Course discussions outline how these commercial structures relate to each other and analyze the people, institutions, and organizations that comprise art business. Lastly, by emphasizing the effects of pricing, value formation, and globalization on the art market, course lectures assist students in understanding and identifying the risks and challenges that contribute to the ever-changing nature of the commercial art world.
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Tom Forwood is a London-based art market consultant, writer, and lecturer specializing in integrated data intelligence for the art world. He is the co-founder of Critical Edge, a new intelligence platform that combines journalism, debate, and data research. He works with collectors, art advisers, commercial galleries and media agencies, building data insights and intelligence for them. He previously worked for Christie’s auction house in London in a number of roles within client operations, accounting, business management, client strategy and business intelligence.
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Francesca Bellini-Joseph is a London-based art expert, collector, and entrepreneur. Bellini-Joseph is a member of the Tate Museum’s Latin American Acquisition Committee, Tate Gold Patrons Ambassador and Patron of The Royal Academy of Arts. She is the founder of Portafolia Studio, a marketing and communications studio working directly with art institutions and businesses in Europe, the U.S. and Latin America. Clients include Phillips (LDN/NYC), Kayne Griffin Corcoran (L.A.), Sicardi Gallery (Houston), and Flora Ars + Natura (Bogotá). A specialist in the Latin American art market, she has worked with ArtTactic and Frieze Art Fair.
Read MoreWeek 1: Understand art market basics, including the size and composition of the global art market.
Week 2: Look at various sales channels, from primary and secondary markets to auctions and new markets.
Week 3: Examine the demand and consumption of art.
Week 4: Learn about validation processes in key art institutions.
Week 5: Discuss the role of artists in the market and their rights and protections.
Week 6: Explore the opportunities, challenges, and risks in the art market.
This flexible online course is delivered in weekly modules consisting of recorded lectures, instructor-guided discussion boards, and supplementary resources. The course will include a final project with personalized feedback from the course instructor. All participants will have read-only access to the course materials for an additional 90 days after the course end date.
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For successfully completing this course, you receive a verified Certificate of Completion from Sotheby’s Institute of Art as well as 11 IACET 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.
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