The Collecting Impulse: Fifty Works from Dorothy & Herbert Vogel
Sunday, June 10, 2012 - Sunday, August 12, 2012
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin was selected by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C and Dorothy and Herbert Vogel as the only museum in Texas to receive works from The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a national gift program distributing 2,500 works from the Vogel’s collection of contemporary art throughout the nation.
Long-time collectors, the Vogels personally selected each museum with the help of the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This important collection features minimal and conceptual artworks from over 170 contemporary artists. Of these, The Blanton received 50 works from artists such as Stephen Antonakos, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Elizabeth Murray, and Richard Tuttle, among others, all of which will be exhibited in The Collecting Impulse, opening June 10, alongside The Human Touch, an exhibition of works from the RBC Wealth Management Collection.
Long-time collectors, the Vogels personally selected each museum with the help of the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This important collection features minimal and conceptual artworks from over 170 contemporary artists. Of these, The Blanton received 50 works from artists such as Stephen Antonakos, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Elizabeth Murray, and Richard Tuttle, among others, all of which will be exhibited in The Collecting Impulse, opening June 10, alongside The Human Touch, an exhibition of works from the RBC Wealth Management Collection.