Next Thursday (Oct. 1st at 7pm) we will be partnering with the amazing Circle Cinema to screen the documentary Herb & Dorothy. The movie tells the unlikely tale of a husband and wife who become some of the most famous and influential art collectors in America.BUT WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
From Wikipedia:
"Herbert and Dorothy Vogel are American art collectors.
The Vogels, who worked as a postal clerk with the United States Postal Service and a librarian with the Brooklyn Public Library, respectively, built a large and impressive collection of conceptual and minimalist art on their modest income. They amassed a collection of over 4,782 works, which they kept in their NYC partment. In 1992, they decided to transfer the entire collection to the National Gallery of Art.
More recently, in late 2008, they launched The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States along with the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The program will donate 2,500 works to 50 institutions across 50 states and will be accompanied by a book with the same name."
To see a trailer for the film and for other info, click HERE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EVENT!!
