Fire at Dia:Beacon Damages Million Dollar Mary Corse Painting


Art Standard Time | Mary Corse

A fire at Dia:Beacon broke out on Saturday caused by an overheated electrical component of an artwork ignited on the first floor of the museum.  No injuries were reported as the fire was put out within 30 minutes. A work by Mary Corse that contained the source of the fire was damaged. 

Since the mid-1960s, Corse has experimented with different ways to physically imbue her paintings with light. Her techniques have included the use of materials that project, reflect, and refract, such as electric light, glazed ceramic tiles, and retroreflective glass beads. These materials, which respond to their environmental conditions, are applied in simple configurations, using the logic of the grid as an organizing principle. Corse is known for her work within the Light and Space Movement. Centered largely in California, the movement emerged in the 1960s as an offshoot of conceptual art, one that attempted to understand artwork as a function of sensory perception.

Hannah Gompertz, director of communications and marketing for the Dia Art Foundation, said:

"A small, contained fire broke out in one of our galleries at Dia:Beacon at the end of the day on Saturday, October 20. The fire appears to have been caused by an electrical element attached to a work of art by Mary Corse that overheated. The building was immediately evacuated, and no one was injured. The Corse galleries will be reopened tomorrow with the work in question deinstalled. All other Corse works in these galleries will remain on view."


1133 comments


  • Fang Zhau

    I’m a victim of a binary options scam through MT5. When I tried to withdraw my profits, they froze my account and accused me of money laundering. They requested additional funds to unfreeze my account. I lost $2.1 million worth of bitcoins, I was devastated. . I sought help using all means but none were able to recover my lost fund. I then heard about LORD HACKER ULTIMATE who had recovered a huge amount of funds from notorious scammers, so I decided to give them a try, immediately they created a hacking code that would assist in recovering my funds. I was able to detach the first part of 1.8 million back into my trzor wallet. waiting for the $Bnb gas fee to go through so I can detach the remaining from the outsourced wallets, a victim can reach out to them too, email: L.H.ULTIMATE@FASTSERVICE.COM and WhatsApp No: +13345527213 you can also visit their YouTube channel @lordhacker.ultimate, Instagram @lordhacker.ultimate and Facebook page: http//lordhacker.ultimate.facebook.com. 


  • Faye Kuil

    A month ago, I fell victim to a cryptocurrency investment platform after investing a huge sum of money into it and they logged me out of my Bitcoin wallet with a balance of $73,800 in bitcoins and requested I pay 20% before I withdraw my funds. I had lost all hope to recover my money until I saw a testimony about Spyweb, the ultimate bitcoin recovery expert and hacker. I contacted them immediately and to my greatest surprise, I was able to gain access to my account in 24 hours. I’m truly grateful to Spyweb for their smooth recovery of my funds and I’m here to share this with everyone out there. You can contact them with the information below.
    spyweb@cyberdude.com
    Contact@spyweb.tech


  • Katherine Betty

    I strongly advise using this very reputable pro wizard Gilbert Recovery for anyone looking to recover any type of crypto currencies assets from online frauds, Wallet hackers, or BTC transferred to the wrong address. After I lost a lot of money to those terrible con artists posing as recovery specialists, this recovery specialist was great in aiding me in getting my Bitcoin back. After I gave pro wizard Gilbert Recovery the relevant details and prerequisites, a total of 1.4170 BTC was eventually recovered. I was overjoyed that I had been able to recover this much after having lost even more to the problems I had dealt with before discovering pro wizard Gilbert Recovery. So don’t hesitate to get in touch with prowizardgilbertrecovery(@)engineer.com / WhatsApp: (+1) 541- (240) 9985 if you find yourself in this scenario and need help recovering from an online bitcoin scam.


  • Adam Wilson

    When you see this review i believe you will also be happy for me because i was convicted with a crime that i did’nt commit and this was last year, i was working with a company and i was suspected for some fraudulent act but with the help of Premiumhackservices AT gmail DOT com i was found not guilty, they provided evidence i need to be free they worked as private investigator on my case and they were hired by my wife and i thank them a lot doing and this is least way i can show my appreciation for what they have done for me, they also use whatsapp to stay in contact +14106350697, you can also be saved today all you have to do is to take the right step in the right direction.


  • Audrey Berry

    A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EVER FALLEN FOR CRYPTO SCAM BEFORE

    Another Successful Bitcoin Recovery, My husband and I are another successful client of RecoveryMasters among many. I read countless positive reviews about how they have been using their Recovery expertise to help people achieve their happiness back by recovering their scammed or lost Bitcoin and assets from fraudulent and posers of Cryptocurrencies trading companies. After reading many of the wonderful services they render, I had to contact them because my husband was seriously defrauded by some scammers online, it all ended in goodwill as we were able to recover what we thought we had lost to scammers. Contact them on email (Recoverymasters@email.cz) or whatsapp +1(551) 202-23-35


Leave a comment