The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection:

50 Works for 50 States

March 19 - August 1, 2015

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, a librarian and a postman of modest means, began acquiring works by contemporary artists in the 1960s. Over the next forty years the couple amassed a vast, diverse collection of contemporary art. The collection, which includes almost five thousand pieces by roughly two hundred artists, focuses on conceptual, minimalist, and post-minimalist art. In 1992 the Vogel's transferred their collection to the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, D.C. However, due to the continuing growth of the collection, in 2008 the Vogel's and the NGA announced the dispersal of 2,500 works by 177 artists to museums throughout the country to heighten public awareness of contemporary art and artists. The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is the beneficiary of this generous gift to the state of Utah.

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection presents a full installation of the complete Vogel gift to the state of Utah for the first time. The exhibition includes work by Lynda Benglis, Richard Tuttle, Lucio Pozzi, Cheryl Laemmle, Richard Nonas and many others. The works are varied in style and medium, but presented as a whole they demonstrate the multitude of expressions within contemporary art.