In the 1950s, he studied philosophy and art history and took classes at the Art Students League in New York. He was first publicly recognized as an art critic, writing reviews for Arts magazine from 1959–65. “I had always considered my work another activity of some kind,” remarked artist Donald Judd.

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“I certainly didn’t think I was making sculpture.” One of the foremost sculptors of our time, Judd (1928–1994) refused this designation and other attempts to label his art. Donald Judd is a landmark figure in the history of postwar art. Exhibition. The exhibition includes rarely displayed work that spark new intrigue into the … The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Judd, on view in The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Center for Special Exhibitions in The David and Peggy Rockefeller Building from March 1 through July 11, 2020, will be the first major US retrospective dedicated to Donald Judd (1928–1994) in … The MoMA show’s size and scope makes it clear Judd prized novelty but, having found it, repeated it again and again, for decades. Donald Judd Retrospective at the MoMA Donald Judd’s geometric and material lexicon is on view at the Museum of Modern Art for his first American retrospective in 30 years.