Celebrated Gallerist Marian Goodman Has Died at 97
Erik Morse | Vogue | 26th January 2026
Some commercial gallerists are acclaimed for their financial acumen, but few can claim to have changed tastes. Goodman was one of the latter. She opened her New York gallery in 1977 with the aim of bringing avant garde European artists to the US. This strategy worked and broadened the gaze of the US market. Underestimated by some male collectors, one competitor was more perceptive: “She defined the model of the contemporary gallery as having the same standards as a great museum.”