Around 1978 Judd becomes involved, professionally and romantically, with Lauretta Vinciarelli, an Italian-born architect and artist; for roughly a decade she lives and works with him in Marfa and New York and collaborates on projects in Providence and Cleveland, and her influence shows in his architecture and furniture. In 1986 William C. Agee reports in Architectural Digest that the two are starting a firm.
19 June 1982 – 28 September 1982
Exhibition: documenta 7
1983
Lectures at universities in the US, Europe and Asia
From 1983 Judd lectures at universities across the United States, Europe and Asia on art and its relationship to architecture.
1986
The Chinati Foundation opens
In 1986 the Chinati Foundation opens on the site of the former fort as a non-profit art foundation dedicated to Judd and his contemporaries; its permanent collection includes large-scale works by Judd, John Chamberlain, Dan Flavin, Carl Andre, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Irwin and others. It is meant to work towards Judd’s goal of bringing art, architecture and land together into a coherent whole; his own work there includes 15 outdoor works in concrete and 100 aluminium pieces.
