Voices / Interviews & archives
Listen to
the person.
First-person sources give collecting another texture. These links lead to published institutional records; this journal does not present invented interviews.
Oral history · 2024
Agnes Gund
An Archives of American Art interview recorded July–October 2024. Follow the original record for transcript and access information.
Open the original sourcePersonal papers · 1960s–2009
Dorothy & Herbert Vogel
An archival route into the collectors’ lives. This is a papers collection and biographical note, not an interview reproduced by this journal.
Open the original sourceMuseum biography · Personal recollections
Peggy Guggenheim
The museum biography brings together chronology and attributed recollections. Read the original for her own words and their publication context.
Open the original sourceThree questions to carry into an interview
- Which encounter changed what you wanted to collect?
- How did living with the works alter your understanding of them?
- What should happen to a collection when it becomes public?
Editorial prompts, not statements attributed to the people profiled.