Robert Smithson's Map of Broken Glass (Atlantis)

I took a train out to Beacon NY to check out Dia:Beacon. The museum itself is in a former Nabisco factory looking out onto the . If you haven't been there before and are in New York the hour and a half train ride along the Hudson is worth it. The museum houses an impressive collection of minimal and conceptual work from the 60s to present. The bottom floor consists of several Bruce Nauman installations. One of the more impressive installations is Michael Heizer's "North, East, South, West,"which consists of four geometric shapes cut into concrete that go about 20 feet deep. Some of the other highlights are several Robert Smithson pieces including the one pictured above a few installations from Joseph Beuys.

Zoe Blackwell, Me, and Emily Davidson in Beacon New York photo taken by Pam Norrish

After the museum we walked to main street in Beacon. There were a lot of antique stores and several small galleries. We walked around and had caught some dinner before catching the train back into the city.