Most art is fragile, and some should be placed and never moved again,” sculptor Donald Judd once wrote, establishing the ethos of the Chinati Foundation, the organization that oversees his art located in Marfa, Texas.

Even with continued care, though, six of 15 concrete constructions that Judd built at his desert installation has required major repair and conservation work in recent years, the foundation says. On Oct. 10, the works, which were built from 1980 to 1984 along a one-kilometer stretch of land on the Marfa property, will once again be open to the public.

The foundation says the conservation work was necessary because of “variations in the original construction methods and insufficient support engineering” and required a “plumbing” of the objects’ stabilization mechanisms. In addition, the surfaces of all 15 works have been cleaned of various discolorations that had accumulated over the years.

Francesca Esmay, the Dia Art Foundations curator; Richard Schiff, an art history professor at the University of Texas at Austin; and Bettina Landgrebe, the Chinati’s conservator, will speak about the project on opening day. That night, musician Dan Deacon will hold a free concert in downtown Marfa in celebration of the opening.