Our team
Abigail Ross Goodman
Abigail Ross Goodman has been deeply engaged in the art world for more than twenty years as a curator and gallerist. Co-founder of Goodman Taft, she is also a Consulting Curator to the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College and has overseen the development of their Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art since its inception in 2013. Abigail has curated numerous public exhibitions and projects, including the 2012 deCordova Biennial at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Lincoln, MA), as well as exhibitions at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum (Winter Park, FL). She has also spearheaded major public art installations by artists such as Nicole Eisenman, Hank Willis Thomas and the Cause Collective, Alexandre da Cunha, and Raúl de Nieves. Abigail contributes to scholarly publications, serving as editor of multiple volumes on the Rollins College collection, and lectures on the topics of curatorial practice and collecting. In addition, Abigail is a Trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and an Advisory Board member of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. She holds a BA in History of Art and Architecture from Brown University. Together with Molly Epstein, Abigail is the guest curator of Ground/work, the first-ever outdoor exhibition at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, on view from October 2020 – October 2021.
Maria Taft
Maria has spent over a decade in the contemporary art world. Prior to co-founding Goodman Taft, Maria lived and worked in numerous locations in the United States and abroad including London, the Middle East, Singapore, Hawaii, Greece and California, allowing her broad access to the global art market. Maria began her career in the arts with stints at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sotheby’s, New York, and the David Winton Bell Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island, and spent time working on strategy and development with several global firms. Maria previously served as Co-Chair of the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, and as a member of SFMoMA’s Development Council. She is also a partner of the VIA Art Fund. Maria holds a BA in the History of Art & Architecture from Brown University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Molly Epstein
Senior Partner
Molly Epstein is a curator whose artist-driven practice spans exhibition projects and collection-building activities. Prior to joining Goodman Taft as a Principal in 2016, Epstein spent over ten years as a gallerist in New York and London, serving as Director of Gladstone Gallery—where she worked on major exhibition projects with Anish Kapoor, Shirin Neshat, and Jim Hodges—and holding positions at White Cube, London, and Sperone Westwater, New York. In the public realm, Molly has produced projects and collaborated with several leading artists, including Nicole Eisenman, Teresita Fernández, Alexandre da Cunha, and Raúl de Nieves. She is the co-editor of the Art for Rollins publication series and has lectured on contemporary art practice and various art world topics at The Whitney Museum of American Art, Triple Canopy, and the ITP graduate program at NYU. Trained as an art historian, Molly holds a BA in History of Art from Yale University, where she was the recipient of the W.E. Memorial Award, and an MA in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she was the Thomas H. Lee Scholar. Molly sits on the board of the VIA Art Fund, where she is also a member of the Grant Advisory Committee. Together with Abigail Ross Goodman, Molly is the guest curator of Ground/work, the first-ever outdoor exhibition at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, on view from October 2020 – October 2021.
Ellen Langan
Partner
Partner Ellen Langan is a curator with over 15 years of experience in the realm of contemporary art. Prior to joining Goodman Taft as Director in 2021, Ellen was the proprietor of EML Fine Art Projects, a creative project advisory working with artists, gallerists, and visual arts nonprofit leaders. Ellen spent over a decade as Senior Director at Maccarone New York, where she oversaw artist and estate stewardship, museum relations, and specialized curatorial projects. Ellen holds a BS in Journalism with a Concentration in Art History from Boston University, and an MA in Modern + Contemporary Art, Connoisseurship, and the History of the Art Market from Christie’s Education. In the nonprofit realm, Ellen currently serves as Co-Chair of Artadia’s Ambassadors Council and is a Founding Partner of New York Consolidated. Ellen is also one of the founders of Art to Zero, an organization building capacity on implementation of climate action across the visual arts.
Elizabeth Morley
Associate Director
Elizabeth has held a number of positions in the art world spanning institutional and commercial organizations in the U.S and abroad. Most recently, Elizabeth worked at Salon 94 Gallery in New York, collaborating with and supporting a senior director. She also helped lead the gallery’s transition to curated online exhibitions and art fairs. Prior to Salon 94, Elizabeth worked in London in Sotheby’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Department and the Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles. Elizabeth holds a BA in Art History and Studio Art from the University of Virginia.
James Kenny
Registrar, Collections & Installations
James has held a number of registrarial roles at various museums in the US and UK, managing the movement, storage, and care of institutional art collections at the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University and the Imperial War Museum London. During his time in the museum world, he worked on exhibitions featuring works by many contemporary artists, including Ai Weiwei and Mahwish Chishty. James holds a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge, and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester.