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When Pace approached the Picasso family about making an exhibit around the artist’s very last works, they were “appalled––the art was regarded as the babblings of an old man,” according to Glimcher. He believed strongly in their merit, however, and not only did every piece sell, but the exhibition changed critical opinion about Picasso’s last period. “It was great satisfaction to have brought the attention of the art world to something that I thought they had neglected...
Pace would oversee much more radical changes in the art world, however. One of its most notable transactions took place when the Glimchers negotiated the deal for the sale of Jasper Johns’ “American Flags,” the first painting by a living artist to sell for $1 million. “It was a watershed moment,” Glimcher said. “I don’t know whether for good or for bad, but it was tremendous. It made the front page of the New York Times. Art had entered...
...Glimcher propelled up the astronomical sum on scruples alone––he could not bear to see what he saw as an archetypally American painting go to Germany, as it would have, had not he rallied four patrons to contribute a quarter each of the price to keep it in the States...
John’s comment, as Glimcher remembered it, was to say dryly, “A million dollars is not an insignificant sum…But you know that this has nothing to do with...
...Glimcher gains bountiful satisfaction from the fact that, unlike a museum director, he can actually help bring an artist’s vision to life. As his wife said, “Arne’s a genius at installation.” He has unending drive when it comes to fulfilling an artist’s vision. When working with the artist Lucas Samaras, for example, he not only put up the sum of $14,000 so that Samaras could create a mirrored room, but he went around personally redecorating his gallery with nails and hammer in hand until...