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Three Ways of Seeing: Art and Architecture

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Donald Judd’s house and studio restored

After eleven years of meticulous restoration, Donald Judd’s house and studio at 101 Spring Street in New York looks just like he wanted it to; and when it opens for tours in June, visitors will see it as the perfect embodiment of his concept of the “permanent installation,” which centered on the belief that the placement of a work of art was as critical to its understanding as the work itself. Judd bought the cast-iron building of 1870—its facades are still entirely intact—in 1968. He tore down interior walls to create a totally open plan on every floor and to flood the place with light. Here he worked and lived with his family, and hosted gatherings of his artist and gallery friends—Julian Schnabel, Dan Flavin, John Chamberlain, and many others, whose works he placed, along with his own, throughout the house. Today, with the original wood floors, painted tin ceilings, rippled glass, old-fashioned radiator pipes, and pot-belly stove all carefully restored, the dialogue he developed between the building and the artworks is again palpable. Visits to the house, which is filled with both art and personal effects arranged precisely the way Judd had them, must be reserved in advance. juddfoundation.org

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