NEW YORK, NY.- Philippe Vergne, director of Dia Art Foundation, announced the appointment of Susan Sayre Batton as managing director, Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, effective September 1, 2010. Ms. Batton succeeds Steven Evans, who left Dia in July of this year to become the executive director and curator of the Linda Pace Foundation, in San Antonio, Texas. Ms. Batton, who will be based at Dia:Beacon, will supervise the operations and administration of the museum, including planning, fundraising, community relations, and the implementation of public programs and exhibitions, among other areas. Located in New York’s Hudson Valley, Dia:Beacon is the permanent home for Dia’s renowned collection of artworks from the 1960s to the present. It is an integral part of Dia’s constellation of sites, which includes additional exhibition spaces and long-term