Marc Glimcher

Marc Glimcher
Marc Glimcher (photo by Kris Graves)
Born (1963-09-16) September 16, 1963 (age 61)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
EducationJohns Hopkins University (Biochemistry and Immunology)
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationPace Gallery (President & CEO)
Known for"Power 100" (Top 25 Most Powerful People in the International Art World) by ArtReview
Spouse(s)Dr. Natalie Geary (divorced); Andrea (divorced);[1] Fairfax Dorn[2]
ChildrenIsabelle, Lilleth, Katharine, Alexander, Gage
Parents
RelativesPaul Glimcher (brother)

Marc Glimcher (born September 16, 1963) is an American art dealer who is the President and CEO of Pace Gallery, a modern and contemporary art gallery founded by his father, Arne Glimcher, in Boston in 1960. He and his father were cited among the top 100 most powerful people in the international art world, according to the annual "Power 100" list published by ArtReview.[3] In 2012, Glimcher sold a Gerhard Richter painting for more than $20 million at Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland.[4]

Education

Glimcher was born in New York City. He is the second son (his brother is neuroscientist Paul W. Glimcher) of Mildred “Milly” and Arnold “Arne” Glimcher, an art historian and art dealer respectively, who together founded Pace Gallery in Boston in 1960. He graduated from Harvard University in 1985 with a degree in biological anthropology, and from 1989 to 1991 studied biochemistry and immunology at Johns Hopkins University.[5]

Glimcher subsequently worked as science teacher in Santa Fe, moving there with his first wife Natalie Geary and their two daughters. After several years in New Mexico, they moved to Malawi to assist in combating the AIDS epidemic.[6]

Art world career

Glimcher joined Pace Gallery in 1985 as Associate Director,[7] and was named President and CEO in 2011. In his more than 30 years with the gallery, Glimcher has expanded Pace's roster of artists to include established artists such as Michal Rovner and Julian Schnabel,[8] and as well as newer artists such as Loie Hollowell.[9] Glimcher has also broadened Pace's representation of artist estates, including the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation[10] and Vito Acconci Studio.[11]

Glimcher oversees the gallery's global activities from its headquarters in New York City, including international expansion to Beijing,[12] London,[13] Palo Alto,[14] Seoul,[15] Geneva,[16] and Hong Kong.[17] In 2008, Glimcher founded Artifex Press, the first digital, online catalogue raisonné publishing company.[18]

He has also curated thematic exhibitions including Jean Dubuffet: A Retrospective; Je Suis le Cahier, The Sketchbooks of Picasso (1986),[19] the only comprehensive exhibition of Picasso’s sketchbooks; Mark Rothko: The Last Paintings; Earthly Forms: The Biomorphic Sculpture of Arp, Calder, and Noguchi; Alexander Calder: From Model to Monument; and Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art, for which he authored the catalogue essay (2005).[20]

Personal life

From 1989 - 2002, Glimcher was married to Natalie Geary. From 2003 to 2013, Glimcher was married to Andrea Bundonis.[21][22] Since 2015, he has been married to Fairfax Dorn, the co-founder and artistic director of Ballroom Marfa.[23] He has five children: Isabelle, Lilleth, Katharine, Alexander, and Gage.

The couple resides in New York City's Flatiron District[24] and in Sagaponack, New York.[25] From 2021 to 2024, Glimcher also maintained a six-bedroom waterfront home in Palm Beach, Florida.[26]

References

  1. ^ "Tour Andrea Glimcher's Art-Packed Family Home in Manhattan". Galerie. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. ^ ANSPON, CATHERINE D. (6 June 2016). "The Ultimate Marfa Wedding Brings an Art Power Couple Together: Teepees, a Talent Show and that West Texas Sky". PaperCity Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Marc & Arne Glimcher / Power 100 / ArtReview". artreview.com. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  4. ^ "Report: Pace Gallery Sells Richter Listed Over $20 M." Observer. 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  5. ^ Crow, Kelly (2011-08-26). "Keeping Pace". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  6. ^ Arthur Lubow (9 September 2019), Inside New York’s Newest Art Oasis W.
  7. ^ Laster, Paul (July 14, 2017). "Pace Gallery 50th Anniversary: Arne Glimcher". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  8. ^ "'We're Stripping Away All the Noise': The Great Julian Schnabel Reboot Continues at Frieze Masters | artnet News". artnet News. 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  9. ^ Scher, Robin (2017-01-11). "Pace Gallery Now Represents Loie Hollowell". ARTnews. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  10. ^ Sheets, Hilarie M. (16 April 2015). "Two Museums to Host Pollock 'Black Pourings'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  11. ^ "In an Unusual Collaboration, Pace Gallery and Art Agency Partners Team Up to Represent Vito Acconci's Estate | artnet News". artnet News. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  12. ^ Vogel, Carol (29 April 2008). "PaceWildenstein Gallery of Manhattan to Open Branch in Beijing". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  13. ^ "The London art world picks up Pace". 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  14. ^ Finkel, Jori (24 February 2016). "A New Home for Pace Gallery in Palo Alto". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  15. ^ Greenberger, Alex (2017-02-27). "Pace Gallery to Open a New Space in Seoul Next Week". ARTnews. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  16. ^ Russeth, Andrew (2018-01-26). "Pace Will Open Its Ninth Gallery, in Geneva". ARTnews. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  17. ^ Freeman, Nate (2018-01-10). "Pace Gallery to Open Second Hong Kong Space With Yoshitomo Nara Show During Art Basel". ARTnews. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  18. ^ Vogel, Carol (8 January 2009). "Expressionist Berlin: Sotheby's London to Sell Kirchner 'Street Scene'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  19. ^ "The sketchbooks of Picasso". Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  20. ^ "Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  21. ^ WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Andrea Bundonis, Marc Glimcher New York Times, 24 August 2003.
  22. ^ NYC power art pair Marc and Andrea Glimcher divorcing Page Six, 5 July 2013.
  23. ^ Robinson, Whitney (2015-10-09). "Fairfax Dorn and Marc Glimcher's New York Loft". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  24. ^ Robinson, Whitney (2015-10-09). "Fairfax Dorn and Marc Glimcher's New York Loft". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  25. ^ Hilarie Sheets (5 February 2020), A Prominent Art-World Couple's Hamptons Spec House Gets a Dazzling Upgrade Elle Decor.
  26. ^ Daniel Cassady (28 June 2024), Marc Glimcher’s Nautically-Themed Palm Beach Home Hits the Market for $24.5M ARTnews.