Professor Jos Hackforth-Jones, Director, Sotheby's Institute of Art - London welcomed over 200 new MA students from over 50 countries at a reception held at Sotheby's auction house on Thursday 3 September.

Students started their MA Programmes on 7 September after an orientation week of lectures and briefing sessions by Institute faculty and staff and external lecturers from the art world.



Professor Jos Hackforth-Jones, Director, Sotheby's Institute of Art - London welcomes new MA students



Professor Jos Hackforth-Jones, Director, Sotheby's Institute of Art - London and Robin Woodhead, Chairman, Sotheby's International





Dr. Anthony Downey, Programme Director, MA Contemporary Art, Professor Jos Hackforth-Jones, Director, Sotheby's Institute of Art - London and Dr. Iain Robertson, Head of Art Business Studies









Dr. Anthony Downey, Programme Director, MA Contemporary Art





Dr. Lis Darby, Programme Director, MA Contemporary Design



Dr. Chantal Brotherton-Ratcliffe, Programme Director, MA Fine & Decorative Art

Dr. Bernard Vere, MA Fine & Decorative Art

Anna Moszynska, MA Contemporary Art (middle)



Robert Bradlow, Chinese Works of Art and Joanna Hardy, Jewellery Department, Sotheby's

Dr. Catherine Morel, MA Art Business, Dr. Marcus verhagen, MA Contemporary Art and Heidi Rasmussen, Librarian









Martin Snape, Valuations Department, Sotheby's