Frieze Art Fair Course
Sotheby’s Institute of Art offers its annual three-day short course coinciding with the international Frieze Art Fair in London which focuses on contemporary art, the art market and collecting.
Designed for professionals, collectors and art enthusiasts, the course offers in-depth insight into current art trends through informative lectures and panel discussions by Institute faculty and invited experts in the field including gallery directors, dealers and leading art institutions.
This short course also offers a ‘hands-on’ learning experience via visits to Frieze Art Fair accompanied by Sotheby’s Institute faculty as well as to the Pavilion of Art & Design London.
Dates
12 - 14 October, 2011
Time: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Faculty
Anna Moszynska, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London
Dr. Pierre Saurisse, Consultant Lecturer, Sotheby's Institute of Art
Dr. Iain Robertson, Head of Art Business Studies, Sotheby’s Institute of Art Vanessa Curry, Founder and Director, Fine Art Source
Vanessa Curry is the Founder and Director of Fine Art Source which was born from her personal desire to form a sophisticated art advisory service, providing fresh ideas, independent guidance and a highly bespoke service. Vanessa wanted to use her market acumen to help private individuals and families with art acquisition and shed new light on stale collecting ideas. Vanessa has worked for and with some of the most well-respected artists and dealers in the international art community, on important individual collections as well as one-piece sourcing projects. She has worked as a research assistant for a revered specialist in Russian Impressionism and as an in-house consultant for a respected European art dealer. She has also assisted on the foundation of an art investment fund.
Dr. Margaret Wilkerson, Consultant Lecturer, Sotheby's Institute of Art
Since receiving her PhD in Art History in the USA, Margaret Wilkerson has taught at New York University, Parsons: The New School for Design, and VCU School of the Arts. She has lectured on contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Whitney Museum of American art, where she was a Joan Tisch Teaching Fellow and Manager of the Docent and Teaching Fellows Program. She most recently served as a lecturer consultant for the Whitney Biennial 2010 and for the Museum of Modern Art, where she taught in the MoMA Courses Program.
Course Fee
£950; the fee includes lectures, panels, guided tours, lunches, fair tickets each day, transportation, receptions and course material.
Online Booking
Please note that online booking for this course is now closed – please contact Gillian Bayston on +44 (0) 207 462 2490 or via email,
g.bayston@sothebysinstitute.com should you wish to book one of the limited remaining places.
Timetable
Wednesday, 12 October: Contemporary Art
09:30 – 10.00 Welcome and Registration
10.00 – 11.15
Introduction to Contemporary Art
11.30 – 12.30
Key Themes in Contemporary Art: 1960 – 1990
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.15
Contemporary Art in London (The Saatchi Decade)
15.30 – 17.00
Artists in the New Millennium Thursday, 13 October: Contemporary Art & Photography
10.00 – 11.15
Contemporary Photography: Key Ideas and Aesthetics, 1960-1990
11.30 – 12.30
Contemporary Photography: Key Ideas and Aesthetics, 1990 - Today
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.15
Introduction to Global Photography
15.30 – 17.00 Guided Tour – Pavilion of Art & Design, London
18.00 – 19.30 Drinks Reception, Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Friday, 14 October: The Art Market & Collecting
10.00 – 11.15
Overview of Today’s Art Market
11.30 – 12.45 Panel Discussion:
Current Collecting Trends in Contemporary Art
12.45 – 14.15 Lunch
14.30 – 17.00 Guided Tour – Frieze Art Fair
17.00 – 18.30 Drinks Reception
The timetable may be subject to change.
Header image courtesy of Frieze.