Donald Judd remains one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. His radical ideas and work continue to provoke and influence the fields of art, architecture, and design.

The Donald Judd Chronology includes his working process, art (his own and that of others), architecture, politics, culture, society, and the natural world. Quotes are drawn from his writings, interview transcripts, and the Judd Foundation Archives. Readers are referred to source materials in citations throughout the Chronology.

This section provides a selection of work by Judd including paintings, objects, drawings, and prints. The Donald Judd: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Objects, and Wood-Blocks 1960-1974 was published by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa in 1975.

Donald Judd viewed space as something invented, as a malleable property and as such its academic categorization was not important to him, space was space. For Judd it was natural that a person designed and made their own space.

In the early 1970s, Donald Judd began to design furniture for 101 Spring Street in New York with his first designs were a wood bed and metal sinks. In 1977, he returned to furniture design through necessity for furniture for his residence in Marfa, Texas.

Donald Judd’s early writings provide the foundation of a life-long commitment to making and defending claims about art and artists. Judd sustained a robust writing practice, long after ending his career publishing brief reviews for hire.