Editing Dan Flavin (section)

==Recognition==
In 1964, Flavin received an award from the William and Norma Copley Foundation, Chicago, with a recommendation from [[Marcel Duchamp]].<ref>[https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/dan-flavin/biography Dan Flavin] David Zwirner Gallery, New York.</ref>
In 1973, he was named Albert Dorne Visiting Professor at the [[University of Bridgeport]], Connecticut, and in 1976, he was given the Skowhegan Medal of Sculpture from [[Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture]], Maine.

In 1983, the [[Dia Art Foundation|Dia Center for the Arts]] opened the Dan Flavin Art Institute in [[Bridgehampton, New York]], a permanent exhibition of his works, designed by the artist in a converted firehouse<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/main/danflavinartinstitute|title=Visit Our Locations & Sites &#124; Visit &#124; Dia|website=www.diaart.org}}</ref> which had served as an African-American church from 1924 through the mid-’70s.<ref name="Jane L. Levere 2015">Jane L. Levere (August 13, 2015), [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/nyregion/dan-flavins-icon-constructions-on-display-in-bridgehampton.html Dan Flavin's ‘Icon’ Constructions on Display in Bridgehampton] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> Flavin worked closely with architect [[Gluckman Mayner Architects|Richard Gluckman]] and Jim Schaeufele, Dia's director of operations, on the renovation and design.<ref name="Jane L. Levere 2015"/> Here, Flavin's works are exhibited in "rooms without windows or bearing an indirect relationship to its outside surroundings".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lindquist|first=Greg|title=Dan Flavin's Altering Light|journal=The Brooklyn Rail|date=June 2012|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2012/06/artseen/dan-flavins-altering-light}}</ref> The permanent display consists of nine all-fluorescent pieces, six in color and three dedicated to Schaeufele in three shades of white, as well as a drawing for an icon, not in the temporary exhibition, dedicated to his fraternal twin brother, David John.<ref name="Jane L. Levere 2015"/>

In the 2011 film ''[[Tower Heist]]'', Flavin's estate sent an expert to oversee the construction of a Flavin light installation that was recreated on the set.<ref>Patricia Cohen (April 24, 2012), [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/arts/design/artists-rights-society-vaga-and-intellectual-property.html Art Is Long; Copyrights Can Even Be Longer] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref>

In 2017, Gallerist [[Vito Schnabel]] announced a collaboration with Flavin's estate. Schnabel joined the artist's son, Stephen Flavin, to present Flavin's light sculptures alongside works by European ceramicists admired and collected by Flavin.<ref>Eileen Kinsella, (November 1, 2017) [https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/vito-schnabel-announces-collaboration-dan-flavin-estate-1133873 In an Unlikely Pairing, Vito Schnabel Announces a Collaboration With the Dan Flavin Estate] ''[[Artnet]]''.</ref>