Dia Art Foundation
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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."
Dia Beacon, Riggio Galleries in Beacon, New York, on the Hudson River
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plaque for Untitled (In memory of Urs Graf), Dia's first public art installation.
The Dia Beacon building and surrounding landscape.
Dominique de Menil
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Dominique de Menil was a French-American art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil-equipment fortune. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.
Dominique de Menil
De Menil with gallery model, Houston, 1973
Strake and Jones Halls, designed by Philip Johnson, University of St. Thomas, Houston
Southeast corner of the Menil Collection, Houston