Sotheby's Institute of Art

Postgraduate Courses at Sotheby's Institute of Art

Launch your career in the art world at Sotheby’s Institute of Art

We have more than forty years of experience educating art world professionals and helping them launch their careers

Sotheby’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. For more than forty years Sotheby’s Institute has been preparing students for careers in the international art world.

Sotheby’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. 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.

Students at Sotheby’s Institute of Art combine passion for the visual arts with scholarship and market sophistication in order to flourish as leaders in the international art world.

The Institute offers full-time Master’s Degree programmes in the following concentrations:

• Art Business
• Contemporary Art
• Contemporary Design
• East Asian Art
• Fine and Decorative Art
• Photography

Through our one-year intensive Master’s programmes, students gain the knowledge and credentials needed for success in today’s worldwide art markets and cultural institutions. Our graduates go on to work in galleries, museums, auction houses, foundations and more. They join a network of more than 6,000 alumni worldwide who hold top positions in all facets of the international art world.

For more information please visit our website: www.sothebysinstitute.com