Pace Gallery

In conjunction with the exhibition "Jiro Takamatsu: the World Expands," #PaceLive presents a special in-gallery program to contextualize Takamatsu and his practice in the spatial, cultural, and social reorganization of post-war Tokyo–a uniquely vertiginous and potent site for both Japanese and international artists, architects, writers, and filmmakers. The 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1970 Osaka Expo (making its return in 2025), for instance, were pivotal geopolitical events and cultural contexts that artists such as Takamatsu provocatively responded to—via street happenings, public commissions, and interdisciplinary collaborations on futuristic imaginaries. Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions and Head Curator at the Queens Museum, will be in conversation with Pace Curatorial Director Xin Wang in exploring the discursive parameters that shaped Takamatsu’s practice and milieu, parallels with other global trajectories of conceptual art, and the perhaps unexpected ways Takamatsu’s approach to art making continues to reverberate, decades later, with our current moment. The 30 minute conversation follows a 15 minute curatorial walkthrough of the exhibition to provide an overview. Event details: Jiro Takamatsu: His World and Ours—a Curatorial Conversation Saturday, November 2, 2024 2 – 3 PM Doors: 1:30 PM 540 West 25th Street New York RSVP: https://lnkd.in/g8vfRX_B

A comprehensive 22-page feature in noisé's Prism issue offers a deep dive into conceptual artist #JiroTakamatsu’s artistic evolution and his enduring impact on Japanese and global contemporary art, with exclusive insights from Yumiko Chiba Associates, and Joe Baptista and Xin Wang from Pace Gallery: https://lnkd.in/dgmgUsbS   To overlook Jiro Takamatsu’s work would be more than just a regret; it would be a profound oversight in an era that demands deep reflection on oneself, a nuanced interpretation of reality, and an expanded perception of what it means to be human. Takamatsu’s innovative shadow works transcend considerable cultural and physical adversities, casting blurring shadows from the gallery walls into our collective consciousness.   “It would be wrong if people thought they were pictures of shadows…I wanted people to look at them being shadows, but just shadows, with no object making the shadow, like a kind of science fiction or as a happening.” —Jiro Takamatsu Don’t miss the final week to view Jiro Takamatsu: The World Expands, open through November 2, 2024, at #PaceNewYork’s 540 West 25th Street gallery. All artworks: © The Estate of Jiro Takamatsu, courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Pace Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. / Noisé, Issue 04, Prism Fall/Winter 24.

We are pleased to detail our participation in the 2024 edition of Paris Photo, taking place next week in Paris from November 7-10, 2024. Works by Robert Frank will anchor our booth (A36) in celebration of his centennial year. One of the most influential figures in the history of the medium, Frank will be represented at the fair by works ranging from 1949 to 1998. These include portraits of major 20th-century creative individuals, including Franz Kline – Mother’s Day – NYC(1949), Willem de Kooning (1961), and Jack Kerouac – NYC (1965), many of whom were Frank’s artistic collaborators. We will also feature works by pioneering artists such as Harry Callahan, William Christenberry, Peter Hujar, and Irving Penn. These will be presented alongside photographs from our exciting contemporary program, including works by Yto Barrada, Emmet Gowin, Paul Graham, Nina Katchadourian, Josef Koudelka, Richard Learoyd, Richard Misrach, and Paolo Roversi. Learn more about our fair programming: https://lnkd.in/enQ8xPp5 Image: Robert Frank, "Jack Kerouac – NYC," 1965 © June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Kylie Manning's "FAMILY SECRETS" (2024) is included in the auction catalogue for TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art. TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art is an annual contemporary art auction held at The Rachofsky House in Dallas, benefiting two organizations—the Dallas Museum of Art and amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. TWO x TWO 2023 raised $7.6 Million, bringing the total raised to $120 Million. After 25 impactful years, the 2024 October gala will be the final TWO x TWO event. Absentee bids for the gala auction can be placed until Friday, October 18, 2024 at 5:00pm ET: https://lnkd.in/eHxw36s9

Now open at #ArtBaselParis: Mystic Sugar, our presentation curated by artist Paulina Olowska, explores the pastoral, the ethereal, and the unseen. Running from October 18 to 20 in the newly renovated Grand Palais, our booth (A30) will feature a selection of works by Louise Nevelson, Kiki Smith, Lucas Samaras, and Olowska herself. Drawing on representations of mysticism, femininity, and transformation, the exhibition will explore the intersections between esotericism and the natural world, offering a contemporary reappraisal of the witch as a powerful symbol of liberation and otherworldly perception. Find us: Art Basel Paris Booth A30 Grand Palais October 16 – 20, 2024 For more information on our fair program, visit: https://lnkd.in/ebyhytHz

Pace artists #RobertFrank, #PaulGraham, #EmmetGowin, #RichardMisrach, and #TrevorPaglen are featured in Aperture's Fall 2024 issue, "Arrhythmic Mythic Ra," guest edited by Deana Lawson. The issue refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today. "I believe we all need to observe things we don't understand," Lawson says, regarding her approach to the issue. "Arrhythmic Mythic Ra" invites readers to confront the unknowability of every photograph, offering a meditation on the mysterious relationship between the visible and invisible world. Later this month, Aperture will honor Richard Misrach during its 2024 Gala. Learn more about photographers at Pace: https://lnkd.in/eZfy2N5w Images: Robert Frank, "Bar – Las Vegas, Nevada," 1956 © The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Pace Live is pleased to present “In Conversation: Joel Shapiro and Phong H. Bui, Publisher & Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Rail” on Saturday, October 26 at the gallery’s 540 West 25th Street space in New York. On the occasion of Joel Shapiro: Out of the Blue, the artist’s first solo show with Pace in New York since 2014, this talk will explore sculpture’s ability to alter one’s sense of space and scale while offering a vibrant glimpse of Shapiro’s practice, distinguished by its dynamism, complexity, and formal elegance. Phong H. Bui is an artist, writer, independent curator, and Co-Founder and Publisher/Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Rail, Rail Editions, River Rail and Rail Curatorial Projects. Bui has organized more than ninety exhibitions since 2000, and is a Board Member of International Association of Art Critics (2007-2019), Anthology Film Archives (2017-2023), Denniston Hill, Fountain House, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Monira Foundation, Second Shift Studio Space St. Paul, Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Studio in a School, the Third Rail, and the Center for Fiction. Joel Shapiro has produced a body of work ranging in material, scale, and form that embraces an investigation of process and a vocabulary of rectilinear shapes. Emerging from the Postminimalist generation of the 1970s, his practice developed during a time of institutional critique, deconstruction, and urban intervention. Subverting a distinction between abstraction and representation, Shapiro reconsiders the modern figurative tradition, creating abstract geometric sculpture. He elicits a sense of movement in his works, which, through the arrangement of simplified elements, are powerfully suggestive of active human forms that appear to reach, balance, and dance, engaging viewers’ physical and psychological relationships with space. RSVP for the event: https://bit.ly/3U073uz

🎉 Congratulations to Creative Director Tomo Makiura and the Pace Publishing team! Featuring unconventional materials and a range of written responses from her peers, "A Liquid Belonging"—Pace artist Torkwase Dyson’s first publication—has been featured in AIGA Design's #AIGA5050: Best Book and Cover Designs of 2023. Publication Details: Text by Dionne Brand, LeRonn P. Brooks, Torkwase Dyson, Saidiya V. Hartman, Jaleh Mansoor, Mabel O. Wilson Conversation with Torkwase Dyson and Christina Sharpe Design by Tomo Makiura and Alexis Liebes Hardcover Slipcase paperback 80 pages 10 ½ × 10 ½ in Order your copy, and view our entire catalogue of available publications: https://lnkd.in/eXUy42Kn

Join Pace artist Trevor Paglen on Thursday, Octobr 24, 2024 for “You’ve Just Been F*cked by PSYOPS: UFOs, Magic, Mind Control, Electronic Warfare, and the Future of Media” a lecture-performance by Paglen followed by a conversation with artist Joshua Citarella. The event, presented by Protocinema and Art21, in partnership with e-flux, coincides with Paglen’s essay “Society of the Psyop,” being published in three parts this fall by e-flux Journal. This collaboration brings together three organizations with long relationships to the artist and aligned dedication to critical reflections on art and politics. -ㅤ This talk delves into the history of secret military, intelligence, and technology programs that have paved the way for our increasingly strange present. Admission is free. Find screening details via Protocinema: https://lnkd.in/gq6ZTf6R

Welcoming Li Hei Di to the gallery! 🎉 At 27 years old, Li Hei Di is now the youngest artist in our program. Li will have their first solo show with us in Hong Kong in 2025, and a new painting by the artist will feature in our booth at Art Basel Miami Beach in December. We will represent the London-based artist alongside their current dealers, Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London, each of which have given the artist a solo show in the past 12 months. Learn more about Li Hei Di: https://lnkd.in/eEhk4zAH