[1] Goossen was responsible for organizing dozens of art exhibitions at galleries and museums around the United States.
[2] Goossen saw works by the abstract painter Doug Ohlson as depicting "yellowish pink and green dawns, blue noons, and red-orange sunsets that swiftly slide from purple to black".
[3] The New York Times called Goossen "the leading expert" on the work of the visual sculptor Tony Smith.
[4] He was recognized as a Guggenheim Fellow in 1971 and was the recipient of the Critics' Award in 1975 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
[5] He was survived by his wife, Patricia Johanson, an environmental sculptor best known for her large-scale art projects that create habitats for humans, as well as by two children from his first marriage and three sons from his second.