The Pace Gallery (22nd Street) closed 04/27 - 06/23/12

Opening reception: Thursday, April 26, 6 to 8 p.m.

The first major New York gallery exhibition in seven years of works by Claes Oldenburg and his long-time partner Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009) will feature enlarged costumes and original props from Il Corso del Coltello (The Course of the Knife)—a collaborative performance staged in Venice in 1985 with architect Frank Gehry, produced and curated by Germano Celant—and The European Desktop, 1990, Oldenburg/van Bruggen’s last installation piece.