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Dia Has No Use For Starchitecture: The Dia Art Foundation is planning...

Friday, November 6, 2009

dia.jpgThe Dia Art Foundation is planning to return to its former home in Chelsea with a new museum space. But unlike other art galleries that have hired starchitects to build their new homes -- we're lookin' at you, Whitney Museum -- the Dia is turning up its nose at big-name architects and their fancypants designs. Or, as Dia Director Philippe Vergne put it: "No bling." [NYT]

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