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YOUR PATHWAY TO A CAREER IN THE INTERNATIONAL ART WORLD
NEW YORK
CONTEMPORARY ART
SEPTEMBER 2011 – OCTOBER 2012
Master’s Degree
Graduate Certificate
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YOUR PATHWAY TO A CAREER IN THE INTERNATIONAL ART WORLD
CONTACT
“Sotheby’s Institute of Art solidified my
academic background with intensive
coursework. The worldwide travel and
professional development helped me
to gain the contacts and knowledge
necessary to successfully operate in
a global art market.”
Trevor Freedland
Registrar/Post Production Supervisor
Fred Torres Collaborations, New York
MA Contemporary Art, 2009
Alissa Roeder, Assistant Director of
Alumni and Enrollment Services
Sotheby’s Institute of Art – New York
570 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: +1 212 897 6647
Email: a.roeder@sothebysinstitute.com
CONTEMPORARY ART
MA AND GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
OVERVIEW
New York City is home to the largest
concentration of art galleries, auction houses,
museums, foundations, art publications, and
other visual arts organizations in the world.
The city’s financial resources, its cultural
diversity, its vast networks of artists, collectors,
and arts professionals are unsurpassed.
These features make New York a key hub
of the global art market and a vibrant and
inspiring place to study contemporary art.
The program in Contemporary Art provides
an in-depth analysis of works of art from the
post-war period to present. Emphasis is given
to the objects themselves, and how one
approaches and interprets art of this period.
In addition to lectures and seminars, this
program of study includes regular visits to
galleries, museums, and private collections
in New York and further afield, both nationally
and internationally. The program aims to
enable students to combine academic
prowess with professional skills in order to
interpret a wide array of contemporary art
including painting, sculpture, time-based
and new media, as well as performance
and ephemeral work.
This dynamic program prepares graduates
to pursue a variety of careers in the art world,
from working in commercial galleries, private
collections, museums, and foundations,
to establishing independent galleries,
working as curators, appraisers, critics or
editors. Our graduates keep in touch via the
Institute’s alumni network to share
information and resources.
SEMESTER 1
September – December 2011
• Contemporary Art from 1945 – Present
• Histories and Theories of Post-War
and Contemporary Art I
• Research Methodologies:
Writing about Contemporary Art
• The Work of Art, From Studio to Museum
• Field Study I (e.g. DIA Beacon; Marfa, TX)
SEMESTER 2
January – May 2012
• Global Art Production
• Histories and Theories of Art II
• Research Methodology:
Thesis Seminar
• Curating Contemporary Art
• Field Study II (e.g. Dubai Art Fair, UAE,
Mexico City)
SEMESTER 3
June – October 2012
• Thesis (MA only)
FACULTY
• Kathy Battista, Program Director
• Morgan Falconer
• Melanie Marino
• Victoria Miguel
• Jonathan Neil
• Stephan Pascher
• Lowell Pettit
• Steve Pulimood
Cover: Donald Judd, 15 untitled works in concrete,
1980-1984, detail. Permanent collection, the Chinati
Foundation, Marfa, Texas, photograph by Douglas Tuck,
2009. © Judd Foundation. Licensed by VAGA, New
York/DACS, London 2010.
Back: Donald Judd, Untitled (in 10 parts), galvanized
iron and blue plexiglass, 1980, detail. © Judd Foundation.
Licensed by VAGA, New York/DACS, London 2010.
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