Fresh
The movie gives us an eyeful, but the unexamined irony is that the nice old couple can't sell the rest of us on why it's good.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Herb & Dorothy
You don't have to be a Rockefeller to collect art.
2009 · 1h 29m · NOT RATED
Documentary
Directed by
Megumi Sasaki
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Megumi Sasaki Director
- Herbert Vogel as himself
- Dorothy Vogel as herself
- Mike Wallace as himself
- Charlie Rose as himself
- Paula Antebi as Herself - Herb's sister
- Will Barnet as Himself - artist
- Robert Barry as Himself - artist
- Lynda Benglis as Herself - artist
- Michael Bloomberg as Himself - Mayor of New York City (archive footage)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Sasaki balances her subjects' yarns with insights into the cultural moment that shaped them and vice-versa, in particular the shift from abstract expressionism to the sparer gestures of minimalist and conceptual art.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
If Ripley's Believe It or Not! were still around, Herb and Dorothy Vogel would surely be in it for amassing a world-class art collection on the most ordinary of working-class salaries.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Herb and Dorothy, a documentary by Megumi Sasaki, grows on you just as its subjects do.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
It's impossible to leave this movie believing that the Vogels are weirdos or naifs. A wealth of artists and curators testify to their strong eye, unwavering enthusiasm, and clear judgment.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
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