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"Stephanie Ingrassia is one of the most prominent  arts patrons in Brooklyn. Along with her husband, Timothy Ingrassia of  Goldman Sachs, she works to advance institutions throughout the city,  particularly through her role as a board member at the Brooklyn  Museum.&amp;#8220;My personal interests and [my collection] primarily revolve around  contemporary art and photography, so that is where I have had the most  involvement and the most influence at the museum,&amp;#8221; Ingrassia said. &amp;#8220;Arnold  Lehman, the director at the Brooklyn Museum, has been an encouraging  mentor to me, so it is nice to be able to give back a little.&amp;#8221;Her taste has left its mark on the museum both in its fundraising events, and  in its galleries. &amp;#8220;A couple years ago, an artist who I have followed and  collected, Amy Sillman, was featured in a show of working Brooklyn  artists,&amp;#8221; Ingrassia said. And she has recently made plans to donate a photograph  by Ana Mendieta to the museum&amp;#8217;s new Elizabeth Sackler Center for  Feminist Art, scheduled to open this spring.---------------My First Acquisition: The first painting I bought was from a faculty  member at the School of Visual Arts, where I was a graphic design  student. I bought it in 1988 for $250. It is a great painting, and it now hangs  in my little boy&amp;#39;s bedroom. I guess I had an early awareness of painting and  photography, being in art school, which prompted my decision to collect&amp;#8212;that and  having a supportive husband who encouraged my habit.---------------My Most Recent Acquisition: I recently purchased a Tal R  painting from Zach Feuer. Tal is an Isreali/Danish artist working  in Berlin. I have followed his work for a few years now, and I feel that this  [painting] is [from] a great group of work [that is] full of color and made with  paint straight from the tube. I also recently purchased a video piece by Julian  Opie for my husband&amp;#39;s birthday&amp;#8212;a sexy woman walking. He loves it.---------------My Collecting Philosophy: I collect works that I want to see in my  home. I probably should give more attention to a specific direction, but for the  moment, I buy work that I enjoy seeing every day. I am usually drawn to great  color and composition with graphic qualities. Donald Baechler is a great example of an artist who  masterfully combines graphic and painterly collage. I own several of his  works.---------------The Anchor in My Collection: When I decided to really get serious  about collecting, I called Paul Kasmin and asked him to help me find a  Jean Michel Basquiat, an artist I have always loved. The paintings were  out of reach, but he found a great drawing that is a self-portrait. I love the  amazing line quality of the piece and the way it works so well with my other,  more painterly works.---------------The Scope of My Collection: I concentrate on contemporary work by  living artists, but I have two spectacular drawings by Picasso and Matisse that are quite nice to live with. My good  friend, photo dealer Janet Borden, introduced me to vintage Lee  Friedlander photographs [which I also collect]."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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