Overview
- Zwirner announced the representation on Monday and said Nara will debut with a solo exhibition at one of the gallery’s New York spaces.
- Pace Gallery will maintain a relationship with the artist, according to Zwirner’s press release.
- The deal was arranged through Joe Baptista’s Equivalence Art Agency following his recent exit from Pace.
- Nara’s multi-decade partnership with Blum concluded with a Tokyo show in January 2025, and the gallery subsequently closed.
- The shift comes as Nara enjoys continued institutional attention and variable secondary-market results, including a $25 million record in 2019 and a Christie’s London offering last month that failed to sell.