Pace Welcomes Timo Kappeller as Senior Director in New York
Portrait of Timo Kappeller
New York – Pace is pleased to announce its appointment of Timo Kappeller as a Senior Director in New York. Kappeller—who has previously held roles at The Campus in upstate New York, Hauser & Wirth, and Andrew Kreps— will focus on sales and artist relationships in his new role at Pace, which he will begin on January 20.
With over 25 years of commercial, curatorial, and institutional experience in the contemporary art world, Kappeller will bring a deeply collaborative approach to his work at Pace. As Artistic Director of The Campus, which is run by six New York-based galleries, he curated large-scale exhibitions and led the institution’s public programming, artwork commissions, and strategic development. During his tenure, he worked with Alicja Kwade, Arlene Shechet, Kiki Smith, and Richard Tuttle, all of whom are part of Pace’s program, as well as Katharina Grosse, Rachel Harrison, Jenny Holzer, and other leading artists.
Kappeller, who is a native German speaker, began his career at Documenta in Kassel, Germany and KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. He has since held leadership roles at international galleries—Hauser & Wirth and Andrew Kreps in New York and König Galerie in Berlin—where he directed sales and exhibitions and oversaw presentations at the Venice Biennale, Documenta, MoMA PS1, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Sculpture Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles among other institutions around the world. His vast experience in Europe aligns with Pace’s commitment to grow its activity in German-speaking territories, having established an office in Berlin in 2023 and a gallery space in the city in 2025.
Timo Kappeller says:
“I’m thrilled to begin a new chapter at Pace at this moment of change and evolution in the art world. I’ve long admired the gallery’s history of landmark exhibitions, and I’ve had the pleasure of working with several artists in its program over the course of my career. I look forward to supporting Pace’s artists and creating energy around their exhibitions and projects as part of the sales team.”
Samanthe Rubell, President of Pace Gallery, says: “As Timo joins us in New York, our ability to support artists—in all aspects of their careers and practices—will grow even stronger. His experience at galleries and The Campus speaks to Timo’s great sensitivity and understanding of artists, as well as his enduring relationships with important collectors. My colleagues and I are excited to welcome him to Pace.”
Pace is a leading international art gallery representing some of the most influential artists and estates of the 20th and 21st centuries, founded by Arne Glimcher in 1960. Holding decades-long relationships with Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, and Mark Rothko, Pace has a unique history that can be traced to its early support of artists central to the Abstract Expressionist and Light and Space movements. Now in its seventh decade, the gallery continues to nurture its longstanding relationships with its legacy artists and estates while also making an investment in the careers of contemporary artists, including Torkwase Dyson, Loie Hollowell, Robert Nava, Adam Pendleton, and Marina Perez Simão.
Under the current leadership of CEO Marc Glimcher and President Samanthe Rubell, Pace has established itself as a collaborative force in the art world, partnering with other galleries and nonprofit organizations around the world in recent years. The gallery advances its mission to support its artists and share their visionary work with audiences and collectors around the world through a robust global program anchored by its exhibitions of both 20th century and contemporary art and scholarly projects from its imprint Pace Publishing, which produces books introducing new voices to the art historical canon. This artist-first ethos also extends to public installations, philanthropic events, performances, and other interdisciplinary programming presented by Pace.
Today, Pace has nine locations worldwide, including two galleries in New York—its eight-story headquarters at 540 West 25th Street and an adjacent 8,000-square-foot exhibition space at 510 West 25th Street. The gallery’s history in the New York art world dates to 1963, when it opened its first space in the city on East 57th Street. A champion of Light and Space artists, Pace has also been active in California for some 60 years, opening its West Coast flagship in Los Angeles in 2022. It maintains European footholds in London, Geneva, and Berlin, where it established an office in 2023 and a gallery space in 2025. Pace was one of the first international galleries to have a major presence in Asia, where it has been active since 2008, the year it first opened in Beijing’s vibrant 798 Art District. It now operates a gallery in Seoul and opened its first gallery in Japan in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills development in 2024.
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