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David Byrne

DAVID BYRNE

Solo Exhibition Pace Gallery 10 April–31 December 2025 540 West 25th Street, New York
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Pace is pleased to present a special installation of drawings by artist David Byrne at its New York flagship. Drawn on the walls of the gallery’s stairwell landings between its first and seventh floors, these nine drawings reflect Byrne’s surreal and playful sensibility.

For these works, which he produced over the course of several days in April 2025, Byrne has rendered his figures at life-size in the hope that the public will “confront” and experience them in new ways. The drawings will be on view indefinitely.

Throughout his five-decade-long career, Byrne has nurtured a fine arts practice spanning drawing, photography, installation, performance, and design. The artist presented his first major exhibition with Pace in 2003 in New York.

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About the Artist

David Byrne was raised in Baltimore where he briefly attended the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 1971 after transferring from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence.

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Pace is a global art gallery of and for the future, modeled on a set of core values established during its founding in 1960 and designed to serve its artists, estates, and collectors in a way that is focused, responsive, and aligned with its enduring mission.

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540 West 25th Street
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Pace Gallery contemporary art gallery in 540 West 25th Street New York United States
Pace Gallery
540 West 25th Street, New York, United States
+1 212 421 3292
http://www.pacegallery.com

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Tuesday – Saturday
10am – 6pm
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