Museum gotta see 'um

Judd, a major figure in the Minimalist art movement, sought to create depersonalized art in which the physical properties of space, scale and materials were explored as phenomena of interest on their own. He regarded color as "what art is made from” and saw it as the defining element in his work that included sculpture, furniture and a large body of prints.

For LeWitt, who helped establish Conceptualism as one of the dominant movements of the postwar era, "the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.” LeWitt’s prints from the early 1970s, made at Kathan Brown’s then-fledgling Crown Point Press, are included, as well as his color woodcut, Arcs from Four Corners (1986).

The de Young Museum is located in Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco. For information about hours and ticket prices, call (415) 750-3600 or visit www.deyoungmuseum.org. "Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt: Conceptual Color in Print” runs through Feb. 20, 2010.