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Herb & Dorothy

  • 20082008
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  • 1h 27m
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Herb & Dorothy (2008)
Herb and Dorothy tells the story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means.
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Herb and Dorothy Vogel redefine what it means to be an art collector.Herb and Dorothy Vogel redefine what it means to be an art collector.Herb and Dorothy Vogel redefine what it means to be an art collector.
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    • Director
      • Megumi Sasaki
    • Writer
      • Abbey Dubin(Abbey Dubin)
    • Stars
      • Paula Antebi
      • Will Barnet
      • Robert Barry
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    • Director
      • Megumi Sasaki
    • Writer
      • Abbey Dubin(Abbey Dubin)
    • Stars
      • Paula Antebi
      • Will Barnet
      • Robert Barry
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    • 6User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
    • Awards
      • 6 wins

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    Paula Antebi
    • Self - Herb's Sister
    Will Barnet
    • Self - Artist
    Robert Barry
    • Self - Artist
    Lynda Benglis
    • Self - Artist
    Michael Bloomberg
    Michael Bloomberg
    • Self - Mayor of New York City
    • (archive footage)
    Christo and Jeanne-Claude
    • Themselves - Artists
    Chuck Close
    Chuck Close
    • Self - Artist
    Jack Cowart
    • Self - Director, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
    Molly Bridges Donovan
    Molly Bridges Donovan
    • Self - Curator, National Gallery of Art
    • (as Molly Donovan)
    Carole Hoffman
    • Self - Dorothy's Sister-in-Law
    Sidney S. Hoffman
    • Self - Dorothy's Brother
    Sol LeWitt
    • Self - Artist
    • (archive footage)
    Joe Libonati
    • Self - Postal Worker
    Robert Mangold
    • Self - Artist
    Sylvia Mangold
    • Self - Artist
    • (as Sylvia Plimack Mangold)
    John Paoletti
    • Self - Art Historian
    Lucio Pozzi
    • Self - Artist
    Charles Ritchie
    • Self - Curator, National Gallery of Art
    • Director
      • Megumi Sasaki
    • Writer
      • Abbey Dubin(Abbey Dubin)
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    • Trivia
      Works from the National Gallery of Art, Vogel Collection, seen with on screen titles shown (artist name), in order of appearance: 1 - "Untitled, 1962" (John Chamberlain) 2 - "Floor Structure Black, 1965" (Sol LeWitt) 3 - "Four Paintings, 1978" (Robert Mangold) 4 - "X within Red/Green X, 1981" (Robert Mangold) 5 - "Four Color Frame Painting #1, 1984Robert Mangold) 6 - "49 Small Copper Cardinal, 1975" (Carl Andre) 7 - "Lead Pipe Cinch, 1970" (Carl Andre) 8 - "Untitled, 1968" (Donald Judd) 9 - "Untitled, 1965" (a) (Donald Judd) 10 - "Untitled, 1965" (b) (Donald Judd) 11 - "Starting with Four Colors, 1978" (Lucio Pozzi) 12 - "Study for Keith, 1970" (Chuck Close) 13 - "Collage of Valley Curtain, 1971" (Christo) 14 - "Drawing of The Gates, 1996" (Christo) 15 - "Art as Idea: Nothing, 1968" (Joseph Kosuth) 16 - "The Collectors, 1977" (Will Barnet) 17 - "Turn, 1965" (Richard Tuttle) 18 - "4th Summer Wood Piece, 1974" (Richard Tuttle) 19 - "Monkey's Recovery for a Darkened Room, 1983" (Richard Tuttle) 20 - "3rd Rope Piece, 1974" (Richard Tuttle) 21 - "Step Piece, 1970" (Vito Acconci) 22 - "Wall Drawing No. 681 C first installation, 1993" (Sol LeWitt)
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    inspiring, even if you don't "get" modern art
    Minimalism in art is clearly a matter of personal taste - one either loves it or loathes it, "gets" it or doesn't - but what cannot be debated is the influence Herbert and Dorothy Vogel have had on its cultivation over the past half century. Not as artists themselves, mind you - their own dabbling in it proved to be both unproductive and short-lived - but as the most famous patrons and backers of those who create the actual works.

    Though not wealthy themselves, Herb, a drab, colorless postal worker by day and an obsessive art maven by night, and his equally passionate wife Dorothy, have managed, over the course of five decades, to amass the world's greatest collection of minimalist and conceptual art - close to five thousand pieces in all. Almost from the day they first met in 1960, the two have been scouring the Manhattan art scene, constantly on the lookout for works to purchase and artists to champion.

    And speaking of minimalism, director Megumi Sasaki provides relatively few biographical details about the couple, preferring instead to concentrate on their work as collectors and the impact their intense passion and love for art have had on the scene. Sasaki relies primarily on interviews - with both the Vogels themselves and the artists whose lives and works they've influenced - to paint his portrait of the couple.

    As a film, "Herb and Dorothy" doesn't always make for the most riveting of viewing, seeing as much of the artwork they're fawning over is - let's be perfectly honest about it - more than a trifle preposterous. Indeed, you might even have trouble suppressing an irreverent giggle from time to time as you examine some of the pieces. But, as subjects for the camera, the Vogels convey such a down-home warm, generous and wise aura and presence that it's hard to be all that cynical about it.
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    • Release date
      • November 13, 2010 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Эрб и Дороти
    • Filming locations
      • Franklin Roosevelt Station, United States Post Office, 909 Third Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Fine Line Media
      • ITVS International
      • MUSE Film and Television
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $194,721
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,242
      • Jun 7, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $194,721
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