Overview
The Art World Career Project brings together ten courses created to provide an outstanding opportunity of learning the key information required to take your place in the art world.
If you are dreaming of becoming an Art Advisor, working in Art Marketing or Public Relations, opening your own gallery, or working within the art market landscape, this course will offer the essential knowledge you need as well as notable art world contacts to make those dreams come true.
Along with learning the fundamental elements of some of the key art market careers, you will also attend sessions on Art Law, Economics, collections management, NFTs, the contemporary art market as well as the opportunity to visit art fairs, auctions, and major collections. Participants will also have the opportunity to spend a day with a department shadowing a specialist and the opportunity to network with other members of the team. A CV workshop will also be offered for those seeking advice on how to prepare for their future job in the art world. Because you are doing this course with Christie’s, the leading art world business, you will have access to experts and specialists in their fields.
The programme is delivered on a hybrid model with lectures delivered virtually. There will also be ‘in-person’ components so that you can experience the art world. Recordings of all virtual sessions will be made available for viewing if you are unable to attend the ‘live’ presentation.
Courses in the programme include:
Additional options include an In-person 5-day Art Business and Contemporary Market course, CV workshops and mentoring with Christie’s. (subject to availability)
Learning Outcomes:
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Students will learn the essential elements of the current art market landscape
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Acquire knowledge and insights into some of the careers available in the art world
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Make contact with key players and networks within the art market
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Gain confidence to move into a role within the art world
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Timeline
Negotiating the Art Market: Collecting, Buying and Selling Art
Over a four month span discover a cross disciplinary course that provides participants with a set of skills and knowledge around the Art Market.
27 September - 13 December 2022
Art World Marketing and PR and Communications
This five-day course is designed for people who are interested in moving toward a role in Marketing, PR and Communications within the Art sector.
12 October - 9 November 2022
NFTs - The Complete Guide
This course will take you through everything you need to know about NFTs within an art world context.
5 - 9 December 2022
An Introduction to Art Advisory
A five-day introductory course exploring art advisory and its role in the international art market.
10 January - 7 February 2023
The Ultimate Guide to Opening a Gallery
This is the ideal programme for anyone interested in establishing a gallery; either bricks and mortar or an online platform or for people wanting to work within the gallery sector of the art world.
18 January - 15 February 2023
Fundamental Principals of Curating
This introductory course on curating will provide you with the essential elements to consider when creating an exhibition.
21 -23 February 2023
Art Market Economics - A Historical Analysis of a Contemporary Market
This course offers students the opportunity to understand how the modern art market came about and investigate its influences.
1- 29 March 2023
Understanding Contemporary Art and its Market
Join curator and author Piero Tomassoni as he takes us on a journey through the main cultural developments which shaped today’s artistic and market landscape.
3 - 31 March 2023
Provenance and Restitution
Understand Provenance and Restitution, two of the key terms used in the global art market today.
4 -13 April 2023
Managing a Collection
Join us and discover key insights into understanding and interpreting seascapes and gain knowledge of key artists and masterpieces.
24 -28 April 2023
Speakers
Christine Lee
Christine Lee is the Founder and Managing Principal of OPENART and Christine Lee Art Advisory, art advisories for private collectors, and corporate and hospitality clients. She has over 10 years of experience in the art industry in various roles including gallery director, curator, senior art advisor, senior project manager, and Vice President of an art consulting firm based in NYC, working on art collections and projects for residential, corporate and hospitality clients. Furthermore, she trained and held numerous positions in international art galleries such as Haunch of Venison of Christie's, Arario Gallery, Martos Gallery, and SUN Contemporary which allowed her to gain in-depth knowledge of the global art market.
She is also an art journalist covering international art news to 3 publications; Art Radar, The Culture Trip and Forbes, writing about contemporary art, Asian contemporary art & investing in art. She holds a Masters in Design from Pratt institute, BA in Comparative Literature, and studied Modern and Contemporary Art, Connoisseurship and History of the Art Market from Christie’s in New York, and Curating from Sotheby’s Institute of Art.
Dr Thomas Flynn
Dr Tom Flynn is a graduate of the University of Sussex and the Royal College of Art, completing his doctorate at the University of Sussex in 1998. From 1998-2000 Tom was Henry Moore Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, organising an international exhibition on Rodin’s connections with the United Kingdom.
A former journalist at The Art Newspaper, his writing has appeared in numerous international art market publications. He has held board positions with art price data company Invaluable and the contemporary print retailer Eyestorm. He has published widely on the global art market, contemporary sculpture, museology, and art and design history and is an accredited lecturer with The Arts Society.
He was Senior Lecturer at Kingston College of Art from 2010-2017, directing the RICS-Accredited MA in Art Appraisal (Professional Practice) and has taught at Sussex University; IESA (Paris and London); and Richmond, the American University in London.
In 2017 he co-founded with Angelina Giovani the art provenance research agency Flynn & Giovani (FlynnGiovani.com), of which he is non-Executive director.
Frédéric Gonand
Frédéric Gonand (PhD, PhD, Hdr, CNU Pr) is a French economist with extensive experience in advising public authorities in different countries and in art economics. From 2007 to 2011, he was economic advisor to Mrs Christine Lagarde, then Minister of the Economy in France (now President of the ECB). Since 2013, he's been professor of economics at University Paris Dauphine-PSL (world ranking: 21st in CRWU, 38th in Shangaï, 1st young university on the world in the Times Higher Education ranking). Academic activities (publications in academic journals, PhD advisor) and consulting activities. Director of 3 Master degrees and 1 Executive MBA. Apart from his PhD in economics, Frédéric also holds a PhD in History of Art (Ecole du Louvre - EPHE), cofounded in 2020 the Executive Master Art Wealth Management and is professor of "Art Markets" at Ecole du Louvre.
Geoff Lowsley
Geoff Lowsley has been the Collection Manager for the private art collections of Mr Valentino Garavani and Mr Giancarlo Giammetti (founders of the fashion house“Valentino”) since 2013, managing their significant collection of fine art and antiques across 10 properties globally. He studied Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Durham before starting his professional career working in two London auction houses. He has specialised in collections management through roles in the National Trust, training staff in the London and South East region in inventory work, and at the Courtauld Gallery managing the digital collection and the art gallery’s collection system. He has been a regular contributor to the archaeology magazine “Minerva”, given talks and panel discussions and has provided consultancy for a number of museums, trusts and private collections.
Nico Epstein
Nico Epstein is a curator, art historian and art advisor with a career-long involvement in art tech. He is a partner and COO of Artvisor, a London based contemporary art consultancy; having worked in the online art space for the past 10 years. Epstein has helped to arrange more than 20 exhibitions of contemporary art throughout Europe, New York and Hong Kong, focussing mostly on artists of his generation. He is currently overseeing the expansion of Artvisor’s technology and the formation of the art collection for the new W Hotel opening in Rome this autumn. Epstein also acts as a consultant for Frieze, organizing bespoke tours for their VIP clients. He has lectured on contemporary art and its markets at Bocconi, The Courtauld, and University College London among other leading universities. His most recent book, an analysis of Susan Sontag’s On Photography, was published on Routledge in 2018. His last course at Christie's Education was New Dynamics: The Digital Contemporary Art World.
Piero Tomassoni
Piero Tomassoni is a curator and art critic who works closely with institutions, artists, and collectors. He is an advisor to multiple artists’ estates and foundations. He is the collection trustee and a member of the board of the Fondazione Morra, and acts as sector expert on art and culture for Strategy& PwC. He has curated over thirty exhibitions, regularly gives lectures at universities across Europe, and has authored and contributed to several publications. He holds degrees in Philosophy & Economics and in Law, and he is an English qualified lawyer.
Assignments and Projects
Students wishing to receive a Christie’s Certificate of completion for The Art World Career Project – Designing Your Professional Future in the Art Market, will be required to complete all listed courses as well as submitting and passing the following assignments:
Art Business Plan Project
- A template will be distributed at the beginning of the programme
- Submission date: 2 months following completion of the Negotiating the Art Market course
Students will be given a brief and they will be required to source artworks for a client.
- This selection should be based on the current circumstances of the client, the collector profile and the budget they have.
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A 1200 word written explanation for the chosen pieces and how they complement the client’s collection will be required for submission.
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The client brief will be distributed during the course of the programme.
- Submission date: 1 month following completion of the Introduction to Art Advisory course.
Students will be given a Christie’s Sale to curate. This will include a variety of lots that will need to be arranged within a defined space.
Further Information and FAQs
More Information
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For any queries about this course please contact
London Courses Department
+44(0)7774 938591
Email: shortcoursesuk@christies.com
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