The Art World: In Other Words, Lust for Life—Collecting Art with Herbert Lust
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English - September 21, 2017 12:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 116 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Society & Culture art charlotteburns sothebys Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A literature professor and Fulbright scholar turned investment banker, 90-year old Herbert Lust has one of the leading collections of works by artists including Alberto Giacometti, Robert Indiana and Hans Bellmer, among others.
Lust, who in 1969 wrote one of the first books about art collecting as an investment, talks to our host Charlotte Burns about his extraordinary life, discussing his friendships with artists and passing along some advice for collectors.
“Robert Indiana: Works from the Collection of Herbert Lust” is on show at S|2 Gallery from 8 September until 6 October
"In Other Words" is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby's, produced by Audiation.fm.