Travel Program

Part of the fun of being a member of SITE is the opportunity to go on special trips that offer exclusive, behind-the-scenes experiences of contemporary art galleries, artists’ studios, museums, and private collections. Previous trips have included Ft. Worth/Dallas/Houston; Carnegie International, Pittsburgh; New York City; Minneapolis/Chicago; and the Grand Tour of Documenta in Kassel, Skulpture Project Münster, and Biennale di Venezia last fall.

Our travel program is open to SITE Santa Fe members at the Contemporary Circle level and above.

Venice and Istanbul
September 8–14, 2009

SITE Santa Fe is pleased to offer a members’ trip to the renowned Venice Biennale. The director of the 53rd exhibition, Daniel Birnbaum, has titled his show Making Worlds. With accommodations at the Savoia & Jolanda, just steps away from the Biennale, we will be on hand to support New Mexico’s own Bruce Nauman who will represent the United States in the American Pavilion. Carlos Basualdo, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, has organized a survey exhibition of Nauman’s oeuvre as well as the premiere of a monumental new work for the Biennale. The influential pioneer of Post-Minimalist art — and a participant in SITE Santa Fe’s 1995 and 2004 Biennials—Nauman is one of the most widely admired contemporary artists working today. Following our stay in Venice, the group will travel to Turkey to experience the 11 th Istanbul Biennale, curated by WHW (What, How & for Whom) for the opening on September 12 , 2009. Based in Zagreb, Croatia, the curatorial collective WHW comprises members Ivet Curlin, Ana Devic, Natasa Ilic, and Sabina Sabolic. We will also visit the Istanbul Modern, artists’ studios, and private collections.

Houston
April 16–19, 2009

With accommodations at the luxurious Hotel ZaZa, located in the heart of Houston’s Museum District, you can expect lots of easy walking to the Contemporary Arts Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, and The Menil Collection. On view at The Menil Collection will be Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave and John Chamberlain: American Tableau. SITE will arrange private tours of these exhibitions for our group. We will visit several galleries as well as private collections. The Houston Opera will be presenting Rigoletto on Friday evening, April 17 for those who wish to purchase tickets.

Boston
November 12–16, 2008

MOSTLY MASSACHUSETTS: SITE Santa Fe Explores the Contemporary Art Scene in Boston and Beyond.

Please join SITE Phillips Director Laura Heon on an East Coast art adventure, and discover Massachusetts and the Hudson Valley’s must-see art and architecture. You’ll be engaged by everything from a preview of a retrospective of Sol LeWitt’s massive wall drawings at MASS MoCA to the first museum survey of sculpture by Tara Donavan at ICA/Boston; from the National Historic Landmark that is the Walter Gropius House to the newly opened Tadao Ando-designed Stone Hill Center at the Clark Art Institute. This trip has it all.

Photo: ICA/Boston

Documenta 12
September 5-12, 2007

SITE Santa Fe is pleased to offer a trip to documenta 12 in 2007. Our trip will begin in Frankfurt the morning of September 5 and conclude in Frankfurt the morning of September 12. We will visit Frankfurt, Kassel (site of documenta 12), Münster, Cologne and Düsseldorf.

We are also offering a three night extension to Venice for those wishing to see the Biennale. Trip participants electing to include the Venice portion will fly as a group from Frankfurt to Venice on September 12. The Venice portion of the trip will conclude the morning of September 15.

Basel Miami
December 5-10, 2006

Join Laura Heon and SITE members on a trip to Florida to the worldclass Art Basel Miami Beach Art Fair, December 5–10th. The Fair has become a glamorous and important stop on the contemporary art circuit with top international galleries exhibiting their best works. The city of Miami pulls out all the stops, offering a wide range of museum exhibitions, lectures, and art-related happenings that make the whole week lively and stimulating.

Courtesy Art Basel Miami Beach.

Berlin and Leipzig
Spring, 2006

Join other members of SITE Santa Fe on a thrilling trip to Berlin and Leipzig, leading centers of art-making today. During the five-day trip, we will stay at a hotel in thriving East Berlin and dine at the choicest restaurants. Led by Laura Heon, we will visit contemporary art galleries and museums, but the focus will be on artists’ studios (including Neo Rauch, John Bock, and Manfred Pernice) and private collections, with several free afternoons for sightseeing and shopping.

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin; © BTM/Koch.

Chicago Trip
October 5-10, 2005

Our trip will begin in Minneapolis with a visit to the Walker Art Center. A recent expansion by the Swiss architectural firm of Herzog and de Meuron secures the Walker’s site as one of the most important contemporary institutions in the country. In addition we will stop by The Weisman Museum and two private collections.

After our visit to Minneapolis, we fly to Chicago for four nights.  Architecture and art go hand-in-hand in the windy city and our itinerary is filled with both.  Architectural highlights include Farnsworth House, Oak Park, Millennium Park and Robie House.  The Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Renaissance Society and many of the best private collections the city has to offer are all included.

Installation at private collection in Minneapolis	Private collection visit in Chicago