Pace Gallery at Art Basel 2024
Pace Gallery Details Art Basel 2024 Presentation Featuring 20th Century Masterworks and Four Artist Projects at Unlimited.
Pace’s booth will be anchored by 20th-century masterpieces by Alexander Calder, Adolph Gottlieb, Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, and Richard Pousette-Dart.
The gallery’s presentation will be centered around an interactive, large-scale installation by Jean Dubuffet, presented in collaboration with Galerie Lelong & Co.
Four Pace artists will be represented by Unlimited projects: Nathalie Du Pasquier, Torkwase Dyson, Robert Frank, and Alicja Kwade
Marking his centennial year, Frank’s Unlimited presentation will exhibit the Swiss photographer’s personal set of The Americans, comprising 84 photographs
Works by artists featured at the Venice Biennale include Sonia Gomes, Peter Hujar, Robert Indiana, Beatriz Milhazes, Lee Ufan, and Yoo Youngkuk
11-16 June, 2024
Booth A7
For the 2024 edition of Art Basel, Pace’s presentation will be anchored by historical works from 20th century figures, including Alexander Calder, Adolph Gottlieb, Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, and Richard Pousette-Dart as well as Sam Gilliam, Kiki Kogelnik and Pablo Picasso. At Unlimited, Pace is honored to present four large-scale projects by Nathalie Du Pasquier, Torkwase Dyson, Robert Frank, and Alicja Kwade.
Jean Dubuffet Banc-Salon (Cliché 8269), 1970-2024 polyurethane paint on epoxy overall dimensions variable 25" × 216" × 160" (63 cm × 549 cm × 405 cm), bench 35-1/2" × 82-3/4" × 78-3/4" (90 cm × 210 cm × 200 cm), Cerf-Volant Le tétrapode 25-1/2" × 78-3/4" × 61" (65 cm × 200 cm × 155 cm), Cerf- Volant Le nébuleux Edition 1 of 6 Presented in collaboration with Galerie Lelong and Pace Gallery © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Jean Dubuffet’s installation, Banc-Salon (Cliché 8269) (1970-2024) will feature at the center of Pace's fair presentation. Exhibited in collaboration with Galerie Lelong & Co., Banc-Salon (Cliché 8269) is composed of a low, meandering bench, installed below three hovering cerfs-volantes—kites. Inviting visitors to sit and reflect, this historically significant sculpture will upend the traditional architecture of the art fair booth.
Agnes Martin Untitled #20, 1974 acrylic, graphite and gesso on canvas 72" × 72" (182.9 cm × 182.9 cm) © 2019 Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Untitled #20 (1974) by Agnes Martin will also figure on Pace’s booth. This work, part of a body of paintings the artist made after a seven-year hiatus between 1967-74, is emblematic of Martin’s profound exploration of the visual potential of a single format. Martin's work is currently being shown alongside Alicja Kwade's sculptures at Pace's Los Angeles gallery, in an exhibition curated by Arne Glimcher.
Alexander Calder will be represented by two major works at the fair, including a 1939 mobile and a c. 1956 stabile. Two weeks ahead of Basel, Pace will partner with the Azabudai Hills Gallery to present Un effet du japonais—Calder’s first solo exhibition in Tokyo in nearly 35 years.
Yoo Youngkuk Work, 1975 oil on canvas 26-3/4" × 40-9/16" (68 cm × 103 cm) © Yoo Youngkuk Art Foundation
Pace’s booth will be highlighted by several artists represented this year at the 60th Biennale di Venezia, including Sonia Gomes, Peter Hujar, Robert Indiana, Beatriz Milhazes, Lee Ufan, and Yoo Younkguk. Beatriz Milhazes’ work is also the subject of a recently opened retrospective at Tate St Ives. Titled Maresias, the exhibition traces the development of the artist’s practice over the past 40 years.
Robert Indiana Four Diamond Peace, 2003 oil on canvas Four panels, overall: 68" × 68" (172.7 cm × 172.7 cm), diamondEach panel: 34" × 34" (86.4 cm × 86.4cm) © 2024 Morgan Art Foundation Ltd./ Artists Rights Society (ARS), courtesy The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
This spring, Pace announced global representation of Robert Indiana’s Legacy Initiative. In Basel, a late career masterpiece will mark the gallery’s first presentation of Indiana’s work. Four Diamond Peace (2003) is among a vital series of 24 paintings created in response to modern conflict, encouraging viewers to howl, shriek, scream, and shout for peace.
In anticipation of Robert Longo’s significant institutional shows opening later this year at Albertina Museum and Milwaukee Art Museum, two large-scale charcoal works by the artist will figure on Pace’s booth. In July, a selection of new and recent charcoal drawings and studies by Longo will be highlighted by Pace at the second-ever edition of Tokyo Gendai. This October, Longo will also present a solo exhibition at Pace’s gallery in London.
A painting by Jiro Takamatsu will also be featured on Pace’s booth, following the gallery’s recent announcement that it will represent the influential Japanese artist’s estate internationally, in collaboration with Yumiko China Associates and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Takamatsu, a leading figure of the Mono-Ha (School of Things) movement, developed a minimalist visual language that was concerned with metaphysical ideas, and concepts related to time, space, emptiness, and potential. In September later this year, Pace will present its first solo exhibition of the artist’s work at its New York flagship gallery.
During the run of Art Basel, Pace will be presenting Kiki Kogelnik: The Dance at their gallery in London, marking the first solo exhibition of works by the pioneering artist in the English capital. Also in Switzerland, artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset will be showing Landscapes, an exhibition of new and recent sculptures that comment on nature—and our place within it—at Pace’s gallery in Geneva.
Two paintings by Emily Kam Kngwarray, the late preeminent Australian artist will be shown on the booth. An exhibition of works by Kngwarray will be shown at Pace’s gallery in London in June 2025, which will correspond with a major exhibition dedicated to the artist at Tate Modern, opening in July of the same year.
Pace’s contemporary program will also be highlighted by works by Gideon Appah, Yto Barrada, Nigel Cooke, Mary Corse, Matthew Day Jackson, Jules de Balincourt, Latifa Echakhch, Pam Evelyn, Adrien Ghenie, Loie Hollowell, Nina Katchadourian, Kylie Manning, William Monk, Yoshitomo Nara, Robert Nava, Hermann Nitsch, Paulina Olowska, Trevor Paglen, Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Michal Rovner, Joel Shapiro, Li Songsong, Mika Tajima, Lee Ufan, Hank Willis Thomas, and Qiu Xiaofei.
Art Basel Unlimited
Unlimited presents an opportunity for artists to expand beyond the traditional art fair stand to show monumentally scaled work. This year, Pace is honored to present four Unlimited projects with ambitious installations by Nathalie Du Pasquier, Torkwase Dyson, and Alicja Kwade. In celebration of the artist’s centennial year, Robert Frank’s personal set of The Americans will be shown in its entirety.
Robert Frank Indianapolis, 1956 gelatin silver print 8-5/8" × 13" (21.9 cm × 33 cm), image 11" × 14" (27.9 cm × 35.6 cm), paper 16-1/2" × 20-1/2" × 1- 1/2" (41.9 cm × 52.1 cm × 3.8 cm), frame. © The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, from The Americans Presented in collaboration with Zander Galerie and Pace gallery
Booth U68
After receiving his first Guggenheim Fellowship in 1955, the Swiss photographer Robert Frank embarked on a two-year trip across America during which he took over 28,000 photographs, some 83 of which would come to form his groundbreaking series, The Americans. In 1983, Frank printed three complete 12 x 16-inch sets of The Americans, adding an 84th photograph, a triptych. On view in Basel is the final third set, which was retained by Frank for his personal collection and has never been exhibited. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of photography, Frank redefined the aesthetic of both still and moving images with his seemingly intuitive, off-kilter style. This September, Frank will be the subject of a major retrospective at MoMA, as well as a solo exhibition at Pace New York in November. The Americans (1954-57) is presented in collaboration with Zander Galerie and Pace Gallery.
Nathalie Du Pasquier Cosi Fan Tutte, 2015 - 2023 Installation of 9 pieces Dims variable TBC, Presented in collaboration with APALAZZOGALLERY and Pace Gallery © Nathalie Du Pasquier
Booth U31
Nathalie du Pasquier’s Così fan tutte (2015–23) will be exhibited for the first time at Unlimited. Du Pasquier’s practice of reimagining existing works—sometimes adding or replacing modular elements to create new arrangements from existing objects—is rooted in her environmentalism. “Forgive the scars,” the artist writes. “These wooden pieces have travelled through time.” Così fan tutte advances her work with single towers: using wooden blocks and everyday objects painted in vivid monochromes, she orders them in unconventional arrangements, creating dimensional and color contrasts in a process that has ties to her extensive work in painting three-dimensional abstractions on canvas. While incorporating reused elements is a fundamental aspect of her practice, the artist considers Così fan tutte the final realization of these structures. Così fan tutte is presented in collaboration with APALAZZOGALLERY and Pace Gallery.
Torkwase Dyson, Errantry, 2024 steel and wood 4.37 m × 9.48 m × 3 m (14' 4 1/16" × 31' 1 1/4" × 9' 10 1/8") Presented in collaboration with GRAY and Pace Gallery © Torkwase Dyson
Booth U7
Torkwase Dyson’s new, immersive sculpture, titled Errantry (2024), brings together geometric forms that reference histories of enslavement and architectures of dispossession, to further examine human geography and to propose spatial liberation strategies, in a rubric Dyson terms Black Compositional Thought. Conceived for Unlimited, Errantry is an architectural sculpture that invites visitors to interact with and walk through the work, as such confronting the ways space is used, imagined, and negotiated, particularly by Black and Brown people. This presentation coincides with Dyson’s inclusion in the Whitney Biennial 2024, where an interactive installation by the artist is shown outside on the Whitney's Floor 5 terrace as the inaugural Hyundai Terrace Commission. Dyson will be the subject of a solo exhibition at Pace’s Los Angeles gallery in September. Errantry is presented in collaboration with GRAY and Pace Gallery.
Alicja Kwade ParaPosition, 2024 Stainless steel powder coated black, stone, bronze chair 517 cm × 686.4 cm × 121.9 cm (16' 11-9/16" × 22' 6-1/4" × 48") estimated weight: 1000kg Unique © Alicja Kwade
Booth U10
Comprising interlocking steel scaffolds that suspend two boulders in midair, Alicja Kwade’s ParaPosition (2024) is conceived as a framework that mediates ever-shifting encounters. The boulders appear to be held in place by compressive force; Kwade places one of these boulders just above a bronze chair nestled between two steel frames, underscoring the implications of the gravitational potential energy of the system. ParaPosition pays homage to Conceptual art pioneers while propelling the discourse forward, providing a fresh perspective on the relationship between objects and concepts. Kwade’s inaugural exhibition with Pac will be showing at the gallery’s Los Angeles space concurrent with Unlimted. Co-curated by Kwade and Arne Glimcher, this exhibition is the result of a longstanding conversation between the two and places Kwade in dialogue with Martin-who will also have a painting featured at the fair. ParaPosition is presented in collaboration with 303 Gallery, Mennour, and Pace Gallery
Pace is a leading international art gallery representing some of the most influential contemporary artists and estates from the past century, holding decades-long relationships with Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Barbara Hepworth, Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, and Mark Rothko. Pace enjoys a unique U.S. heritage spanning East and West coasts through its early support of artists central to the Abstract Expressionist and Light and Space movements.
Since its founding by Arne Glimcher in 1960, Pace has developed a distinguished legacy as an artist-first gallery that mounts seminal historical and contemporary exhibitions. Under the current leadership of CEO Marc Glimcher, Pace continues to support its artists and share their visionary work with audiences worldwide by remaining at the forefront of innovation. Now in its seventh decade, the gallery advances its mission through a robust global program— comprising exhibitions, artist projects, public installations, institutional collaborations, performances, and interdisciplinary projects. Pace has a legacy in art bookmaking and has published over five hundred titles in close collaboration with artists, with a focus on original scholarship and on introducing new voices to the art historical canon.
Today, Pace has seven locations worldwide, including European footholds in London and Geneva as well as Berlin, where the gallery established an office in 2023. Pace maintains two galleries in New York—its headquarters at 540 West 25th Street, which welcomed almost 120,000 visitors and programmed 20 shows in its first six months, and an adjacent 8,000 sq. ft. exhibition space at 510 West 25th Street. Pace’s long and pioneering history in California includes a gallery in Palo Alto, which was open from 2016 to 2022. Pace’s engagement with Silicon Valley’s technology industry has had a lasting impact on the gallery at a global level, accelerating its initiatives connecting art and technology as well as its work with experiential artists. Pace consolidated its West Coast activity through its flagship in Los Angeles, which opened in 2022. Pace was one of the first international galleries to establish outposts in Asia, where it operates permanent gallery spaces in Hong Kong and Seoul, along with an office and viewing room in Beijing. In 2024, Pace will open its first gallery space in Japan in Tokyo’s new Azabudai Hills development.
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