THE NEW YORK TIMES
Show Us Your Walls
By Shivani Vora
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| From left, Andrew Wingrove and Maneesh Goyal in their apartment, with Mickalene Thomas’s “Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires.” Mickalene Thomas/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Brittainy Newman/The New York Times |
Maneesh Goyal, who grew up in Dallas, and his husband, Andrew Wingrove, from Hilton Head, S.C., met more than 12 years ago as recent transplants to New York City. Neither had a particular interest in collecting art until then. “In New York, we discovered a rich art community together and met artists and started to visit galleries and art fairs,” Mr. Wingrove said. Fast forward to today, and to the couple sitting in their loft overlooking Union Square. It’s full of Indian drawings and paintings, and contemporary works by American gay, lesbian and transgender artists. [
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| MICKALENE THOMAS | Le déjeuner sur l’herbe: les trois femmes noires
2010. C-print, artist proof 2/2, 48 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Lehmann Maupin, NY and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. |
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| An untitled custom drawing Shantell Martin created for the couple in 2019. |
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| From left, an untitled mixed-media work by Sadie Benning (2016) and Dennis Koch’s “Untitled (Hemispheric Discontinuity)” (2011). |
