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Pace Brings Century-Old Modigliani Nude and Dubuffet-Anchored Booth to Art Basel Paris
Pace will present across two stands at Art Basel Paris 2026 (21-25 October): Booth A30 anchored by Jean Dubuffet paintings in dialogue with Hollowell, Longo, Pendleton and others, and Booth E32 (Pace Di Donna Schrader) with Modigliani's 1917 Nu etendu (Lolotte) returning to market more than a century after the owner's family bought it from the artist's dealer in 1920.
Pace will present across two stands at Art Basel Paris 2026, running 21 to 25 October at the Grand Palais. Booth A30 is anchored by a selection of Jean Dubuffet paintings, celebrating the gallery's longstanding relationship with the pioneering French artist. Dubuffet's presence is set in dialogue with the progressive practices of present-day artists on the booth, including Loie Hollowell, Asher Liftin, Robert Longo, Robert Nava, Adam Pendleton, Lauren Quin and Arlene Shechet, alongside historical paintings, sculptures, photographs and works on paper.
The headline of the second stand — Pace Di Donna Schrader Galleries at Booth E32 — is Amedeo Modigliani's Nu etendu (Lolotte) (1917), depicting the artist's most celebrated and radical subject, the reclining nude. Its presentation at the fair marks a return to the market more than a century after the present owner's family acquired it from Modigliani's dealer Leopold Zborowski in 1920. The work carries exceptional exhibition history, including confirmation — established through scholar Marc Restellini's research and scientific analysis — of its inclusion in the artist's only lifetime solo exhibition, at Galerie Berthe Weill in 1917.
Works flagged across the two stands include Dubuffet's La chaise (1964), Alexander Calder's Untitled (1948), Hollowell's Teal Mandorla (2026), Pendleton's Black Dada (B) (2026), Shechet's Pulse (2025), Quin's Irides (2026), Liftin's Mom in Four Views (2026), Nava's Bat with Lightning Cloud Clown with Several Ghosts (2024), Robert Indiana's ART (red) (1972-2000), Longo's Untitled (Daniel) (2026) and Anicka Yi's Radiolaria B (2026).
Around the fair, the gallery flags a heavy Paris-week artist presence: Irving Penn's The World According to Penn at the Bourse de Commerce (through 10 January 2027) and Penn & Fashion at the MEP (through 17 January 2027), Sonia Gomes's Wild Heart at the Palais de Tokyo (21 October to 14 February 2027), and Ibrahim Mahama's The Harvest Season with Gideon Appah at the Fondation Cartier (22 October to 28 February 2027) — alongside Kylie Manning's The Mudlarkers, running at Pace London through 14 November.
