Caitlin Murray to Lead Chinati Basis
Caitlin Murray on March 10 was named the following government director of the Chinati Basis, the Marfa, Texas, museum based by famend Minimal artist Donald Judd. She succeeds Jenny Moore, who led the muse for practically a decade earlier than departing this previous summer time to function the inaugural director of Bozeman, Montana’s Tinworks. Murray, who arrives from the Judd Basis in New York, which she has led since 2008, will assume her function in mid-Could.
“The museum’s mission is to proceed to implement and protect Donald Judd’s imaginative and prescient for artwork, panorama and structure in Marfa,” Mack Fowler and Annabelle Selldorf, respectively chair and co-chair of the Chinati Basis’s board of trustees mentioned, in an announcement. “We consider that Murray will fulfill that mission with excellence, ardour, and enthusiasm. We’re additionally sure that Murray’s management will proceed to boost audiences’ experiences with Judd in Marfa.”
Whereas on the Judd Basis, Murray oversaw the group of Judd’s archives: the two-year challenge is anticipated to be accomplished this fall. She served as coeditor on the essential compendiums Donald Judd: Writings (2016) and Donald Judd: Interviews (2019). Among the many exhibits she organized on the artist’s former residence and studio at 101 Spring Avenue are these that includes the work of Alvar Alto, John Chamberlain, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Yayoi Kusama, Richard Lengthy, David Novros, James Rosenquist, Lauretta Vinciarelli, and Meg Webster, in addition to that of Judd.
“I’m honored by the chance to deepen my engagement with Donald Judd’s legacy on the Chinati Basis and to guide this extraordinary artist-founded and artist-centered group,” mentioned Murray in an announcement. “Working with Flavin and Rainer Judd and the board and employees of Judd Basis over the past fifteen years has given me the chance to grasp Judd’s vary as an artist, and his dedication to artwork, structure, design, politics, and the pure world. As government director, I stay up for working with a gaggle of associates and supporters who share my dedication to Chinati’s future.”