Overview - Herb & Dorothy 50x50

Overview

A follow up to award winning documentary 'Herb & Dorothy', the film captures the ordinary couple's extraordinary gift of art to the nation as they close the door on their life as collectors. When Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a retired postal clerk and librarian, began collecting works of contemporary art in the 1960s, they never imagined it would outgrow their one bedroom Manhattan apartment and spread throughout America. 50 years later, the collection is nearly 5,000 pieces and worth millions. Refusing to sell, the couple launches an unprecedented gift project giving artworks to one museum in all 50 states. The film journeys around the country with the Vogels, meeting artists who are famous or unknown, often controversial, striking today's society with questions about art and its survival.

Cast

• Name: Dorothy Vogel

  Character: Herself

  Popularity: 0.0466

  

• Name: Herbert Vogel

  Character: Himself

  Popularity: 0.0437

  

• Name: Paula Antebi

  Character: Herself - Herb's sister

  Popularity: 0.0538

  

• Name: Robert Barry

  Character: Himself - Artist

  Popularity: 0.0404

  

• Name: Lisa Bradley

  Character: Herself - Artist

  Popularity: 0.242

  

• Name: Chuck Close

  Character: Himself - Artist

  Popularity: 0.1993

  

• Name: Charles Clough

  Character: Himself - Artist

  Popularity: 0.0286