Laura Phipps has been appointed director of the Gochman Family Collection, a private collection focused on contemporary Indigenous art. She joins from the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she was an associate curator, and will oversee the collection's strategic direction and the opening of its new 10,000-square-foot exhibition space in Katonah, New York this fall.
This appointment signals a significant institutional commitment to elevating contemporary Indigenous art within the broader art ecosystem. Phipps's curatorial background and advocacy work position her to guide a major private collection that actively lends works globally and functions as a public-facing, artist-centered initiative, challenging traditional models of collecting and exhibition.