With a Coat of New Paint, Revealing the True Judd

[New York Times] Donald Judd, the Minimalist master who hated the term Minimalism and much else about the art world, really hated what he saw when he walked into the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1990 and examined an untitled work of anodized aluminum he had created a quarter-century earlier.

At some point, in trying to restore the damaged work, the museum had repainted it. Judd declared it ruined. But just how it should be fixed was an open question, and Judd died in 1994, leaving the Whitney with a piece it might never be able to show. Sixteen years later the sculpture has re-emerged as an important part of "Full House," the museum's 75th anniversary show, opening today. And the story of its journey from storeroom to starring role is a cautionary tale about the difficulties of trying to restore art without the artist's help.

In 2002 the museum began trying to figure out how to fix the work and had... read the full article here.