Donald Judd
Donald Judd was one of America’s leading artists and critics as a proponent of the minimalist art movement. A graduate of Columbia University in philosophy, and later a masters in art history specializing in Renaissance and contemporary art, Judd influenced a new generation of artists through his teaching, writing, and sculptures. He taught at institutions ranging from the Police Athletic League to Dartmouth and Yale; and, wrote for Art News, Arts International, and Arts Magazine, where he once asserted that painting was a finished art form. Judd remains a touchstone as an artist who brought together two roles usually exclusive of each other: exceptional creator and significant art critic. His signature works are box creations designed for specific sites. Today, his works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Guggenheim, Hirshhorn, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Canada, San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Whitney. Perhaps his most important lasting legacy is the large complex at Marfa, Texas, run by the Chinati Foundation, which he established to exhibit his own works, as well as other related artists and artistic events related to the minimalism movement.
