in collecting a vast amount of Hispanic art in order to put together the museum. In fact, he did not stop at art. He collected Hispanic heritage items, literature, and around 40,000 books which formed an enormous library used as a resource for scholars who study Hispanic history, literature, art, and culture to this day. Hence, his idea for the institution
3120-455: The new board members included Lois de Menil , John C. Evans , future United States Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer , Margaret Douglas-Hamilton , and Herbert Brownell . Lois de Menil summed up the financial distress Dia was in with "We were absolutely appalled at the state of acute financial distress...There was a $ 5-million Citibank debt to pay, projected costs of $ 5-million, no operating budget, and no visible income." The night before
3185-549: The new board was set to meet, Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi of the Sufi lodge Dia funded, passed away in Istanbul , Turkey . Philippa de Menil (now Fariha Fatima al-Jerrahi ) ominously reflected on the passing of her spiritual guide saying, "His death seemed to herald many new changes." The new board began slashing at Dia contracts and real estate to get the budget under control with projects being dropped and dismantled at
3250-585: The permanent exhibit, there is also a gallery for temporary exhibitions and a display on the history of the building. Dia began its presence on West 22nd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City in 1987 with the opening of the Dia Center for the Arts at 548 West 22nd Street. Dia Chelsea has since moved across the street to a series of three connected buildings now consolidated at 537 West 22nd Street which host longterm but temporary exhibitions as well as associated artistic and educational programing. It
3315-401: The plan for the museum building and its exterior setting. The grounds include an entrance court, and parking lot with a grove of flowering fruit trees and a formal garden, both of which were designed by Irwin. According to The New York Times , it cost $ 50 million to build, with Leonard Riggio contributing at least $ 35 million of that amount; the remainder of the construction funds came from
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#17327975667253380-563: The shuttered Fort D.A. Russell in Marfa, Texas , renamed it "The Art Museum of the Pecos," and planned to house works for multiple artists Dia funded. The 350 acres, now known as the Chinati Foundation , was conceived by Donald Judd who was given $ 17,500 a month as a salary and installation payment for the museum. In the first ten years, Dia was spending up to $ 5 million a year on less than twelve artists, funding art commissions and living expenses for individual artists between $ 2,500 and $ 17,500
3445-561: The society went to court in 2016 in order to be allowed to charge an admission fee to temporary exhibitions to be held in the museum's new facility, while keeping the main hall free. As of 2022, admission to the new galleries is free. In 2020 the museum appointed Guillaume Kientz, former curator at the Louvre and the Kimbell Art Museum , as its new director. In May 2021, workers at the museum filed their intent to unionize with
3510-632: The space. This was followed in 1976 by a retrospective of six theater pieces by Robert Whitman In 1977 Friedrich's gallery space was transformed into a permanent exhibition of Walter De Maria's The New York Earth Room and Dia's offices were moved to 107 Franklin Street. Dia planned the opening of three other works in 1977: Walter De Maria's The Vertical Earth Kilometer in Kassel Germany, and Lightning Field in New Mexico , as well as
3575-537: The time could not support. Friedrich's plan was to create a funding system similar to patronage systems from the Renaissance . Robert Whitman , a performance artist funded by Dia, stated that Friedrich "wanted to make a Sistine Chapel , create a Shakespeare ." Friedrich himself stated that, "The 20th century clearly stands beside the Renaissance as one of the most powerfully visual ages. We have artists of
3640-518: Was a German art dealer with galleries in Munich and Cologne which showed artists such as Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Donald Judd, and Dan Flavin. In 1973, Friedrich moved his galleries to New York City at 141 Wooster Street, now the site of The New York Earth Room . That year Friedrich traveled to Houston to visit the Rothko Chapel where he met Dominique de Menil 's assistant Helen Winkler and
3705-454: Was also given over to Walter De Maria for a permanent art installation, The Broken Kilometer . Dia continued purchasing buildings to create one-man museums, and in some cases living quartets, for their roster of artists. Starting in 1979, the foundation hired architect Richard Gluckman and started looking for reinforced-concrete structures suitable for showing art. With his help 1979 saw the purchase and renovation of multiple sites including
3770-417: Was being delayed, and he was advised to turn it into an independent foundation. Things got so bad financially for Dia in 1983 they were forced to take out a $ 3.87 million loan from Citibank using de Menil's Schlumberger stock as collateral. This prompted The New York state attorney general to begin an investigation into the foundation's practices and Judd threatened to sue Dia for breach of contract 1985 saw
3835-474: Was delayed, with the new East Building Gallery, formerly the Museum of the American Indian, opening in 2021 for rotating exhibitions, followed by a general reopening in June 2023. While the museum was closed, many of its works were lent to other institutions. About 200 of the society's most important works were displayed from April through September 2017 at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The exhibit traveled to
3900-513: Was designed specifically for the art it contains. The space is limited to the works of 25 artists, including Richard Serra 's monumental steel sculptures Torqued Ellipses and Michael Heizer 's North, East, South, West (1967/2002). The museum's galleries of paintings by On Kawara , Agnes Martin , Blinky Palermo , and Robert Ryman receive reflected north light from more than 34,000 square feet (3,200 m ) of skylights. Dia collaborated with Robert Irwin and architect OpenOffice to formulate
3965-418: Was formerly used by the Museum of the American Indian , which had moved years before to the former U.S. Custom House in lower Manhattan. Beginning January 1, 2017, the museum was closed for extensive renovations, although the library was open on a limited basis by appointment only. The $ 15 million project replaced the building's roof and lighting. Originally scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2019, progress
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#17327975667254030-411: Was not narrowly for showing paintings, sculptures, and historical artifacts, but more widely for it to be used as a center for research and scholarly study. As for the design of the building, Huntington had a large role in the design and creation of the institution itself. The main building was based on the designs of Huntington's cousin, Charles P. Huntington. Huntington desired Audubon Terrace to become
4095-467: Was not well known through the '70s. The goal was for Dia to not have an identity and be a true "conduit" for the art works it was funding without adding themselves to it. An article by Phoebe Hoban in New York Magazine in 1985 called the foundation a "closely guarded secret" during this time period, references people calling it "the art Mafia," and notes that the organization didn't even have
4160-404: Was reintroduced to her daughter Philippa de Menil . Friedrich and Philippa de Menil would later both get divorces so they could marry each other in a 1979 Sufi ceremony and get a marriage license in 1982. Friedrich, Winkler, and Philippa de Menil founded Dia in 1974. The goal of the organization was to fund artists creating work on scales or with underlying natures that the funding sources of
4225-504: Was suggested that the museum (although not the society) be renamed the "Archer M. Huntington Museum of Art" to clarify this distinction, but the name change was never pursued. During the late 19th century in America, sentiments towards the country's relationship with Spain were negative. This is mainly due to the fact that during the 16th to 17th centuries, Spain had set its sights on dominating most of North and South America. Therefore, by
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