On his way to Paris, where he will stare out from the wall of the Centre Pompidou as if he owned the place, is PaceWildenstein head honcho Arne Glimcher. Not Glimcher the man but his mug, painted large by Chuck Close, a longtime Pace artist. Last year Glimcher donated the picture, from 2000, to the Centre Pompidou Foundation, an American group that supports the museum. Also donating were eight other U.S. collectors and dealers, including Georges and Lois de Menil, who contributed a Larry Poons piece. According to Close, Glimcher, who bought his portrait after it was finished, was an exception to the artist’s rule. "I don’t like the subjects to own the paintings," says the famously independent artist. "I never do commissions. I don’t want to feel like I’m working for a living."

"The Face of Pace" originally appeared in the May 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's May 2009 Table of Contents.