Word: beacons
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...surprise that when the institution's new outpost, Dia: Beacon, opened on Sunday, it was considered the world's largest museum of contemporary art. Five years ago, Dia director Michael Govan went searching for a building to hold some of the foundation's nearly 700 works. In Beacon, N.Y., a struggling Hudson River town, he found an abandoned factory, built in 1929 and used for decades to print boxes for Nabisco crackers. Fifty million dollars later, the structure is nearly 250,000 sq. ft. of sunlit display space. And much of it will be given over to some...
...this the kind of work that will bring in 100,000 visitors a year? That's the number Dia hopes for. So does the State of New York and Beacon and its surrounding towns, which have chipped in $2.7 million toward the project so far and have visions of Guggenheim Bilbao dancing in their heads. Dia: Beacon offers some of the most potent art experiences to be found anywhere, in some of the most well-considered settings. But it was conceived largely to present difficult work for long durations in one space. And for much of what it offers, difficult...
Inspectors have allegedly discovered 60 dead cats in the Beacon Hill apartment of a former Harvard Extension School student who, according to many who knew her, had a history of trouble with colleagues and employers at Harvard. Professors and a former boss in the psychology library said the woman, Heidi Erickson, was difficult to work with and filed many lawsuits against the University...
According to media reports, on April 28, the Boston Inspectional Services department responded to complaints about foul smells emanating from Erickson’s Beacon Hill apartment and discovered what appeared to be a laboratory. Inspectors said the apartment contained 60 dead cats stored in Erickson’s refrigerator and freezer, along with five living cats and a Great Dane which, according to the inspectors, were all apparently malnourished. The apartment was also strewn with syringes and veterinary medications, the inspectors reported...
...Boston Housing Court ruled last Tuesday that Erickson could not return to her Beacon Hill apartment and forbade her from keeping cats anywhere in Boston. Erickson has appealed that ruling. Her Watertown apartment was also condemned last Thursday, according to media reports. But as of Saturday night, Erickson had not left the apartment, and Watertown police had not been called to remove her, according to a report in the Boston Herald...