Judd Foundation

THE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING, AND MAKING ACCESSIBLE, DONALD JUDD'S INSTALLED SPACES, AND PROMOTING A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS ARTISTIC LEGACY.

THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE DONALD JUDD'S PERMANENTLY INSTALLED LIVING AND WORKING SPACES, LIBRARIES, AND ARCHIVES IN NEW YORK AND MARFA, TEXAS. THE FOUNDATION PROMOTES A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF JUDD'S ARTISTIC LEGACY BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO THESE SPACES AND RESOURCES AND BY DEVELOPING SCHOLARLY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.OVERALL, JUDD FOUNDATION PRESERVES AND MAINTAINS TWENTY-TWO BUILDINGS INCLUDING OVER 50,000 SQ. FT. OF JUDD'S PERMANENTLY INSTALLED SPACES IN MARFA AND NEW YORK. SPACES: 101 SPRING STREET, THE FIRST BUILDING OWNED BY DONALD JUDD, SERVED AS HIS NEW YORK RESIDENCE AND STUDIO. 101 SPRING STREET IS WHERE JUDD FIRST DEVELOPED HIS CONCEPT OF THE PERMANENT INSTALLATION OF HIS WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHER ARTISTS. IN MARFA, THE FOUNDATION MAINTAINS TWENTY-ONE BUILDINGS INCLUDING SEVEN PERMANTLY INSTALLED LIVING AND WORKING SPACES: THE ART STUDIO; ARCHITECTURE STUDIO; ARCHITECTURE OFFICE; RANCH OFFICE; THE COBB HOUSE AND WHYTE BUILDING; AND LA MANSANA DE CHINATI/THE BLOCK. THE FOUNDATION MAKES THESE SPACES ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH DAILY GUIDED VISITS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO MAINTAINS JUDD'S RANCH AYALA DE CHINATI, WHICH INCLUDES THREE RANCH HOUSES AND IS STEWARDED BY THE FOUNDATION UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. RESTORATION: IN 2021 THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS MAJOR RESTORATION PROGRAM IN MARFA. THE MARFA RESTORATION PLAN AIMS TO RESTORE AND OPEN INSTALLED SPACES, CREATE ENHANCED PUBLIC PROGRAM SPACE, AND COMPLETE JUDD'S INTENTIONS FOR THE LARGE-SCALE INSTALLATION OF PRINTS IN A BUILDING HE DEDICATED FOR THIS PURPOSE, A PROJECT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE IN HIS LIFETIME. GUIDED VISITS: JUDD FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY PROGRAM IS ITS GUIDED VISIT PROGRAM. IN NEW YORK, LED BY ARTIST GUIDES, THE VISITS FOCUS ON PUBLIC ACCESS TO 101 SPRING STREET AND OFFERS VISITOR'S DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH DONALD JUDD'S ART, DESIGN, AND ARCHITECTURE. THE VISIT PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES, 'DRAWINGS SESSIONS,' 90-MINUTE SESSIONS TO BRING THE PRACTICE OF SKETCHING BACK INTO JUDD'S STUDIO AND FREE VISITS FOR NEW YORK BASED ARTISTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS DISCOUNTED TICKETS TO SENIORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. GUIDED VISITS OF 101 SPRING STREET ARE AVAILABLE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TYPICALLY, OVER 7,500 VISIT 101 SPRING STREET EACH YEAR, THOUGH THIS FIGURE WAS REDUCED IN 2021 WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE VISIT PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IN MARFA THE GUIDED VISIT PROGRAM OFFERS TWO DISTINCT VISITS OF JUDD'S INSTALLED SPACES, THE BLOCK VISIT AND THE STUDIOS VISIT, SIX DAYS A WEEK. THE BLOCK VISITS PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUDD'S RESIDENCE AND STUDIO IN MARFA, THE SITE OF SOME OF HIS FIRST LARGE-SCALE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS. THE STUDIOS VISITS PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUDD'S ARCHITECTURE STUDIO, ART STUDIO, AND THE COBB HOUSE AND WHYTE BUILDINGS. JUDD FOUNDATION PROVIDES FREE VISITS TO THE MARFA SPACES FOR RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL TRI-COUNTY AREA, IN ADDITION TO DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR SENIORS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. TYPICALLY, OVER 10,000 VISIT JUDD FOUNDATION IN MARFA EACH YEAR, THOUGH THIS FIGURE WAS REDUCED IN 2021 WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE VISIT PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. EXHIBITIONS: JUDD FOUNDATION PRESENTS TWO EXHIBITIONS A YEAR ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF 101 SPRING STREET IN NEW YORK. SINCE 2015, JUDD FOUNDATION HAS ORGANIZED TEN EXHIBITIONS OF WORKS BY DONALD JUDD OR ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS IN HIS MILIEU INCLUDING ALVAR AALTO, JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, DAN FLAVIN, YAYOI KUSAMA, RICHARD LONG, JAMES ROSENQUIST, AND LAURETTA VINCIARELLI. IN 2021 / 22 THE EXHIBITIONS INCLUDED MEG WEBSTER: TWO WALLS 1984/2022 AND FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES: INBETWEENNESS. THE EXHIBITIONS ARE OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC THURSDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS FOR THE LENGTH OF THEIR RUN. EXHIBITION SUPPORT: IN ADDITION TO PRESENTING ITS OWN PROGRAMS, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THEIR PRESENTATION OF DONALD JUDD WORKS. THE FOUNDATION LENDS ARTWORK TO EXHIBITIONS, PROVIDES ACCESS TO ARCHIVAL MATERIALS FOR RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION, AND PROVIDES EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF JUDD'S PRACTICE. TALKS: IN SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMMING THE FOUNDATION PRESENTS LECTURES AND CONVERSATIONS BOTH IN NEW YORK AND MARFA. IN MARFA, THE VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM, PRESENTS LECTURES BY SCHOLARS AND CURATORS VISITING MARFA TO RESEARCH JUDD. THESE LECTURES PROVIDE THE MARFA AND REGIONAL AUDIENCE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH PROMINENT INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS, CURATORS, AND ARTISTS. ONLINE PROGRAMS: IN THE PERIOD OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THE FOUNDATION INVESTED IN A ROBUST PROGRAM OF ONLINE TALKS AND CONVERSATIONS. THESE ONLINE PRESENTATIONS REACH A WIDE AUDIENCE AND WILL BE CONTINUED. IN 2021 THE FOUNDATION ALSO CREATED NEW REMOTE EDUCATIONAL TOOLS. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, PROVIDING A SERIES OF ONLINE FILMS OF JUDD'S INSTALLED SPACES, NARRATED BY HISTORIC AUDIO OF THE ARTIST. THE FOUNDATION ALSO RELEASED OVER TWENTY-FIVE OF JUDD'S ESSAYS FREE OF CHARGE THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, TO AID REMOTE ACCESS TO ITS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.ARCHIVES: THE JUDD FOUNDATION ARCHIVES CONTAINS RICH VISUAL AND TEXTUAL DOCUMENTATION OF DONALD JUDD'S LIFE AND WORK. THE ARCHIVES INCLUDE: PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS, CORRESPONDENCE, PHOTOGRAPHS, MOVING IMAGE MATERIAL, DRAWINGS, MUSEUM, GALLERY AND EXHIBITION FILES, FABRICATOR FILES, EXHIBITION EPHEMERA, AND PUBLICATIONS. THE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO THESE MATERIALS AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH BY MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS AND INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS. IN 2021 AN NEH FUNDED PROGRAM WAS INITIATED TO COMPLETE THE PROCESSING OF THE DONALD JUDD PAPERS, AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF JUDD'S LIFE AND PRACTICE. PUBLICATIONS: JUDD FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL ASPECTS OF JUDD'S PRACTICE IN MAKING HIS SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF WRITING ACCESSIBLE THROUGH PUBLICATIONS. SINCE 2016, JUDD FOUNDATION HAS CO-PUBLISHED FIVE BOOKS DETAILING THE LEGACY OF DONALD JUDD INCLUDING DONALD JUDD WRITINGS, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF JUDD'S WRITINGS SPANNING FROM 1958 TO 1993. THE FOUNDATION'S PUBLICATION PROGRAM IS ONGOING. JUDD FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES ACTIVE SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SCHOLARLY AND INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND FACILITATES USE OF COPYRIGHTED WRITINGS AND IMAGES. CATALOGUE RAISONNE: JUDD FOUNDATION IS UNDERTAKING THE RESEARCH FOR A DONALD JUDD CATALOGUE RAISONNE. THE RESEARCH WILL CULMINATE IN THE PUBLICATION OF AN UPDATED AND EXPANDED CATALOGUE RAISONNE THAT WILL BE A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR JUDD SCHOLARSHIP. THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO BUILD ON ARCHIVAL RESEARCH BY ENGAGING COLLECTORS, GALLERIES, AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE EXPANSION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT JUDD'S BODY OF WORK. MARFA COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: IN MARFA JUDD FOUNDATION CONDUCTS A SERIES OF ANNUAL PROGRAMS WHICH FOCUS ON ITS LOCAL AUDIENCE. THESE INCLUDE CASA PEREZ RANCH DAY, THE STAR PARTY AT THE BLOCK AND OPEN HOUR DAYS FOR FREE SELF-GUIDED VIEWING OF THE FOUNDATION'S SPACES IN MARFA. FOR RANCH DAY, JUDD FOUNDATION INVITES TRI-COUNTY RESIDENTS TO JUDD'S RANCH, CASA PEREZ. THE DAY IS FREE OF CHARGE AND INCLUDES SELF-GUIDED VIEWING OF HIS RANCH HOUSE, LECTURES, FOOD, AND LIVE MUSIC. THE STAR PARTY IS A FREE PUBLIC PROGRAM HOSTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BIG BEND ASTRONOMERS CLUB. THIS PROGRAM CELEBRATES THE DARK SKIES IN WEST TEXAS AND CELEBRATES JUDD'S LIFELONG INTEREST IN ASTRONOMY.IN 2021 THE FOUNDATION LAUNCHED THE MARFA HARVEST/COSECHA MARFA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BIG BEND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE. THIS PROGRAM DELIVERS FRESH VEGETABLES, GROWN IN JUDD'S GARDEN AT THE BLOCK, TO THE MARFA FOOD PANTRY. THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE IN 2022 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE "DANCE AND PLANTS" EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BIG BEND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE AND THE MARFA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUMMER SHAKE UP PROGRAM. PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS: IN 2020 JUDD FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH THE NON-PROFIT FOR FREEDOMS TO SUPPORT ITS PROGRAM A MONTH-LONG INSTALLATION OF POSTERS, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS BILLBOARDS FOR THE 2018 FOR FREEDOMS '50 STATE INITIATIVE.' ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH FOR FREEDOMS AS PART OF THEIR 2020 AWAKENING WITH A BILLBOARD FEATURING A QUOTATION BY JUDD ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC DUTY. IN 2021, THE FOUNDATION ALSO PARTNERED WITH MARFA STEPS UP TO RAISE FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND FRONTLINE WORKERS AND TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH VOTING.