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ONLINE LEARNING
Learn the Business of Art from Anywhere in the WorldSotheby’s Institute of Art—Online offers courses that reveal
the complex infrastructure of the art world and today’s global
art market. Students learn the core principles of business, art
law, art history, contemporary art and other key subjects while
studying what is happening in the market. Students also gain
an understanding of the intricate art world network of galleries,
auction houses, dealers, artists, non-profits and more. This
comprehensive approach is what makes Sotheby’s Institute
of Art—Online a successful launch pad for professionals and
career-changers who are eager to enter a profession at the
centre of the booming international art world.
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About Sotheby’s Institute of ArtSotheby’s Institute of Art is the Graduate School of Art and its
Markets with campuses in the cultural capitals of London, New
York and Los Angeles and a range of online course offerings.
Originally conceived as a training program for connoisseurship
by Sotheby’s auction house in 1969, Sotheby’s Institute has
pioneered the education of arts professionals and is today one
of the most prestigious degree-granting institutions of its kind.
The Institute has more than 6000 alumni worldwide who hold
top positions in all facets of the international art world.
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A Distinctly Different Way to Learn about the Art WorldSotheby’s Institute of Art—Online offers intensive, custom-curated
courses through a clean, simple e-learning interface. Taught
by Sotheby’s Institute faculty and leading experts in the field,
online courses provide an introduction to and a deeper under-
standing of key art world subjects as well as the opportunity to
interact with students from around the world in a truly global
learning community.
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ONLINE COURSES
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Introduction to Contemporary Art - 1980 to Present DayIn the past thirty years Contemporary Art has grown to be one
of the most exciting and crowded fields in the international art
world.
This course offers an in-depth guide to the art of our time,
surveying all the definitive trends from the 1980s to the present
day, and tracing how the global market for art has kept pace.
Students will examine the impact of film, video and photog-
raphy, as well as changes to traditional methods like painting
and drawing, while considering the rise and fall of key ideas
like postmodernism, conceptualism, and relational aesthetics.
Through online lectures, close readings, group discussions,
and brief writing assignments, participants will look both at the
work of some of contemporary art’s leading lights - Jeff Koons
and Cindy Sherman, Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst – and
those just emerging onto the scene.
ONLINE COURSES
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Art as a Global BusinessArt business is no singular thing. It is comprised of many indi-
vidual sectors that change constantly, are often hard to define,
and grow and contract under varying economic conditions.
This course offers an introduction to the fundamental struc-
tures of the business, the people, institutions and organizations
through which art flows, and their relationships to each other.
By emphasizing the effects of pricing, value formation and
globalization on the art market the course helps students to
understand and identify the risks and challenges that contrib-
ute to the ever-changing nature of the business of art. Students
will have weekly lectures, be expected to actively participate in
course discussions, and complete short writing assignments
over the six week period.
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Art as an Alternative InvestmentThis course introduces students to the key concepts and the im-
portant developments found at the intersection of finance and
the art world. Commencing with an introduction to the overall
art market framework, participants examine art funds, art as
an alternative investment, art backed loans and art as part of
wealth management services. The course discusses important
auctions from the Old Masters to Contemporary Art and sales
including works by Raphael, Oscar Murillo and Jeff Koons. In
addition, the core principles underlying art pricing, art valuation,
and proper due diligence are explored in detail. By the end of
the six week course, students will be familiar with art finance
structures and will have critically assessed these structures’
successes and failures. Students will have weekly lectures, be
expected to actively participate in course discussions, and com-
plete short writing assignments over the six week period.
ONLINE COURSES
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Introduction to Art History: Renaissance Art – PresentIn this course students explore the highlights of European and
American art from the early Renaissance to the Baroque Period
to 19th century Romanticism and through to the Modern Age.
Within a broadly chronological structure, students focus on the
paintings of masters such as Giotto, Durer, Michelangelo, Cara-
vaggio, Delacroix, Manet, Gauguin, Picasso, Pollock, Warhol and
others, and along the journey discover the impact of the classi-
cal past; the interrelationship between stylistic developments,
materials and technique; and the broader cultural, intellectual
and historical context in which certain kinds of art emerged. This
course emphasizes the developments that define each histori-
cal period, while detailing the aesthetic advances made with the
painting materials and methods available at the time. Connec-
tions and continuity in the Western art tradition are explored
alongside challenges, change and renewal. Students will have
weekly lectures, class discussion and a short written assignment.
ONLINE COURSES
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Impressionism to Conceptualism: 1860 to 1980
What makes Modern Art modern? And what does the art of art-
ists like Picasso and Warhol reveal about the time period? How
did artists react against the tenets of modernism? This course
investigates these questions and more while surveying a century
of art, architecture and design. It begins with Édouard Manet and
the Impressionists, explores the elegance of Art Nouveau, the
scandals of Marcel Duchamp, the rise of post-war American art
and concludes with the dawn of Contemporary Art. Through on-
line lectures, lively discussion, image research and brief weekly
writing assignments students explore styles such as Cubism and
Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop, and bring to life
the careers of greats such as Matisse, Le Corbusier, Rauschen-
berg and Judd, whose creativity transcended the boundaries of
trends and movements. Students will have weekly lectures, be
expected to actively participate in course discussions, and com-
plete short writing assignments over the six week period.
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Writing for the Art WorldWriting about art is based on a sustained practice of rigorous
analysis when first encountering an art object, and the subse-
quent composition of prose that articulates that specific art-
work’s aesthetic, social and historical value. Through a close
study of art objects and exhibitions, and by reading exemplary
texts, students will gain an understanding of the fundamental
requirements for writing about art. Participants will explore
writing structure, tone and point-of-view, as well as the profes-
sional vocabulary used to intelligently describe and analyze
contemporary art exhibitions and practices under the guid-
ance of the instructor, and in exchange with fellow students
via a mid-course peer workshop. This course will also invite
students to learn art writing by generating and revising their
own writing on a weekly basis, constructing a body of prose
that will lead to a final essay. This hands-on approach will pro-
vide students with the diverse writing techniques necessary
for exploring visual art through written language. The course
is taught in English. A good, working knowledge of written and
spoken English is required.
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GIOVANNI ALOI is a Lecturer in History of Art and
Visual Cultures at The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, and Tate Galleries.
In 1995, Giovanni obtained his first degree in Fine Art
Theory and Practice and subsequently moved to London
in order to further his education with a focus on interna-
tional contemporary theory and art practice.
FRANCESCA BELLINI-JOSEPH is Director of Por-
tafolia Ltd., a London-based advisory firm that helps
individuals and corporations in making better-informed
decisions and mitigating risks associated with collecting,
trading and investing in art and collectibles. She is also
Latin America researcher at London-based art market
analysis firm ArtTactic. Francesca has been art mar-
ket commentator at The Financial Times, BBC World
Services and several publications in Latin America and
the US.
COREY D’AUGUSTINE is a conservator of modern
and contemporary art and a technical art historian. He
regularly works for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Mu-
seum and lectures on art history and art conservation
at New York University, Pratt Institute, The City College
of New York, and the Museum of Modern Art. He is a
specialist in American and European Post-war art.
Distinguished Faculty and Art World Scholars
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MORGAN FALCONER is a faculty member in the Con-
temporary Art programme at the New York Institute and
is a critic, journalist and art historian. Educated at the
University of Leeds, and the Courtauld Institute of Art,
he completed a Ph.D. on American modernist culture
at University College London. Since then he has written
about contemporary art for publications ranging from
The Times (London) to Frieze and Art in America.
ELENI MARKOPOULIOTI is the Communications
Director at Right Capital, an art & finance firm based in
London and Luxembourg that specialises in art lending.
She is a consultant lecturer on the MA in Art Business,
and regularly lectures and writes on art investment and
on the global intersections of the art market and institu-
tions. She holds an MA in History of Art from UCL and an
MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art.
VICTORIA MIGUEL was one of the founding faculty
members of the MA in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s
Institute of Art, New York. In 2015, she developed and
taught Museum Curating Now: Behind the Scenes at Tate
in collaboration with Tate Modern’s Public Programmes
team and the Department of Culture, Media, and Cre-
ative Industries, King’s College London.
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SARAH CONLEY ODENKIRK is a fine art attorney in
Los Angeles, California. She maintains a private legal
practice and is also on the faculty of the Sotheby’s Art
Institute’s MA in Art Business at Claremont Graduate
University . Sarah is a Council Member for American’s
for the Arts’ Public Art Network, and on the Director’s
Council for UCLA’s Fowler Museum. She is the author of
A Surprisingly Interesting Book About Contracts.
AIMEE WALLESTON is a writer and editor based in
New York City. She has contributed reviews, essays and
interviews to numerous publications including Art in
America, Flash Art, The Brooklyn Rail, T Magazine and CR
Fashion Book. She received her BA in Liberal Arts from
Eugene Lang College at The New School, and her MFA in
Art Criticism and Writing from The School of Visual Arts,
where she currently teaches.
ABOUT ONLINE LEARNING
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About the E-Learning EnvironmentParticipating in an online course is intellectually challenging
and personally rewarding. Courses are delivered through the
Institute’s Learning Management System (LMS), a clean, sim-
ple interface which contains all course resources and through
which all course interaction occurs. A variety of multimedia
resources such as videos, image galleries, readings and web
links are utilized as the starting point for written discussions
between students and instructors. Instructors provide a syl-
labus with course objectives and present academically struc-
tured material on a weekly basis, along with assignments where
applicable. The course can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week and you do not have to be online at the same time as
your peers or instructor. The learning experience emerges from
collaborative discussions where students and instructors post
comments, questions and observations just as in a traditional
classroom.
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Global Learning CommunityStudents at Sotheby’s Institute of Art—Online have come
from 70 different countries and a variety of backgrounds
including art professionals, lawyers, art dealers, designers,
artists, educators, non-profit executives, financial analysts,
and many others who are simply passionate about art.
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OPEN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT Online students come
from all over the world and from all walks of life but have
one thing in common—a passion for learning about art and
the art world. Our online classrooms are friendly, inviting
places where students can feel free to express their thoughts
and ideas and ask questions.
ONLINE ORIENTATION A week prior to the course start
date, students are given access to a Pre-Course Workshop
designed to educate students on the use and functionality
of our online Learning Management System. Participation
in the PCW is not required, but it is strongly encouraged as
students who complete the experience have a better chance of
success.
CREATING A SCHEDULE While students can access their
course from their computer anywhere at any time, it is best for
students to create a schedule for themselves that works, and
to stick to it. New material is released weekly and students will
have a week to complete any assignments and participate in
class discussion.
COMMUNICATION Online students should be confident with
both reading and writing in English, since all class discussion
takes place in a written forum. Frequent, thoughtful interaction
between students and instructors makes for an effective and
enjoyable experience for all involved.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
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Technical RequirementsSotheby’s Institute of Art - Online requires an up-to-date Web
browser such as: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari.
Students will want to check their browser preferences to make
sure their browsers allow cookies, JavaScript and style sheets.
On most browsers, these are already enabled by default.
Students should update to the current versions of common
browser plug-ins including Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash
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Most courses can be accessed on a mobile or tablet device, but
students will need a reliable computer and internet connection
for certain course components. It is the student’s responsibility
to obtain and to maintain the proper hardware and software re-
quired to participate in a Sotheby’s Institute of Art (SIA) Online
Course.
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Join Us and Explore the Art World REGISTRATION To register for an online course, go to the
Sotheby’s Institute of Art—Online website and click on “Reg-
ister Now” for the course(s) of your choice. You will be guided
through the simple enrollment process, and upon completion
you will receive a confirmation email.
REQUIREMENTS Courses are open to the public for those
at least 18 years of age who hold a high school diploma or the
equivalent. Students are not required to supply a language
certificate but must be aware that all courses are conducted in
English and a good working knowledge of the language is rec-
ommended. For writing classes, students will be expected to be
proficient in written English.
CONTACT For questions please contact Online at
212.517.3929 or [email protected].
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