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In 2008, legendary art collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel made an announcement that stunned the art world. Known and loved as a retired postal worker (Herb) and librarian (Dorothy) who built a world-class art collection on their humble salaries, the Vogels launched a national gift project with the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington DC that would constitute one of the largest gifts in the history of American art: to give a total of 2,500 artworks to museums in all fifty states.
This came sixteen years after the Vogels had transferred their entire collection to NGA, the majority as a gift, making headlines in 1992. During those years at the NGA, the collection had grown to nearly 5,000 pieces, too large for any one museum to contain. As a solution, a national gift project titled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States was conceived. Though their collection was now worth millions of dollars, the couple did not sell a single piece, instead giving fifty works to one museum in every state. Having worked their whole lives as civil servants, their wish was to give back to the people of the United States.
One year ago, on July 22, 2012, Dorothy declared their collection closed after the passing of her husband Herb. Dorothy works to create a living tribute to their partnership, the collection they created together, and the overwhelmingly positive legacy they have left on the American art world for generations to come.
Original Release
03/30/2013
US Release
09/13/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Paula Antebi | Herself - Herb's sister / Self - Herb's sister |
Robert Barry | Self - Artist / Himself - Artist |
Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Themselves - Artist |
Chuck Close | Himself - Artist / Self - Artist |
Charles Clough | Himself - Artist / Self - Artist |
Joel Dinglasan | Self - Physical Therapist, Kinetic Sports Physical Therapy P.C. |
Patrick Duffy | Self - Board President, Las Vegas Art Museum |
Ruth Fine | Self - Curator, National Gallery of Art |
Martin Johnson | Self - Artist |
Stephan Jost | Self - Director, Honolulu Museum of Art |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paula Antebi | Herself - Herb's sister / Self - Herb's sister |
Robert Barry | Self - Artist / Himself - Artist |
Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Themselves - Artist |
Chuck Close | Himself - Artist / Self - Artist |
Charles Clough | Himself - Artist / Self - Artist |
Joel Dinglasan | Self - Physical Therapist, Kinetic Sports Physical Therapy P.C. |
Patrick Duffy | Self - Board President, Las Vegas Art Museum |
Ruth Fine | Self - Curator, National Gallery of Art |
Martin Johnson | Self - Artist |
Stephan Jost | Self - Director, Honolulu Museum of Art |
Mark Kostabi | Self - Artist |
Max Marmor | Self - President, Samuel H. Kress Foundation |
Robyn G. Peterson | Self - Executive Director, Yellowstone Art Museum |
John Ravenal | Self - Curator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
Danielle Rice | Self - Executive Director, Delaware Art Museum |
Terence Riley | Self - Director, Miami Art Museum |
Jerry Schefcik | Self - Director, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery UNLV |
Gail Stavitsky | Self - Chief Curator, Montclair Art Museum |
Pat Steir | Self - Artist |
Jason Stieber | Self - Collections Specialist, Archives of American Art |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Karl Katz | Executive Producer |
Catherine Price | Executive Producer |
Megumi Sasaki | Producer |
Hélio Bodini | Producer |
Jack Chiueh | Producer |
Charina Espino | Producer |
Yuki Murai | Producer |
Takeshi Yamasaki | Producer |