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January 30, 2007
The Judd gaps
The Judd Foundation's mission is to "promote a wider appreciation and understanding of Judd's artistic legacy by facilitating public access to these spaces and resources (in NYC and Texas) and developing scholarly and educational programs. How's it doing?
It's good that 101 Spring Street is open. (But not for $30 a head. See below.) That fulfills part of the foundation's mission. But the most that the Foundation can make from 101 Spring in a year (given the current visitation agreement, which I'm told will be in place for the foreseeable future) is $12,480. If they charged a reasonable amount they'd bring in around $6,000. So for $6,240 the Foundation is taking a PR hit, is acting (and looking) elitist, and is encouraging a narrow, upper-income appreciation of Judd rather than a "wider" appreciation.
As for the bullet points: The Judd Foundation has made no announcements about progress on any of these items since their ~$20 million firesale last year. (To be extra-fair: Current leadership has been in place for about a year. It deserves a chance to perform. I'd just like to have heard that some of this is underway. And I wish I'd heard it right after the Christie's auction.) Judd is the most important American artist since Warhol. We're waiting.
Posted January 30, 2007 8:33 AM
