The Almanac Management

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For years, the mega-gallery represented the highest level of success in the commercial art world. Multiple international locations. Large teams. Enormous artist rosters. Museum-scale exhibitions. Global art fairs. High-profile collectors. Growth was treated as strength. But Pace Gallery’s recent decision to cut around 50 staff members and remove roughly 50 artists and estates from its roster suggests that bigger may no longer mean better.

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