ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH
Overview
On the occasion of Art Basel Miami 2025, Pavec is honored to present, for the first time, a retrospective booth dedicated to the visionary artist Juliette Roche (1884-1980) in the Survey sector of the fair.
Following the success of our presentation at Art Basel Paris 2024, which focused on Roche’s portraits of women and the theme of identity, this new project will offer a comprehensive look at her multifaceted career, placing her at the heart of the 20th century’s most influential avant-garde movements.
Juliette Roche’s career was shaped by a series of bold artistic explorations. Trained by Nabis painters Maurice Denis and Paul SeĢrusier, she began by depicting Parisian scenes before shifting her focus to themes of gender, identity, and modernity. In 1915, she immersed herself in Cubism while in Barcelona alongside her husband, Albert Gleizes. Later from 1917, in New York, she became deeply engaged in the Dada movement, collaborating with Francis Picabia and Marcel Duchamp, with whom she collaborated on the first Society of Independent Artists exhibition, where she presented Dadaist works. Returning to France in the 1920s, she co-founded Moly-Sabata, with her husband Albert Gleizes, the first artist’s residency in France.
For this occasion, Pavec is delighted to present a chronological booth with a selection of masterpieces created between 1911 and 1940, including some never-before-exhibited works alongside others previously featured in the three major retrospectives held in France between 2021 and 2022. Parisian public gardens, portraits of contemporary women, the Ramblas of Barcelona, Cubist still lifes, and the city of New York, these themes will be showcased to provide the most comprehensive perspective on this unclassifiable artist.
A truly unclassifiable artist, Juliette Roche embodies the pioneering spirit of early 20th-century women in the arts. At a time when the art world is undergoing a crucial reassessment of women’s contributions, showcasing her work at Art Basel Miami 2025 presents a valuable opportunity to celebrate the singular vision of a committed artist whose concerns remain strikingly relevant today.
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