In celebration of its 50th anniversary, The Pace Gallery presents a multi-venue retrospective of the gallery’s history highlighting the many artists, exhibitions, people, literature and ideals that have influenced its narrative over the past five decades.
50 Years at Pace will bring together some of the key masterpieces that have passed through Pace’s doors, featuring loans from important public and private collections worldwide. With works spanning more than a century and a selection of rare archival materials, 50 Years at Pace will shed light on some of the landmark exhibitions and sales from the gallery’s extensive history. 50 Years at Pace will be on view at 32 East 57th Street, 534 West 25th Street, and 545 West 22nd Street from September 17th through October 23rd. The exhibition will also be on view at The Pace Gallery’s new location at 510 West 25th Street through October 16th. Opening receptions will be hosted in each gallery from 5:30-9 p.m. on Thursday, September 16, 2010.
Each gallery will explore a different aspect of Pace’s history: mini-reprises of groundbreaking thematic and historical exhibitions will be on view at 57th Street; the gallery’s enduring relationship with Pop art and Abstract Expressionism will be highlighted at 25th Street; contributions to Minimalist Art and the Post- Modernist movement will be featured at 22nd Street; and Pace’s commitment to contemporary art in the 21st century will be showcased at the gallery’s new location on 510 West 25th Street.
A catalogue with a foreword by Arne Glimcher and more than 250 full color illustrations will accompany the exhibition. In addition, an iPhone application designed to complement 50 Years at Pace, featuring audio clips of artists and art historians and a walking tour of public works in Manhattan, will be available to download from the iTunes store free of charge.
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