Dia Art Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Philippe Vergne as Director
The Board of Trustees of Dia Art Foundation today announced the appointment of Philippe Vergne as Dia's new director. Mr. Vergne, currently deputy director and chief curator at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, assumes his post on September 15, 2008. He succeeds Jeffrey Weiss who left Dia in March of this year to resume his curatorial and scholarly career.
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Beacon, the still rough diamond, opens to visitors conveniently North, South and East. This quiet and vibrant community offers itself most wonderfully to the West, a Hudson River Gateway.

Redevelopment, new energy, refocused priorities all the stuff of Beacon which has been redefining itself for many years. Now however, it appears the energy has found traction. New stores, businesses and an art community of great diversity and energy are emerging all along Main Street. BACA, the Beacon Art Community Association, works tirelessly in effort to attract not only the wide and undefined audience of visiting tourists, but with vision and focus on gaining as regulars, the new audience promised by DIA, this new and wonderful contemporary art gallery.

History and contemporary art meet at Beacon. Fail to walk Main Street before or after your visit to the DIA or the waterfront, and you miss an opportunity to enjoy new age in the heart of history.