Display of affection: a major Warhol exhibit shows off the private collection of the artist's onetime boyfriend.

Andy Warhol may have been the quintessential New Yorker, lint one of the most exciting new Warhol exhibitions in years is debuting far from Gotham in Brattleboro, Vt. "Andy Warhol: The Jon Gould Collection" features 150 pieces, including two abstract paintings apparently unknown to Warhol scholars until now, plus collaborative works by Warhol with Jean-Michel Basquiat and with Keith Haring. How did Brattleboro get so lucky?

The answer involves Jon Gould, a Paramount Pictures vice president who during the early '80s was Warhol's "romantic obsession," according to a muse um spokesman. The handsome scion of a wealthy, prominent family, Gould rang Warhol's chimes in a big way. Though their relationship was likely platonic, Gould lived with Warhol for a time, and by the time Gould died in 1986, he had amassed a trove of Warhol treasures.

Thanks to the friendship of Gould's twin brother, Jay, and an ex-museum board member, the collection is at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center through February 6.