Judd Foundation

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 permanently 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 three ranch houses in the chinati mountains, outside of marfa and stewards 30,000 acres of ranch land under a conservation easement. 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 free visits for new york based artists as well as discounted tickets to seniors and students. Guided visits of 101 spring street are available tuesday through saturday. In marfa, the guided visit program offers visits tuesday through sunday. 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. The Foundation also 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 hours viewing of the Foundation's spaces. These events are free and open to the public. Exhibitions and programs: Judd Foundation presents exhibitions and programs on the ground floor of 101 spring street, new york. In 2023, activities included the exhibition rosemarie castoro: paintings 1964-1966 and programs by franz erhard walther and artists against the bomb. The exhibitions are free and open to the public thursday through saturday. The Foundation also presents lectures and talks in both new york and marfa. 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. Restoration: in 2023, 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 his living and working spaces that he was unable to complete in his lifetime. 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 scholars. Online resources and programming: the Foundation's website, juddfoundation.org, is operated by the Foundation as a resource for donald Judd research and education. New content in 2023 included a digital, searchable, reproduction of Judd's 13,000 volume library. 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. Publications: Judd Foundation contributes to the understanding of all aspects of Judd's practice in making his substantial body of work 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.