{"id":2170,"date":"2010-07-01T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2010-07-01T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T10:00:01","slug":"the-must-see-film-on-collecting-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2010\/07\/01\/the-must-see-film-on-collecting-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Must-See Film on Collecting Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2465\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2465\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/2010\/07\/the-must-see-film-on-collecting-art\/herb-and-dorothy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2465\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2465\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/herb-and-dorothy-400x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/herb-and-dorothy-400x289.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/herb-and-dorothy-140x100.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/herb-and-dorothy.jpg 656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: HerbandDorothy.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All too often we succumb to the notion that the landscape of contemporary art collecting is rife with contrivances, esotericism, unapproachability and insurmountable financial obstacles. <em>Herb and Dorothy<\/em>, the story of an ordinary couple and what has become one of the most important collections of contemporary American art in the world, defies all of those notions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2474\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2474\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/2010\/07\/the-must-see-film-on-collecting-art\/floor-structure-black-sol-lewitt-nga-gov\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2474\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2474\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/FLOOR-STRUCTURE-BLACK-Sol-LeWitt-nga.gov_-399x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Floor Structure Black&quot; by Sol LeWitt. Source: nga.gov<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The film, a first-time effort from rookie documentarian Megumi Sasaki, tells the story of Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a Manhattan couple whose approach to buying art borders on art itself. Herb, a postal worker, and Dorothy, a librarian, pursued art with what could be called an obsessive zeal, eventually amassing a collection of over 2,000 works in their tiny one-bedroom apartment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2468\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2468\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/2010\/07\/the-must-see-film-on-collecting-art\/herb-724967-725043\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2468\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2468\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/herb-724967-725043-400x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Film still, Source: HerbandDorothy.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Their approach to immersing themselves in art is disarmingly modest. Herb educated himself on the basic tenets of art history the old fashion way (reading books) and after a brief period of productive creativity of their own, the Vogels fell into collecting work naturally. Their purchasing habits are based upon two guiding principles: they dedicated Herb&#8217;s earnings to art and lived on Dorothy&#8217;s wages, so the work had to be affordable, and it had to fit in their home. As a result, they looked outside the mainstream, often forming relationships with young, emerging artists who would sell their pieces at realistic prices and then eventually go on to establish themselves as artist powerhouses.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2475\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2475\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/2010\/07\/the-must-see-film-on-collecting-art\/tuttle-draw-004\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2475\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2475\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/tuttle-draw-004-394x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/tuttle-draw-004-394x400.jpg 394w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/tuttle-draw-004.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;3rd Rope Piece&quot; by Richard Tuttle. Source: pbs.org\/art21<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Perhaps the most moving thing about the Vogel&#8217;s collection is that they seem to invest according to their hearts. It almost sounds trite, but it is astounding and inspiring to watch two people pursue artistic beauty with zero pretense and such pure intentions.<br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2466\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/2010\/07\/the-must-see-film-on-collecting-art\/herb-and-dorothy-movie2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2466\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/herb-and-dorothy-movie2-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/herb-and-dorothy-movie2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/herb-and-dorothy-movie2.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Herb and Dorothy<\/em> is available on <a title=\"Herb and Dorothy on Netflix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/Movie\/Herb_Dorothy\/70117555\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> and <a title=\"Herb and Dorothy on iTunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewMovie?id=337424867&amp;s=143441&amp;uo=4\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>. For more information and schedule of upcoming screenings, visit the website for the <a title=\"Herb and Dorothy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.herbanddorothy.com\/2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">film<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/3069795\">HERB &amp; DOROTHY Trailer<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1229748\">Herb &amp; Dorothy<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herb, a postal worker, and Dorothy, a librarian, pursued art with what could be called an obsessive zeal, eventually amassing a collection of over 2,000 works in their tiny one-bedroom apartment&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[334,338,395,340],"tags":[483],"class_list":["post-2170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-gallery","category-artists","category-buying-art","category-collecting-art","tag-herb-dorothy-vogel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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