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The Art World: In Other Words, Lust for Life—Collecting Art with Herbert Lust
Season 1 · Episode 15

The Art World: In Other Words, Lust for Life—Collecting Art with Herbert Lust

The Art World: What If...?! · Art Agency, Partners

September 21, 201723m 59s

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Show Notes

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.