If only Ace had already opened its forthcoming third L.A. space (due in October), we could have had a John Millei trifecta. But as it is, between its two locations, Ace is offering up a massive (if not totally complete) survey of Millei's art of the past decade, with works from multiple series, and series within series. Each location is anchored by bodies of work as ambitious in their scale and undertaking as in their historical reach. The Beverly Hills space features a baker's dozen from the much, much larger series, previously exhibited en masse at the space, of "Procession" paintings — abstractions based upon the groupings of figures and objects in Giotto frescoes and Morandi still lifes. But these serve as a warm-up act for the main event, a total of 27 paintings on view here, from Millei's 2009 "Woman in a Chair" series, inspired by... More >>>