Marian Goodman, the pioneering New York gallery owner who introduced many 20th-century avant-garde European artists to American audiences, died on January 22 at the age of 97. Family members and partners at Marian Goodman Gallery confirmed the news of her passing on their website, where they praised her ability to cultivate talent and her “deep understanding” of the responsibility of a gallerist. Goodman’s discerning eye was drawn to post-war contemporary artists across the Atlantic who had never exhibited in the United States. Throughout a six-decade career, she represented Nan Goldin, William Kentridge, Julie Mehretu, John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner, Tino Sehgal, Andrea Fraser, Gerhard Richter, and Anselm Kiefer. Her practice was so successful that she opened galleries in Paris in 1995, London in 2014, and Los Angeles in 2023, before moving her flagship from Midtown Manhattan to Tribeca in 2024. Artists shared tributes to Goodman over the weekend, including Julie Mehretu, who call...