Collectors and the Private Patronage System was organized as part of the Perspectives: A New York Art Community Dialog series. This series of five symposia explored aesthetic, social, political, and economic aspects of the art community between the 1950s and  the 1970s. Each of the consecutive Wednesday evenings was devoted to a single facet of the New York art world, and was attended by a diverse “standing room only” crowd of more than 250 people.