The Easel

3rd February 2026

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.”

23rd December 2025

L.A. exploded into a world art capital. I was lucky to be here to witness it

Christopher Knight | LA Times | 1st December 2025

In his final column a renowned critic contemplates how LA became an art world capital. He offers a three-part dynamic. Artists who previously would have gone to New York stayed in LA, attracted by affordable studio space. Then, in 1982 Getty was transformed when it became the world’s most richly endowed museum, thus drawing some media attention toward fine art. Lastly, LA’s contemporary museum, MOCA, opened in 1983. Will art critics be around to write about what comes next? “That’s anyone’s guess.”

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