Peter MacGill

Peter MacGill is an American gallerist, curator, and art historian. MacGill is President of the Pace/MacGill Gallery,[1] which opened in 1983 on East 57th Street in New York City.

Not to be confused with Peter McGill.
Peter MacGill
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. – Ohio Wesleyan University
M.F.A. – University of Arizona
OccupationCurator
Spouse(s)Susan MacGill

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[2]. 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.[2] While attending the University of Arizona MacGill served as a curator at the Center for Creative Photography.[3] In 2005 he was ranked 15th on the list of "The 100 Most Important People in Photography" compiled by American Photo magazine.[4]

MacGill is President of the Pace/MacGill Gallery,[1] 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.[5] 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.[6] MacGill has stated that the work sold for such a high amount because of its scarcity (only three prints were made).[7] 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.[8]

In 2019 MacGill established a partnership with RadicalMedia to develop a streaming platform focused on the history of photography.[9]

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. Steven Heller, Charles Traub, Adam Bell (editors) (2006). The Education of a Photographer. New York: Allworth Press. ISBN 9781581158304.
  2. Kathleen Allen (September 22, 2006). Speaker Series begins today at CCP. AZ Daily Star. (subscription required)
  3. Sarah Schmerler, Profile: Peter MacGill, Photograph Magazine, March/April 2011.
  4. [staff] (May/June 2005). The 100 Most Important People in Photography, 2005. American Photo.
  5. Philip Gefter (December 3, 2006). 'What’s New in Photography: Anything but Photos'. The New York Times..
  6. Philip Gefter, A Thousand Words? How About $450,000?, The New York Times, March 13, 2005.
  7. Michael Mckenzie, Eyeing Up Photography's Value, Art Business News, Nov, 2000.
  8. Antiques and the Arts, Feb 21, 2006.
  9. http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=115289#.XUMrIZNKhR4
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