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Here is a picture of Goodman:
Even though she is almost always referred to as a dealer, she does not like the term and would rather be called a "gallerist," as she says a "gallerist represents artists, and a dealer represents a work" (Thompson, 29). (Personally, I think that is a marketing technique in and of itself as there is no big difference between the two.) She represents many famous artists who have been featured in top museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA in New York. One art critic called Goodman "the most respected contemporary dealer in New York, for her tastes, standards, and loyalty to her artists. Goodman believes that dealers should commit to working with an artist for 15-20 years. She is very loyal to the artists she works with; she's been with some of them for 25+ years. I think it is this loyalty that makes her so successful.
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