Marian Goodman, Visionary Dealer and “Quiet Matriarch” Who Shaped Contemporary Art, Dies at 97

Legendary art dealer Marian Goodman passed away on Thursday in a hospital bed in Los Angeles at age 97, leaving behind a singular legacy as a visionary gallerist who championed experimental, often ahead-of-their-time practices that shaped contemporary cultural discourse and paved the way for generations of artists to pursue work that was both conceptually driven and socially engaged. If, as Jerry Saltz’s 11 rules state, dealers build worlds not rosters, Goodman enabled an entire generation of...