Table Object from Ten for Leo Castelli

1959–1965

Works as an art critic

From 1959 to 1965 Judd writes about art for major American art magazines — ARTnews, Arts Magazine and Art International; in the early and mid-1960s he discusses in detail the work of more than 500 artists showing in New York, addressing the social and political ramifications of art production.

1966

“Primary Structures” at the Jewish Museum

Judd shows two pieces at the seminal exhibition “Primary Structures” at the Jewish Museum in New York. In the panel discussion he challenges Mark di Suvero’s claim that real artists make their own art: the method should not matter as long as the result is art.

1968

Retrospective at the Whitney Museum

In 1968 the Whitney Museum of American Art stages a retrospective of Judd’s work that includes none of his early paintings.

1968

Buys 101 Spring Street

Judd buys a five-story cast-iron building at 101 Spring Street (designed by Nicholas Whyte, built in 1870) for under $70,000, and it becomes his New York residence and studio: over the next 25 years he renovates it floor by floor, occasionally installing works he bought or commissioned from other artists. The building lets him place his work permanently — the start of his insistent push for permanent installations, since temporary exhibitions, he believed, push the art itself into the background.

1968 · Award

Guggenheim Fellowship

27 June 1968 – 6 October 1968

Exhibition: 4. documenta