Pace Gallery and Galerie Judin to Launch Collaborative Berlin Venue
152Jan. 29, 2025
The internationalPace Gallery, headquartered in New York, is set to join forces with the Berlin-basedGalerie Judinto open a new venue in a renovated 1954 gas station in Berlin’s Schöneberg neighborhood. The forthcoming space will include offices and a shared gallery in addition to an adjacent cafe and bookstore, the latter run by the Hamburg-based German weeklyDie Zeit. An inaugural exhibition presented jointly by Pace and Galerie Judin will greet the public on May 1, 2025, when the building officially opens. No information has yet been revealed about the maiden show—both founding galleries represent Romanian artist Adrian Ghenie—but admission to the space will be perpetually free, with Pace and Galerie Judin presenting their own individual shows henceforth.
“We look back on a longstanding collaboration and friendship with Pace and [its founding] Glimcher family,” said Juerg Judin, who established the eponymous gallery in Zurich in 2003 before upping stakes for Berlin in 2008, in a statement. “Among other things, we share a ‘non-territorial’ and collegial attitude towards the artmarket, which now finds an expression in the sharing of this unique, historic location, and the interaction of our programs.”
Built amid Berlin’s postwar reconstruction, the gas station was abandoned in 1986 and renovated, under Judin’s guidance, by Thomas Brakel and bfs design in 2005. Among the Modernist elements retained in the restoration were the building’s red canopy as well as its garage door and former sales space. Additions included a library, a new wing for exhibiting art, and a Guido Hager–designed garden. Completed in 2008, the renovation won the 2009 Architekturpreis Berlin. From 2022 to 2024, it housed the Das Kleine Grosz Museum, an institution dedicated to the work of German Neue Sachlichkeit artist George Grosz.
“The opening of this new exhibition space in Berlin is so exciting, not only for Pace and Galerie Judin, but, more importantly, for the local arts community,” said Pace Gallery senior director Laura Attanasio in a statement. “Pace has a deep commitment to Berlin and its thriving creative community, and we feel so honored to bring our artists’ work to this very special building in the city. We look forward to strengthening our connection to Berlin, its people, and its artists with our programming at this historic site.”