Peter MacGill

Peter MacGill is an American gallerist, curator, and art historian. MacGill is the former President of the Pace/MacGill Gallery,[3] which opened in 1983 on East 57th Street in New York City[4] and was consolidated into the Pace Gallery in 2019–20.[5]

Not to be confused with Peter McGill.
Peter MacGill
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. – Ohio Wesleyan University
M.F.A. – University of Arizona
OccupationCurator
SpouseSusan MacGill
ChildrenMary MacGill,[1] Gordon MacGill[2]

In 2006 he was the first recipient of the Harold Jones Distinguished Alumni Award at The University of Arizona.

Career

MacGill graduated with a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1974 and a M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 1977, where he was the first student to graduate from the MFA Photography program[6]. He began working in the photography world as a college intern at Light Gallery in 1973 where he hung Stephen Shore’s first solo show.[6] While attending the University of Arizona MacGill served as a curator at the Center for Creative Photography.[7] In 2005 he was ranked 15th on the list of "The 100 Most Important People in Photography" compiled by American Photo magazine.[8]

MacGill is President of the Pace/MacGill Gallery,[4] which opened in 1983 on East 57th Street in New York City. Although Pace/MacGill specializes in photography, the gallery has also exhibited non-photographic work since the mid-1990s.[9] In 1999 the gallery sold Man Ray's Glass Tears (1930–33) for $1.3 million, at the time the highest price ever paid for a photograph.[10] MacGill has stated that the work sold for such a high amount because of its scarcity (only three prints were made).[11] In 2006 MacGill set a new record when he bought Edward Steichen’s The Pond—Moonlight for $2.9 million on behalf of a private buyer.[12]

In 2019 MacGill established a partnership with RadicalMedia to develop a streaming platform focused on the history of photography.[13]

Publications

Publications by MacGill
  • Irving Penn: New and Unseen. New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1999. ISBN 978-1878283870.

Publications with contributions by MacGill
  • Rodchenko. Göttingen: Steidl, 2012. ISBN 978-3869302454.
  • Irving Penn: Paintings. New York: Apparition, 2018. ISBN 978-0692140079.

Awards

References
  1. Bronwyn Cosgrave, 3 Women Grew Up Surrounded by Art. Guess What Their Jewelry Looks Like., The New York Times, March 24, 2018.
  2. Margaux Laskey, Attracted to the Possibility of Adventure, The New York Times, June 23, 2013.
  3. Robin Pogrebin, Time Capsule of ’70s Los Angeles Beaches From Tod Papageorge, The New York Times, July 12, 2022.
  4. Steven Heller, Charles Traub, Adam Bell (editors) (2006). The Education of a Photographer. New York: Allworth Press. ISBN 9781581158304.
  5. Roland Halbe, Chelsea gallery reshuffle: Kasmin expands as Pace/MacGill consolidates, The Art Newspaper, July 24, 2019.
  6. Kathleen Allen (September 22, 2006). Speaker Series begins today at CCP. AZ Daily Star. (subscription required)
  7. Sarah Schmerler, Profile: Peter MacGill, Photograph Magazine, March/April 2011.
  8. [staff] (May/June 2005). The 100 Most Important People in Photography, 2005. American Photo.
  9. Philip Gefter (December 3, 2006). 'What’s New in Photography: Anything but Photos'. The New York Times.
  10. Philip Gefter, A Thousand Words? How About $450,000?, The New York Times, March 13, 2005.
  11. Michael Mckenzie, Eyeing Up Photography's Value, Art Business News, Nov, 2000.
  12. Antiques and the Arts, Feb 21, 2006.
  13. "Chelsea gallery reshuffle: Kasmin expands as Pace/MacGill consolidates". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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