Career Services and Testimonials

Sotheby’s Institute of Art is dedicated to the career development of its students both during their studies and after they graduate. The expertise of our academic faculty and extensive alumni network enables us to offer a unique career service geared towards the placement and mentoring of graduates in preparation for a successful career in the art world.

Career Services available to students:
• Guidance in 1-1 sessions from a professional career advisor
• Online internship and job bulletin service
• Resumé templates and cover letters tailored for the international art world available to download
• Career Talks from art world professionals with relevance to all programmes
• Featured Career Talks in 2007 included: Sotheby’s, UBS Art Banking, AXA-Art Insurance, The British Museum, The Guggenheim, contemporary galleries Gagosian and Haunch of Venison
• Resumé building and interview technique workshops are conducted by fine arts recruitment specialists

Internships
Sotheby’s Institute of Art encourages students to participate in internships and assists with placement at Sotheby’s worldwide, international auction houses, galleries, museums, arts publications and other arts-related organisations.

Partnerships
Sotheby’s: students are given the option of applying for highly sought after internships at Sotheby’s auction house in New York, London and Singapore and other Sotheby’s worldwide offices. Sotheby’s reserves an allotted number of internships exclusively for Sotheby’s Institute of Art students each year.

The Guggenheim: students are given the chance to apply for an internship at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York or the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. During the placement the successful interns receive a stipend sponsored by Sotheby’s Institute of Art.

The British Museum: Sotheby’s Institute of Art is the first arts education institution to set up a regular internship with the British Museum through the Volunteer Placement Office placing on average four students per year in either the curatorial or directorate departments.

Testimonials
The Sotheby's course is unique among art history graduate programmes. The professors are the leaders in their respective fields and the collections visited are first-rate.

The Sotheby's Institute arts course is that it offers an academic programme in a business environment, allowing students to experience facets of the art world that might otherwise remain a mystery.

The Sotheby's Institute arts course offered an unobstructed view into the heart of the art world, providing personal contact with people building successful careers doing what they love. The independently designed research projects advanced my understanding of how and why the experts choose their fields, and helped confirm my own area of interest.

After studying art history in college, the Sotheby's Institute course was the perfect way to complement my college degree with real-life experience and hands-on practical knowledge of the art business.