The shakeup at Pace Gallery isn’t over. Just two months after the gallery laid off roughly 50 employees in a sweeping restructuring, two of the executives who helped shape Pace during its years of rapid expansion are headed for the exit.
Amelia Redgrift, the gallery’s chief communications officer, and Dani Forest Brandi, a senior sales director, have both resigned. Where they’re going remains under wraps. Sources told ARTnews, however, that both have already landed senior roles elsewhere in the art and culture world.
Forest offered one clue, saying that her new position will be formally announced in September. “My time at Pace was invaluable,” she told ARTnews. “I joined Pace and had many wonderful years working closely with the Glimchers, their inspirational artists, and innovative team. I look forward to the next chapter of our relationship and bringing that wisdom to my new role.”
Their departures add another chapter to what’s becoming one of the biggest resets in the gallery’s history. In June, CEO Marc Glimcher dramatically shrank the business, cutting staff across departments and reducing Pace’s artist roster as part of what he described as a necessary correction after years of expansion. Neither Redgrift nor Forest was part of those layoffs.
In many ways, the pair arrived together. Redgrift was recruited from Hauser & Wirth in late 2019, just weeks after Pace opened its new Chelsea headquarters. The hire mirrored Glimcher’s ambitions at the time. Pace wasn’t simply growing its footprint—it was trying to reinvent itself. The gallery wanted a stronger editorial voice, a broader public profile, and a brand that felt less like an old-school dealership and more like a cultural institution.
Over the next six years, Redgrift was instrumental to that strategy. She led the gallery’s communications through the pandemic and oversaw campaigns for projects ranging from the Don Marron collection coup with Gagosian and Acquavella to the multipart partnership with Institut Restellini and the launch of Pace DiDonna Schrader. She worked on the gallery’s expansion into new markets, including Seoul, Tokyo, London, Palm Beach, and East Hampton.
“I feel privileged to have been part of this storied gallery and to have had the opportunity to shape Pace’s evolution with Marc and Sam,” Redgrift told ARTnews. “It has been a very special experience to work closely with Arne and so many wonderful artists and colleagues over the past seven years.”
Glimcher was equally warm about her departure, telling ARTnews that Redgrift “helped build and define the culture of Pace over her tenure and will be greatly missed.”
Forest Brandi’s trajectory was just as notable. She started as Glimcher’s executive assistant, became his chief of staff, then made the jump into sales, eventually rising to senior sales director.
“Dani has also been a great and dynamic member of Pace’s team and made a strong impact over the last eight years,” Glimcher said. “We’re excited to continue to work with her in a new capacity which will soon be announced.”
The two careers often ran in parallel. In 2021, after Pace’s leadership was reshuffled following an investigation into workplace culture, both received major promotions. Redgrift became chief communications and marketing officer, while Forest was elevated to chief of staff as the gallery unveiled a new executive structure. At that time, senior director Samanthe Rubell and Joe Baptista, the gallery’s vice president, were tapped to lead the sales team. Rubell was named president in 2022, while Baptista, who eventually became a partner, left the gallery in 2025 and started the Equivalence Art Agency. Jessie Washburn-Harris, who joined Pace as vice president in 2021, left the gallery in 2025 for White Cube, though she left her post there earlier this month.
In 2021, Pace was hiring, opening new locations, experimenting with Web3, launching ambitious public programming, and investing heavily in departments that reached far beyond selling art. Today, the picture looks very different.
The communications operation has been drastically reduced following multiple rounds of layoffs, though it’s unclear to what extent. Exactly where Redgrift and Forest will surface next remains to be seen.
