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James Turrell’s skyspaces for private homes capture sunlight to its full, revelatory effect. Take a tour in NYT’s most recent article Seeing the Light.

Check out this time-lapse video of Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #620A get installed from start to finish at Avenues School.

5 days ago on 05/15/13 at 05:28pm

An exhibition of new paintings and sculpture by Yoshitomo Nara’s work is now on view at Pace.

Please join us this evening for an opening reception from 6 to 8 PM at 534 West 25th Street!

© Yoshitomo Nara, courtesy Pace Gallery

1 week ago on 05/10/13 at 04:56pm

Pace is pleased to present its first exhibition of Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, featuring new paintings and sculpture, including the artist’s large-scale investigations in bronze.

An opening reception for the artist and public will take place on Friday, May 10th from 6 to 8 PM at 534 West 25th Street.  We hope to see you then!

© Yoshitomo Nara, courtesy Pace Gallery

1 week ago on 05/07/13 at 04:30pm

Happy Birthday James Turrell!

art21:

“Generally, we use light—we don’t really pay much attention to light itself. That’s my interest: this fascination with light and how we come to light.”
—James Turrell

Happy birthday today (May 6) to artist James Turrell.

Seen here is the The Light Inside (1999), commissioned by and installed at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Light Inside is installed in the underground tunnel that links the museum’s Caroline Wiess Law Building with the Audrey Jones Beck Building.

This scene is featured in the Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 1 episode, Spirituality (2001).

WATCH James Turrell in Spirituality: Preview | Full Segment [available in the U.S. only]

IMAGES: Production stills from the Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 1 episode, Spirituality, 2001. © Art21, Inc. 2001.

Pace’s first exhibition of the young Romanian artist Adrian Ghenie will close tomorrow, Saturday, May 4th, 2013.  We hope you can stop by 534 West 25th Street.

 © Adrian Ghenie, courtesy Pace Gallery 

Tim Hawkinson, a Vogue must-see art exhibition opens TONIGHT, 6 to 8 PM at Pace, 508 West 25th St.  We hope you can stop by!

© Tim Hawkinson, courtesy Pace Gallery

Pace and Pace/MacGill Gallery are pleased to present On The Beach 2.0, an exhibition of new large-scale photographs by Richard Misrach. The exhibition will be on view at 510 West 25th Street from May 4 through June 29, 2013.  An opening reception will be held this Friday, May 3rd from 6 to 8 PM, we hope you can attend.

© Richard Misrach, courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery 

2 weeks ago on 05/01/13 at 02:49pm

Pace is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Tim Hawkinson.His sculptures concentrate on issues of traction, gravity, motion, and surfaces, including works made from and inspired by elements found in the artist’s California garden.

An opening reception for the artist and public will take place this Thursday, May 2nd, 6 to 8 PM at 508 West 25th Street. We hope you can attend!

© Tim Hawkinson, courtesy Pace Gallery 

2 weeks ago on 04/30/13 at 02:43pm

Museum Monday:  Exciting new work from David Hockney will be shown at the Whitney Museum this summer. “The Jugglers, June 24th 2012” is the artist’s first video work that depicts 12 people juggling colored clubs and will be displayed on 18 synchronized screens. Make sure to add a visit to the Whitney onto your summer itinerary!

© David Hockney via ARTINFO.com

Tomorrow is your last day to visit Zhang Xiaogang’s first series of painted bronzes.  Sculpted with great clarity in a political-realist style that echoes the state-sanctioned sculptures of the Cultural Revolution, the bronzes range in size from six inches to over five feet tall.

© Zhang Xiaogang, courtesy Pace Gallery 

3 weeks ago on 04/26/13 at 03:05pm

The New York Times highlights, Maya Lin, the architect and artist, and her current exhibit at Pace, “Here and There,” which opens to the public TONIGHT, April 27th, from 6-8 pm at our 57th Street gallery.  We hope you can attend! 

Credit: Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

3 weeks ago on 04/25/13 at 05:23pm

New work by Maya Lin exploring her longtime interest in environmental issues, including rising currents and climate change, and expanding her engagement with natural and geographic forms. 

An opening reception for the artist and public will take place this Thursday, April 25, 6 to 8 PM at 32 East 57th Street.  We hope you can attend!

© Maya Lin, courtesy Pace Gallery 

3 weeks ago on 04/23/13 at 05:30pm

HAPPY EARTH DAY! 

Check out Maya Lin’s video, Unchopping a Tree, and celebrate Earth Day by adding your own memory to her ongoing project, www.whatismissing.net.

Tomorrow is your last chance to visit James Turrell: Roden Crater and Autonomous Structures.  As Turrell explains, “Autonomous Structures are just containers for the light; the art is in the experience of the viewer.”

Installation view, courtesy Pace Gallery

1 month ago on 04/19/13 at 06:16pm