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Marian Goodman (born 1928) is owner of the Marian Goodman Gallery, a contemporary art gallery opened in Manhattan, New York in 1977.[1] Goodman has been called one of the most respected and influential gallerists of contemporary art in the world.[2][3] She is known for introducing European artists like Gerhard Richter, Joseph Beuys, and Marcel Broodthaers to the United States[4] and has represented a number of artists including Steve McQueen, Thomas Struth, Pierre Huyghe, Thomas Schütte, Lothar Baumgarten, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Tacita Dean, Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager, Chantal Akerman, Niele Toroni, Gabriel Orozco, Maurizio Cattelan, Giuseppe Penone, Giovanni Anselmo, Jeff Wall, Rineke Dijkstra, and William Kentridge.[1] Marian Goodman gained prominence in the art world in the 1970s and 1980s, a time when few women worked in this sector.[5]

Early beginnings

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Born Marian Geller,[1] Goodman grew up on the Upper West Side and attended the Little Red School House and Emerson College.[6][7] In 1956, Goodman was one of a group of mothers who successfully battled Robert Moses when he tried to expand the parking lot at Tavern on the Green, forcing him to build a playground instead.[7]

Her father, Maurice P. Geller, a first-generation Hungarian-American accountant,[7] collected art, particularly that of Milton Avery. Goodman, became an art dealer as a new divorcée who needed to support herself and two children.[3] In 1962, she organized a book of cheap prints of New York paintings to raise funds for the Walden School, where her children were students.[7][8] In 1963, Goodman attended graduate school in art history at Columbia University. She was the only woman in her class.[1]

Goodman and partners opened Multiples, dealing in artists’ editions, in 1965.[6] Multiples published prints, multiples, and books by American artists, such as Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Dan Graham, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Smithson, and Andy Warhol. In 1970, the year Multiples exhibited for the first time at Art Basel, Goodman published Artists and Photographs, a 19-piece portfolio exploring the way artists such as Ed Ruscha, Christo, and Bruce Nauman were incorporating photography into their work.[7]

From 1968 to 1975, Multiples worked with European artists, introducing early editions by Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Blinky Palermo, and Gerhard Richter to American audiences.[9] Multiples also operated a space on La Cienega Boulevard on the Westside of Los Angeles for two years in the 1970s.[10]

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Goodman's failure to secure Broodthaers an outlet in New York was the impetus behind her decision to open her own gallery featuring his work as the initial exhibition. Goodman opened the Marian Goodman Gallery on East Fifty-seventh Street in 1977.[1] (Unfortunately, Broodthaers died before the opening).[8] In 1981, she moved the gallery to its present quarters, at 24 West Fifty-seventh Street. She later discovered Lothar Baumgarten when she hired him to hang the gallery's display at a Düsseldorf art fair.[4]

Marian Goodman Gallery opened its first space in Paris in 1995. In 1999, a permanent exhibition space was opened inside the Hôtel de Montmor, a 17th-century hotel particulier in the Marais district.[11]

In 2014, the gallery opened an outpost in London, located in an 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft) space over two floors inside a former factory warehouse at Golden Square; the architect David Adjaye renovated the space.[12] At the end of 2020, Goodman announced the London space would close due to the impacts of Brexit and COVID-19 and be replaced by a new initiative, Marian Goodman Projects, that has been conducting exhibits at other locations throughout the city since 2021.[13]

In 2018, Goodman celebrated her 90th birthday at the palace and gardens of Versailles.[14] In 2022, Goodman appointed Emily-Jane Kirwan, Rose Lord, Leslie Nolen, Junette Teng and Philipp Kaiser as partners in the Marian Goodman Gallery. The gallery also established an advisory committee of five longtime staff members to support the partners.[15] Also in 2022, the gallery announced that it would expand to Los Angeles by 2023, taking over a 1,200 m2 (13,000 sq ft) warehouse campus from the 1920s in Hollywood, designed by architectural firm Johnston Marklee & Associates and located at 1120 Seward Street.[10]

In 2023, the gallery announced to relocate its New York space to 385 Broadway, occupying two floors of gallery space totalling 2,800 m2 (30,000 sq ft).[16] Renovated by the architecture firm StudioMDA, the site include two floors of public exhibition space, one floor of private viewing rooms, a library and an archive in addition to art storage and office space.[17]

Artists

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Goodman has stated that she believes a dealer should be committed to working with an artist for fifteen to twenty years.[citation needed] As of 2023, the gallery mostly represents non-American artists, including:

Kentridge, Struth and Orozco, like most of Goodman's artists, joined her relatively early in their careers. One exception is Richter, who had three exhibitions with Sperone Westwater before deciding to show simultaneously there and with Goodman. After several years of this joint arrangement, he dropped the original gallery.[6]

Goodman also represents American artists, including:

In addition to living artists, Marian Goodman Gallery handles the estates of the following:

Marian Goodman Gallery has in the past also represented the following artists:

Reputation

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Goodman's friend German theorist and critic Benjamin H. D. Buchloh says, “Her judgment is ultimately aesthetic, but she has a broad understanding of what a privileged existence allows and requires one to do. Her gallery has a certain subtle social horizon of responsibility.”[1] In an article in the New Yorker, art critic Peter Schjeldahl said "Goodman may be the most respected contemporary dealer in New York, for her taste, standards, and loyalty to her artists." Michael Govan, director of Dia Art Foundation, describes her as one of the most powerful and influential dealers of the 20th century.

Described by Artnet as a "very private dealer,"[34] Marian Goodman was ranked 22 in ArtReview's guide to the 100 most powerful figures in contemporary art: Power 100, 2010.[35] She is ranked 5th on the list of America's Most Powerful Art Dealers, according to Forbes magazine.[36]

Recognition

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In 2012, Goodman received an honorary degree from the CUNY Graduate Center.[37] In 2016 she received the Leo Award, presented by Independent Curators International.[38]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Schjeldahl, Peter (January 26, 2004). "Dealership". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Mar, Alex. "Marian Goodman Gallery". NYMag.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Struth, Thomas (November 21, 2011). "The Accidental Art Mogul". Newsweek. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Day, Elizabeth (October 11, 2014). "Marian Goodman: gallerist with the golden touch". the Guardian. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  5. ^ Scarisbrick, Sean. "Marian Goodman: A Life Devoted To Art". Culture Trip. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Julie L. Belcove (July 2007), Marian Goodman W Magazine.
  7. ^ a b Ed Pilkington (October 12, 2006), Space women The Guardian.
  8. ^ 30/40 Part II. A Selection of Forty Artists from Thirty Years at Marian Goodman Gallery, October 23 – November 24, 2007 Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Durón, Maximilíano (June 8, 2022). "Marian Goodman Gallery Becomes Latest to Expand to Los Angeles". ARTnews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  10. ^ Dan Duray (September 23, 2016), Marian Goodman to open second Paris space with work by Annette Messager The Art Newspaper.
  11. ^ Melanie Gerlis (April 10, 2014), Friendly face for Goodman in London Archived April 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine The Art Newspaper.
  12. ^ Douglas, Sarah (October 22, 2020). "Marian Goodman gallery to close London space, institute new exhibition model". ARTnews. Penske Business Media. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f Douglas, Sarah (October 31, 2023). "Marian Goodman Gallery's New Leaders Prepare for the Future by Honoring Its Founder's Legacy". ARTnews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  14. ^ Zachary Small (July 29, 2021), Marian Goodman Appoints Five Partners New York Times.
  15. ^ Alex Greenberger (23 February 2023), New York’s Marian Goodman Gallery to Move to Tribeca After 46 Years in Midtown ARTnews.
  16. ^ Tim Schneider (11 July 2024), Marian Goodman Gallery sets opening date and programme for new Tribeca flagship The Art Newspaper.
  17. ^ a b "Which New York Gallery Represents the Most Warhol-ian Artists?". Observer. September 7, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  18. ^ a b c "Marian Goodman Well Represented at Documenta". Observer. May 25, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  19. ^ Greenberger, Alex (October 3, 2023). "Sculptor Delcy Morelos Gets Gallery Representation with Marian Goodman Ahead of Dia Show". ARTnews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  20. ^ Tim Schneider (11 July 2024), Marian Goodman Gallery sets opening date and programme for new Tribeca flagship The Art Newspaper.
  21. ^ "Mariana Telleria, Sola, loca, mala, 2013".
  22. ^ "Lunch with the FT: Marian Goodman". www.ft.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  23. ^ Andrew Russeth (March 15, 2012), Danh Vo to Marian Goodman New York Observer.
  24. ^ "Nan Goldin signs up with Marian Goodman Gallery". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. September 28, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  25. ^ Cassady, Daniel (March 29, 2023). "Photographer Nan Goldin Joins Gagosian, Departs Marian Goodman Gallery". ARTnews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  26. ^ Sarah Douglas (7 March 2024), William Kentridge Joins Hauser & Wirth, Departing Longtime Dealer Marian Goodman ARTnews.
  27. ^ Thomas Lawson, September 1983, Allan McCollum at Marian Goodman Gallery Artforum.
  28. ^ Craig Owens, September 1983, Allan McCollum: Repetition and Difference Art in America.
  29. ^ Claire Selvin (July 9, 2020), Juan Muñoz Estate Departs Marian Goodman Gallery After 30 Years, Joins David Zwirner ARTnews.
  30. ^ Alex Greenberger (December 7, 2022), Legendary Painter Gerhard Richter Gets Exclusive Representation with David Zwirner ARTnews.
  31. ^ Melanie Gerlis (25 January 2024), Hockney’s early California dream makes a winter splash Financial Times.
  32. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (July 28, 2016). "From Bruce Nauman, More Contrapposto Studies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  33. ^ "On Her 40th Anniversary, Artists Share How Marian Goodman Became the Art World's Least Pretentious Power Broker - December 2017". December 20, 2017.
  34. ^ "22. Marian Goodman - the ArtReview Power 100". Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  35. ^ "5. Marian Goodman, 84". Forbes. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  36. ^ 2012 Commencements Archived June 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine CUNY Graduate Center, May 3, 2012.
  37. ^ Hannah Ghorashi (30 June 2016), Independent Curators International Honors Marian Goodman With Its 2016 Leo Award ARTnews.
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