Why Is Pace Gallery’s Kiki Smith Exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch’s Los Angeles Space?

Short answer

Because the two galleries are co-presenting it. Pace has represented Kiki Smith since 1994, and Jeffrey Deitch hosts the exhibition in his gallery at 925 North Orange Drive. According to Pace founder Arne Glimcher, it is the first time the two galleries present an entire exhibition together. Untethered Journey runs October 30, 2026 through January 23, 2027, with an opening reception on Friday, October 30, from 6 to 8 PM.

Key facts

• Who: Kiki Smith, an artist who lives and works in New York City and the Hudson Valley.
• What: Untethered Journey — historical and recent sculptures and wall-mounted works; her first solo show in Los Angeles in thirty years.
• Where: Jeffrey Deitch, 925 North Orange Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90038.
• When: October 30, 2026 – January 23, 2027.
• Opening reception: Friday, October 30, 6–8 PM.
• Smith’s sixteenth solo exhibition with Pace.

Why is a Pace show in Deitch’s gallery?

The exhibition is a co-presentation of Jeffrey Deitch and Pace Gallery. “This is the first time that we are presenting an entire exhibition together, and the first time a collaboration of this sort is taking place in another gallery,” says Pace founder Arne Glimcher. The relationship is older than the collaboration: Deitch met Smith in 1975 and later supported A. More Store, the artist-run shop launched in 1981 under Smith’s leadership, and he included her sculpture Mother/Child (1993) — on view in this show — in Aperto ’93 at the 45th Venice Biennale. Pace began representing Smith in 1994.

What works are on view?

Early bronze sculptures such as Virgin Mary (1994) and Blood Pool (1992); works in papier mâché, beeswax, polyester resin and fiberglass; the 2002 cast aluminum and bronze series Moon on Crutches; the 1989 paper installation known as the “red room”; the cast aluminum diptych Untitled (Skin) (1992); the stained-glass installation Sybills (2005); Mother/Child (1993); recent bronze sculptures of owls and goats; and Stars and Scat (1996), a large blue field of Nepalese paper set with Schott crystal stars and bronze pellets.

What themes does the exhibition cover?

According to Pace, the show traces the interconnection of the human body and the natural world; mortality, regeneration and gender politics; and the tension between the public — a “body” of people — and the private. Smith’s sources range from eighteenth-century anatomical renderings to relics, memento mori, folklore, mythology, Byzantine iconography and medieval altarpieces. “I always think the whole history of the world is in your body,” Smith has said.

How do you visit?

The exhibition is at 925 North Orange Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90038, October 30, 2026 through January 23, 2027. The opening reception is Friday, October 30, from 6 to 8 PM.

FAQ

Is this Kiki Smith’s first show in Los Angeles?

It is her first solo show in the city in thirty years, according to Pace.

Who is behind the exhibition?

It is co-presented by Jeffrey Deitch and Pace Gallery, in Deitch’s gallery on North Orange Drive.

Does the show include new work?

It combines historical and recent works, including recent bronze sculptures of owls and goats.

How long does it run?

Through January 23, 2027.

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Sources

• Pace Gallery, exhibition page: works on view, themes, quotes, the co-presentation with Jeffrey Deitch, dates.
• GP.LA (galleryplatform.la), Jeffrey Deitch exhibition listing: address and opening reception time.

More context: our guide to Barry McGee’s Another Round at Jeffrey Deitch, and Susan Silton’s first major survey at LAMAG.