Watch Site of the Week: The Chinati Foundation is a contemporary - TopicsExpress



          

Watch Site of the Week: The Chinati Foundation is a contemporary art museum in Marfa, Texas, a small desert town near the Mexico-United States border. Chinati was the creation of artist Donald Judd and it has become an international destination housing works by Judd, John Chamberlain, Dan Flavin, and other twentieth-century minimalist artists. But today even routine repairs are becoming complicated for buildings that house precious art, as more and more of the buildings—formerly part of a military base—have deteriorated with time. As the reach of the museum has grown, and the impact of Judds original vision has gained recognition in the art world, so has the need to manage change at Chinati with a view to the sites long-term preservation. Learn more here:
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:25:59 +0000

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