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  • 2013
  • Fine Line Media
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2013
  • Fine Line Media
  • 1 h 27 m
Herb & Dorothy 50X50

Summary 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 launch...

Directed By: Megumi Sasaki

  • 2013
  • Fine Line Media
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2013
  • Fine Line Media
  • 1 h 27 m

Herb & Dorothy 50X50

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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 launch...

Directed By: Megumi Sasaki

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Herbert Vogel

Self

Dorothy Vogel

Self

Paula Antebi

Self - Herb's sister

Robert Barry

Self - Artist

Lisa Bradley

Self - Artist

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Themselves - Artist

Chuck Close

Self - Artist

Charles Clough

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

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
65
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
65
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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90
Sep 10, 2013
It's an absorbing document of an extraordinary act of generosity.
By Chris Klimek FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 13, 2013
As the saying goes, I may not know art, but I know what I like. I like this movie.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 27, 2013
Megumi Sasaki's follow-up to her first documentary, 2008's Herb & Dorothy, is as engaging and unpretentious as its subjects.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 22, 2013
The democratic nature of the project and its exploration here jibes with the story of the Vogels, who (to put it mildly) don't conform to the stereotype of the filthy-rich art patron.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 14, 2013
Dorothy Vogel is less the soft-spoken housewife from the first film than a businesswoman both shrewd and mousy, and her trajectory affords the film its closest semblance to a story.
By Steve Macfarlane FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 12, 2013
It’s difficult to dislike a documentary with such noble, generous subjects, but the film is unfocused and repetitious, not sure whether it is a road trip, a story of a couple or an exploration of small art institutions.
By Miriam Bale FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 19, 2013
The film's hymn of praise quickly grows cloying, thanks partly to a relentless musical soundtrack.
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Release Date Sep 13, 2013
Duration 1 h 27 m
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Tagline 50 works of art to 50 states. 2500 extraordinary gifts from one ordinary couple.
Website https://www.facebook.com/herbanddorothy
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