A New Source of Support for Indigenous Art
The Forge Project, based in the Hudson Valley, is Becky Gochman’s initiative to raise the profile of the artists and find homes for their work in collections and museums.
By Ted Loos, The New York Times - March 9, 2022
ANCRAM, N.Y. — Some major art collectors begin in the domestic sphere, buying work for themselves to enjoy at home and only later sharing their bounty with the wider world.
But the philanthropist Becky Gochman, 58, skipped right to the second step.
She has been on an art-buying spree, but not for herself or her homes in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla.
Her purchases are for an initiative she founded in 2021, the Forge Project, which supports Indigenous art and artists by buying works and then lending and donating them to institutions and making them available for scholarly study.