Laura Phipps Tapped to Lead Gochman Collection of Indigenous Art

Laura Phipps Tapped to Lead Gochman Collection of Indigenous Art

Laura Phipps, the new director of the Gochman Family Collection (photo by and courtesy Roeg Cohen)Laura Phipps, former associate curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, has been tapped as the new director of the Gochman Family Collection (GFC). The news comes as the New York City organization prepares to open a permanent exhibition space along the Hudson River Valley this coming fall, creating a home for its renowned selection of contempo…

Laura Phipps Named Director of Gochman Family Collection

Laura Phipps has been announced as the new director of the Gochman Family Collection (GFC), a private collection devoted to contemporary Indigenous art. Phipps arrives to the collection from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, where she was an associate curator. In her new capacity, she will serve as a public advocate for Native artists and guide the […]

Influential collection of Indigenous art hires former Whitney curator, will open exhibition space in New York

The Gochman Family Collection has hired Laura Phipps as its director and will open a venue in Katonah, New York, this autumn

Laura Phipps Named Director of Gochman Family Collection, Which Is Opening a New Exhibition Space in Katonah, N.Y., in Fall 2026

Laura Phipps is the new director of the Gochman Family Collection, a New York-based private collection dedicated mostly, though not exclusively, to contemporary Indigenous art. She fills a role most recently held by Zach Feuer, who founded Forge Project with Becky Gochman in 2021, and currently serves as one of the collection’s five curatorial consultants. Phipps joins the GFC after nearly two decades at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She…

Whitney Curator Departs to Lead Indigenous Art Collection

Laura Phipps will head up the New York‑based Gochman Family Collection, which will open a new exhibition space this autumn.