Robert Irwin's Art of Feeling and Experience

"I saw something that I had always been looking for: something I had never seen before," Pace's Founder and Chairman Arne Glimcher says of his first encounter with Robert Irwin's work.

This new film—produced on the occasion of Robert Irwin in Los Angeles, on view at our LA gallery through June 7, 2025—sheds light on Irwin's monumental impact on the California Light and Space movement. Here, Glimcher, who maintained a close friendship with the artist for almost 60 years, shares memories of his early experiences with Irwin and his work, including the gallery's 1974 presentation of Robert Irwin: Soft Wall in New York. Robert Irwin in Los Angeles, Pace's first presentation of the artist's work since his death in 2023, traces the development of his practice, which centers on questions of perception, experience, and feeling.