i'm very pleased to have richard serra back at this table. welcome. >> thanks. >> rose: why is this the first time there has been this kind of survey of your drawings at a major museum? >> i've been drawing all my life and i've probably had drawing shows in europe and the united states and so people who follow the work closely know the drawings, but the larger public-- and i even think probably the largest art public-- doesn't know the history of my drawing. and i think it's largely to do with the san franciscan museum and the museum in houston, they decided to mount an exhibition and they asked if metro poll tan would participate and the metropolitan said yes they would like to do it first. so we're doing it here. >> rose: so it was an idea conceived by other museums? >> it was conceived by texas... >> rose: and san francisco joined in and the met said if you let us go first you can do it here. >> that's exactly right. >> rose: do you take special pride that at long last richard serra is at the met? >> i didn't expect to be at the met. >> ro

. >> safer: today, broad balances his life with his passion for contemporary art, like this richard serra> broad: civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers; they're remembered by the arts. >> safer: he's collected over 2,000 works of art. unlike most collectors, almost all of broad's art is available for loan to museums. he loaned these pieces to the l.a. county museum of art, and threw in a $50 million building to house them. one of his favorite artist is the irrepressible jeff koons, and here, a veritable cornucopia of koonsian genius-- all, of course, painted and sculpted by hired craftsmen. koons is nothing if not worshipful of eli broad. >> jeff koons: you know, morley and eli, i just have to say, standing here, what a fantastic location. i mean, look at the natural light that is coming in on these works. it's a tremendous gallery. >> safer: and the balloon dog, what does it do to you? do you get some kind of emotional kick? >> broad: i do. it makes me smile, it makes me feel good, it make me proud, and it especially makes me proud when i see