Judd Foundation

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104 S Highland Ave
Marfa, TX 79843
Guided visits to Judd Foundation properties in Marfa offer visitors direct engagement with Donald Judd’s art and vision. Judd’s formerly private living and working spaces provide firsthand experience of Judd’s concept of permanent installation in the Chihuahuan Desert. Judd Foundation offers two different guided visits of properties in downtown Marfa, La Mansana de Chinati/The Block and The Studios. Advance reservations for guided visits are required. La Mansana de Chinati / The Block Daily, 11:00am-12:30pm and Thursday-Sunday from 4:30pm-5:45pm. Doors open 10 minutes in advance of start time. Visits to The Block begin promptly at their scheduled time. Advance reservations are required. Guided visits start at the gated entrance to La Mansana de Chinati/The Block, across from Godbold feed mill, at 400 West El Paso Street, which is at the intersection of Kelly and El Paso streets, 3 blocks west of Judd Foundation offices. La Mansana de Chinati, Judd’s residence and studio in Marfa, informally known as The Block, is the site of some of the artist’s first large-scale architectural projects. Guided visits provide access to Judd’s three main studios, which are permanently installed with his early work, and his personal library, which houses his collection of over 13,000 books. Ticket Prices $25 per person, $12.50 students and seniors, with valid ID. Guided visits are free for full-time residents of Presidio, Brewster, and Jeff Davis counties. The Studios (Architecture Studio, Art Studio and the Cobb and Whyte Houses) Friday and Saturday, 1:30-3:15pm. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2:00-3:45pm. Visits to The Studios visits begin promptly at their scheduled time. Advance reservations are required. Guided visits start at the Judd Foundation offices, 104 South Highland Avenue, south of the railroad tracks, across the street from the Hotel St. George. The Studios visit provides access to a selection of Juddʼs downtown spaces, including the Architecture Studio, Art Studio, and the Cobb and Whyte Houses. These spaces contain furniture by Judd, as well as his early paintings from the 1950s and 60s, along with an extensive collection of modernist and period furniture, and works by other prominent twentieth century artists and designers. Ticket Prices $25 per person, $12.50 students and seniors, with valid ID. Guided visits are free for full-time residents of Presidio, Brewster, and Jeff Davis counties.

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4.07 reviews
Elle C.
3/19/2016

I really enjoyed my tour of La Mansana de Chinati/ The Block. The docents/guides were very friendly, knowledgeable, and answered all my questions. Learning about Judd's opinions about art...

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Cary W.
8/11/2017

I enjoyed The Block, the Donald Judd studio in Marfa, TX. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and friendly, but like the place she was a little fragile. Strangely, they do not allow children under...

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Mike E.
5/11/2011

This is a review of the Block Tour. The tour itself was fine, but charging $20 for a 45-minute tour (the website says 90, but that's just not the case) is ridiculous. You see a few neat spaces,...

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Jack R.
6/14/2014

Came to Marfa after recently learning about Donald Judd. Not an art patron but just curious. Took the Judd Foundation tour of "The Block" which lasted about an hour and a half and led by another...

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Arthur O.
11/28/2010

I will never forget the 2 Judd Foundation tours I went on when in Marfa. First because of the incredible vision and collection of Donald Judd (Albers, Schindler, Rietveld, Shaker, etc.). The...

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