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Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk 2023
Saturday, May 20, 2023, 10am–6pm
New York
madisonavenuebid.org
Join Artnews and the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District on a springtime walk to visit over sixty galleries that line Madison Avenue from East 57th to East 86th Streets. The Gagosian Shop is featuring an installation dedicated to Jean Prouvé’s 1947 demountable wood chair CB 22, alongside Rachel Feinstein’s newly launched ring collection with Ippolita and the Jewish Museum, and the latest Gagosian publications, including Louise Bonnet: Recent Paintings. An exhibition by Donald Judd spanning the 980 and 976 Madison Avenue galleries is also on view.
Jean Prouvé’s 1947 demountable wood chair CB 22 in the Gagosian Shop, New York
In Conversation
Flavin Judd, Rainer Judd, and Mahfuz Sultan
On “Donald Judd Spaces”
Monday, May 8, 2023, 7pm
McNally Jackson Books Seaport, New York
www.mcnallyjackson.com
In conjunction with the release of Donald Judd Spaces this spring, Judd Foundation will host a conversation at McNally Jackson, New York, between Rainer Judd, artistic director of Judd Foundation; Flavin Judd, president of Judd Foundation; and architect, director, and writer Mahfuz Sultan. This second expanded edition of the book presents an unprecedented visual survey of Judd’s living and working spaces in New York and Texas. With newly commissioned and archival photographs alongside five essays by the artist, it provides an opportunity to explore Judd’s personal spaces, which are a crucial part of this revered artist’s oeuvre.
Donald Judd Spaces (New York: Judd Foundation, 2023)
In Conversation
David Adjaye, Frida Escobedo, Julian Rose
Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 6pm
New School, New York
www.newschool.edu
This event is sold out.
Join Gagosian and Judd Foundation for a conversation between architects David Adjaye and Frida Escobedo, moderated by architect and critic Julian Rose. The trio will closely examine some of Donald Judd’s rigorously developed architectural projects while considering the question “What does it mean for an artist to make architecture?” They will discuss the agency of art and architecture alike—confronting their potentials and their limits—and the significance of taking art outside the museum and into the city or landscape. Adjaye’s current projects include the design of the new Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, while Escobedo is the architect for the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Left: David Adjaye. Photo: Alex Fradkin, courtesy Adjaye Associates. Middle: Frida Escobedo. Photo: Carlos Torres. Right: Julian Rose
In Conversation
New York: Between Art and Life: The Task of the Critic
Flavin Judd in conversation with Johanna Fateman and Wayne Koestenbaum
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 6:30–8pm EDT
thejewishmuseum.org
Join Judd Foundation and the Jewish Museum, New York, for an online conversation on the occasion of the Jewish Museum’s exhibition New York: 1962–1964, the final project conceived and curated by Germano Celant (1940–2020). The exhibition explores a pivotal three-year period in the history of art and culture in New York City by examining how artists living and working in the city responded to their rapidly changing world. Flavin Judd, artistic director of Judd Foundation, will speak with writers and critics Johanna Fateman and Wayne Koestenbaum about connections between artists represented in the exhibition, Donald Judd’s work as a critic, and the state of art criticism in a conversation moderated by Sarah C. Bancroft, executive director of the James Rosenquist Foundation. The recorded conversation will air on the Jewish Museum’s YouTube channel.
Installation view, New York: 1962–1964, Jewish Museum, New York, July 22, 2022–January 8, 2023. Artwork, left to right: © 2022 Kenneth Noland/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © 2022 Estate of Isamu Noguchi/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © 2022 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; © 2022 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © Marjorie Strider. Photo: Nicholas Venezia, courtesy Selldorf Architects
In Conversation
Rainer Judd
Sofia Coppola
Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 12pm EDT
Join Judd Foundation and Bloomberg Connects for a special conversation with Rainer Judd and Sofia Coppola. The pair will discuss the creative process of filmmaking, focusing on short films about Judd Foundation spaces in New York and Marfa, Texas. The films, produced by Judd Foundation and Terremoto Films, and codirected by Rainer Judd and Joseph Cashiola with cinematographer Darren Lew in New York, feature narration by Donald Judd. The conversation will be followed by a question-and-answer session. To join the online event, register at onlineexperiences.com.
Still from “La Mansana de Chinati/The Block, Judd Foundation, Marfa, Texas” © Judd Foundation. Artwork © 2022 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Conversation
Eileen Costello and Marta Kuzma on Donald Judd
Moderated by Caitlin Murray
Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 7pm est
Join Gagosian for a conversation between art historian Eileen Costello and Yale School of Art professor Marta Kuzma, moderated by Caitlin Murray, director of archives and programs at Judd Foundation, on the occasion of the exhibition Donald Judd: Paintings 1959–1961 at Gagosian, New York. Livestreaming from the exhibition in Chelsea, the trio will discuss Judd’s two-dimensional work and how the lessons he learned from the innovations of Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painters—including Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko—permeate his entire body of work. To join the online event, register at eventbrite.com.
Donald Judd, untitled, 1961 © Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever
Announcements
Honor
Central Marfa Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
The Central Marfa Historic District, including eleven buildings preserved and repurposed by Donald Judd, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is the first time that Judd’s approach to architecture and preservation has been recognized as historically significant at the federal level.
The district’s addition to the National Register acknowledges the historical, architectural, and cultural significance of the city of Marfa, the importance of the town’s Hispanic heritage, and its growth as a mercantile center from the late nineteenth century into the postwar period. The eleven buildings are today maintained by Judd Foundation and the Chinati Foundation.
Central Marfa Historic District
New Representation
Donald Judd and Judd Foundation
It is impossible to consider the history of American art without Donald Judd. He played an essential role in the development of modernism and was as respected by his peers as he is revered by artists working today. We got to know each other in New York in the early 1980s and he was one of the first artists whose work I really admired. The use of color and proportion, together with a unique combination of rigor and elegance, was incredibly powerful and remains essential today. Being a partner in realizing his vision and presenting his work as he intended is a great honor for me and the gallery.
—Larry Gagosian
Gagosian is pleased to announce the representation of the work of Donald Judd and Judd Foundation. The partnership underscores the gallery’s more than forty-year commitment to critical artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Donald Judd in his architecture studio, Marfa, Texas, 1993. Artwork © 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: © Laura Wilson
Video
MoMA Virtual Views
Donald Judd
As we “museum from home,” exhibition curator Ann Temkin introduces the 2020 retrospective Judd at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Temkin discusses Donald Judd’s installation process and how the artist’s revolutionary approach has widened our understanding of sculpture for generations to come.
Still from “MoMA Virtual Views: Donald Judd”
Museum Exhibitions
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The Milton and Sheila Fine Collection
November 18, 2023–March 17, 2024
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
carnegieart.org
Milton and Sheila Fine have been longtime advocates and supporters of the arts in their philanthropy throughout the Pittsburgh region. Promised to Carnegie Museum of Art in 2015, their collection of contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, and drawing reflects their interest in American and German art from the 1980s to the 2000s. This exhibition, which is presented as a celebration and remembrance of Milton Fine, who passed away in 2019, foregrounds the importance and impact of the gift. Work by Richard Artschwager, Georg Baselitz, Mark Grotjahn, Donald Judd, Brice Marden, David Reed, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Jeff Wall, and Christopher Wool is included.
Ed Ruscha, Victory, 1987, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh © Ed Ruscha
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Dan Flavin / Donald Judd
Doha
October 25, 2023–February 24, 2024
Qatar Museums Gallery–Al Riwaq, Doha
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This exhibition focuses on the shared engagement of material, color, and form between Dan Flavin (1933–1996) and Donald Judd (1928–1994). Curated by Michael Govan and Jennifer King and organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in collaboration with Qatar Museums, the show features works spanning the 1960s through the 1990s, drawn from the collection of Qatar Museums as well as other institutions, private collections, the Dan Flavin Estate and the Judd Foundation.
Installation view, Dan Flavin / Donald Judd: Doha, Qatar Museums Gallery–Al Riwaq, Doha, October 25, 2023–February 24, 2024. Artwork © Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: © Florian Holzherr
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Icônes
April 2–November 26, 2023
Punta della Dogana, Venice
www.pinaultcollection.com
Icônes includes painting, video, sound, installation, and performance from the Pinault Collection. The icons of the title suggest a transcendent reality—the power to render material the invisible, create emotion or a sense of aesthetic and spiritual bedazzlement. This exhibition considers both the fragility and the power of images as icons and the multiple meanings they carry. Work by Theaster Gates, Donald Judd, and Rudolf Stingel is included.
Installation view, Icônes, Punta della Dogana, Venice, April 2–November 26, 2023. Artwork, left and right: © Rudolf Stingel, center: © Danh Vo. Photo: Marco Cappelletti, courtesy Palazzo Grassi, Pinault Collection
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Escala: Escultura (1945–2000)
March 31–July 2, 2023
Fundación Juan March, Madrid
www.march.es
This exhibition, whose title translates to Scale: Sculpture, begins with a reflection on the effects of the Second World War on a number of artists and their conception of sculptural space as refuge. The role of scale in sculpture is examined, and in an echo of the expanded meaning of sculpture today, the exhibition extends beyond the gallery walls, into the gardens and the surrounding streets. Work by Chris Burden, Alberto Giacometti, Donald Judd, Henry Moore, and Richard Serra is included.
Chris Burden, Small Skyscraper (Quasi Legal Los Angeles County), 2002 © 2023 Chris Burden/Licensed by the Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Brian Guido
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New York: 1962–1964
July 22, 2022–January 8, 2023
Jewish Museum, New York
thejewishmuseum.org
The final project conceived and curated by Germano Celant (1940–2020), this exhibition explores a pivotal three-year period in the history of art and culture in New York City, examining how artists living and working in the city responded to their rapidly changing world. The more than 150 artworks on view were all made or seen in New York between 1962 and 1964. Work by Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol is included.
Andy Warhol, Empire, 1964 (still), Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh © The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved
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Variation in Print
Amerikanische Druckgrafik
April 30–August 28, 2022
Kunstmuseum Basel
kunstmuseumbasel.ch
This exhibition, whose subtitle translates to American Graphic Art, explores the so-called “graphic boom,” when, beginning in the 1960s, prominent American artists eagerly explored the potentials and challenges of printmaking. The technical particularities of the medium—including serial repetition, the use of found motifs, and the division of idea and execution among multiple participants—provided stimuli that became central to their artistic concepts. Work by Donald Judd and Brice Marden is included.
Installation view, Variation in Print: Amerikanische Druckgrafik, Kunstmuseum Basel, April 30–August 28, 2022. Artwork © Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Jonas Hänggi
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Donald Judd
March 1, 2020–January 9, 2021
Museum of Modern Art, New York
www.moma.org
Bringing together sculptures, paintings, drawings, and rarely seen works from throughout Donald Judd’s career, this exhibition is the first US retrospective in over thirty years to explore this artist’s remarkable vision.
Installation view, Donald Judd, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 1, 2020–January 9, 2021. Artwork © 2020 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Literary Devices
October 11, 2014–March 15, 2015
Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York
flcart.org
Literary Devices, which comprises works representing text, literary themes, and books themselves, explores the tension between language and image. The exhibition features works by over forty artists, including Richard Artschwager, Gregory Crewdson, Neil Jenney, Donald Judd, Mike Kelley, Anselm Kiefer, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Mark Tansey, and Cy Twombly.
Richard Artschwager, Cerise, 2002 © 2015 Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York