It was a ravishing spring Saturday round midday, and the actress Julianne Moore was spending it at Dia Beacon, the artwork museum in New York’s Hudson Valley.
“I’ve by no means been right here. Isn’t that loopy?” Ms. Moore mentioned. “We now have a home in Lengthy Island — Montauk — and there’s that factor in New York, the place you go to Lengthy Island otherwise you go upstate.”
When requested if she felt like she was betraying the Hamptons, she laughed: “Don’t inform them I’m right here.”
Ms. Moore was in one of many museum’s huge, pure light-filled, industrial exhibition areas, for the Dia Artwork Basis’s spring profit, which was additionally a Fiftieth-anniversary get together. She was strolling round a bleacher-like construction named “Enviornment” from the artist Rita McBride. (Earlier bare dancers moved round it throughout a efficiency known as “Momentum.”)
The daytime fete, raised greater than $1.5 million, and drew round 600 individuals. The group included the artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen, whose set up “Bass” simply opened on the museum; the actresses Frances McDormand and Chloë Sevigny; and the N.F.L. commissioner Roger Goodell.
The occasion, sponsored by Bottega Veneta, honored six artists together with Félix González-Torres, Maren Hassinger, Mary Heilmann, Meg Webster, Mr. McQueen and Ms. McBride, and included a mixture of actors, collectors, philanthropists, and different art-world fixtures.
Joan Jonas, the artist whose work is presently on show in a retrospective on the Museum of Trendy Artwork, mentioned she was struck by the scale of this 12 months’s profit.
Reflecting on earlier exhibits she had on the museum, she added, “There are such a lot of extra individuals right here now.”
Some friends have been there to take a look at artwork. “We love Dia,” mentioned Ms. Sevigny, who attended together with her husband. “We arrived late, so we’re going to have to take a look at the reveals after lunch. The anticipation is constructing.”
Others made the journey for the people-watching. “There’s this airiness and freshness about seeing everyone within the spring gentle,” mentioned Sara Zewde, the panorama architect who’s creating an eight-acre backyard exterior the museum that’s presently beneath development. “It’s magical. Everyone is sprinkling and shining.”
The festivities opened with a cocktail reception with breakfast treats like Bloody Marys and candied bacon. Visitors then took their seats for a family-style lunch of roasted rooster and grilled artichokes, punctuated by speeches from museum supporters and workers. The day concluded with a dessert reception, that includes sprinkled doughnuts and macaroons.
Mr. Goodell, whose spouse is on the board of the museum, mingled with individuals across the room. “I actually get pleasure from speaking to this many artists,” he mentioned. “It’s enjoyable to see what number of of them are additionally sports activities followers.”
