Herb & Dorothy

Herb & Dorothy (2009)

You don't have to be a Rockefeller to collect art.

He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Meet Herb and Dorothy Vogel, whose shared passion and disciplines and defied stereotypes and redefined what it means to be an art collector.

Date of release
2009-06-05
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Megumi Sasaki

Casting

Interesting facts

Herb and Dorothy is a 2008 documentary film by Megumi Sasaki. The film tells the story of two middle-class collectors of contemporary art, Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, and the enormous and valuable collection of conceptual art and minimalist art they amassed in spite of their relatively meager salaries as New York City civil servants. Many artists are interviewed in the film, including Christo, Chuck Close, Robert Mangold, and Pat Steir.

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