Objectivity

1960

A circle of friends at MoMA: Ryman, Flavin, Lippard

His co-workers at the museum include the artists Robert Ryman, Dan Flavin, Gene Beery and Robert Mangold, while the future critic Lucy Lippard works as a page in the library. LeWitt also becomes friends with Hanne Darboven, Eva Hesse and Robert Smithson.

from the early 1960s

A collection of nearly nine thousand works

From the early 1960s he and his wife Carol gather nearly 9,000 works of art through purchases, trades with artists and dealers, and gifts; the collection includes work by about 750 artists, among them Dan Flavin, Robert Ryman, Hanne Darboven, Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, On Kawara, Carl Andre, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke and Gerhard Richter.

1960

Night receptionist at the Museum of Modern Art

Takes an entry-level job as a night receptionist and clerk at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York; this experience, together with the earlier ones, will influence his later work.

1960

“Sixteen Americans” stirs his circle

Dorothy Canning Miller's now famous exhibition “Sixteen Americans”, with work by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Frank Stella, creates a swell of excitement and discussion among the community of artists with whom LeWitt associates.

1960s

“Sentences on Conceptual Art” in 0 to 9 magazine

His piece “Sentences on Conceptual Art” is published in issue 5 of 0 to 9 magazine; it becomes one of the most widely cited artists' writings of the 1960s, exploring the relationship between art, practice and art criticism.

1964

First public exhibition at the Kaymar Gallery

His work is shown publicly for the first time in a group show at the Kaymar Gallery in New York, curated by Dan Flavin.