Daily Archives: February 14, 2010

This lighthearted documentary by Megumi Sasaki is appropriate for today: it is about a Museum Club for two that has lasted for 45 years. Herb was a high school drop out and wannabe artist/postal worker. Dorothy had moved from Elmira to the big city and got a job at the Brooklyn Heights branch of BPL. They met at a dance. She knew nothing about art, they went to the National Gallery on their honeymoon and educated themselves and immersed themselves in the New York art scene of the sixties through the present, carefully choosing small works they could afford that would fit in their apartment.
It’s both lovely and totally insane. Their apartment is full of cats, turtles, and so much art they can’t sit on the couch. They were addicted to buying art- greedy for it- hoarding it. But they are also lovely people who spent their lives truly appreciating the work of artists and supporting their friends. Watch the movie. Tell me what you think.