An Old Box Factory Is a Haven for New Art.

Focuses on Dia: Beacon, an art museum to open in Beacon (N.Y.) along the banks of the Hudson River. Comments from Michael Govan, director of the Dia Art Foundation; Architectural description of Dia: Beacon, which was an abandoned factory; Amount paid by Dia for an environmental cleanup at the site; Role of New York governor George Pataki in persuading the International Paper Company, owners of the building, to donate it to the foundation; Description of Beacon (N.Y.) economically depressed; Amount of money donated by the state to construction of the museum; Tourist trade benefits the state is hoping to accrue from this project in the Hudson River Valley.