Pre-requisite: Foundations in Art Business course
Notoriously an obscure network of personal connections, students will discover how new technology is setting off a shift to more transparency and accountability in the industry. Topics include an inside look at the laws that govern the inner workings of an auction house, as well as the rights of the artist in today’s market and the phygital evolution of art. This course will build upon knowledge gained in the Foundations course, allowing students to dive even deeper into the art business landscape.
Learn all essential auction vocabulary and understand how these businesses operate day-to-day
Grasp the role of the curator and the necessity of DEI in the art world
Understand the difference between kunsthalles and museums
Explore the ethics of collecting and the importance of artists’ rights
Discover the evolving technology in the art world and the metaverse
Director of Art and Technology
Gareth Fletcher is a Lecturer and Seminar Tutor in Art Business. He holds a BA (Art History, History) and BFA (Film) from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), a MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute, and is a PhD researcher at Kingston University. Gareth lectures on a range of subjects across art logistics, art business, art crime, and the application and adoption of blockchain systems within the art market. He has received a TECHNE AHRC scholarship to pursue his PhD examining the semiotics of provenance information in the establishment of cultural and economic value in the market for Near Eastern antiquities.
Read MoreFaculty and Director of Academics and Content, New York
Tim Goossens serves as Director of Academics and Content and a faculty member at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Congruently and for almost 20 years, he has continued to also expand his curatorial practice with a variety of public art festivals, triennials, art commissions, and numerous exhibition projects worldwide, all of which inspired his past research as a contributing editor for Oxford University Press. Goossens began his career at The Museum of Modern Art, New York shortly after double graduate school in Paris, France, and in due course moved as assistant curator to MoMA PS1, where he worked closely with the founding director Alanna Heiss, renowned artists, and emerging talent alike. Following these museum positions, he became the founding director and chief curator of Ford Model's art gallery FordProject, on Manhattan's 57th Street, and a gallery director for New York's Envoy Enterprises.
Read MoreAdjunct Faculty, New York
Klaudia Ofwona Draber is a curator and the founder of KODA—a social practice residency for mid-career artists. She has lived and led arts, technology and strategy projects in Europe, Africa, and the United States. Her professional experience includes working as the Head of Public Relations at the Polish Cultural Institute New York, and as a consultant to the British Council Arts. She also worked at UBS, managing global change and local arts CSR projects.
Read MoreThis flexible, self-paced online course consists of recorded lectures and supplementary resources. Participants will have read-only access to the course materials for one year from the date of enrollment.
For successfully completing this course, you receive a verified Certificate of Completion from Sotheby’s Institute of Art as well as an IACET badge.
On completing the Foundations, Intermediate and Advanced Courses as well as the Final Project, participants will receive 13b Continuing Education Units. *
Our digital certificates allow you to share new skills with various social media platforms, including LinkedIn. Successful completion is defined by each instructor in the course syllabus and consists, at the least, of regular, thoughtful participation in online activities and timely submission of assigned papers or projects.
*As an IACET Accredited Provider, Sotheby’s Institute of Art offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.