NEW YORK.- Judd Foundation announced today that it has appointed Barbara Hunt as its new Director. Ms. Hunt, currently the Executive Director of Artists Space, New York, will assume her new post in late January 2006. Barbara will work with the Foundation Board and staff to develop programs and initiatives that reveal the full breadth of Judd’s legacy. Judd Foundation was created in 1996 by artist Donald Judd’s last will and testament to maintain and preserve his permanently installed spaces, libraries and archives in New York and Texas. The Foundation is dedicated to promoting a wider understanding of and appreciation for Judd’s artistic legacy by facilitating public access to these spaces and resources, and by developing scholarly and educational programs.

Rainer Judd, Foundation President remarked, “following an extensive search, we are thrilled that Barbara has agreed to be the Foundation’s Director. Her energy, intellectual rigor and demonstrated commitment to art and artists make her an ideal choice. My brother Flavin and the rest of the Board join me in welcoming Barbara.”

Ms. Hunt has been the Executive Director of Artists Space since January 2000, having previously worked as the Director of Visual AIDS, New York and Director of Camerawork Gallery + Darkroom, London, UK. Following Art History and Gallery and Museum Studies at the Universities of Kent and Manchester respectively, she worked as a curator and arts administrator for over 19 years on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2005, Ms. Hunt was honored with the Chevaliere dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

“I am honored to be asked to help steward the legacy of one of the 20th Century’s most influential artists, and to assist in increasing awareness and understanding of Donald Judd’s life work,” stated Ms. Hunt. Judd Foundation is based in New York City and Marfa, Texas. The Foundation’s New York City office is located at 101 Spring Street in the historic five-story cast-iron building which Donald Judd purchased in 1968 and where he lived and worked until his death in 1994. In addition to Judd’s own works, the building also houses the work of some of the most important artists of the mid-late 20th Century, including Judd’s contemporaries Dan Flavin, Carl Andre, Frank Stella and Claes Oldenburg. One of Ms. Hunt’s first projects will be the restoration and preservation of 101 Spring Street for present and future generations of artists and Judd scholars, patrons and enthusiasts.