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Art as a Global Business: Dynamics of the Art Market

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Date
September 3 – October 15, 2025
Duration
6 Weeks
Program
Online Courses
Mode of Learning
Online - Instructor Led
Price
Price
$1,590
Early Booking Rate
$1,430
if registered by August 20, 2025Payment plans available for early registrations, see More Information below for details.
Language
English
Topic
Art Business
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Art as a Global Business: Dynamics of the Art Market reveals the networks, concepts, and specialized terminology of the often-secretive international art market and offers an introduction to the commercial structures through which art is produced and circulated.

Course discussions outline how these commercial structures relate to each other and analyze the people, institutions, and organizations that comprise art business. Lastly, by emphasizing the effects of pricing, value formation, and globalization on the art market, course lectures assist students in understanding and identifying the risks and challenges that contribute to the ever-changing nature of the commercial art world.

Students will learn:

  • To identify and describe the structure, size and dynamics of the global art market.
  • To evaluate and critique art market activities in mainstream, emerging, and growth economies.
  • To assess the complex relationships among key players in the art market as related to the production, circulation, and cultural endorsement of artworks.
  • To recognize the opportunities, challenges, and risks inherent in the global art market.

Highlights

Flexible & Interactive Learning

Engage with weekly recorded lectures and faculty-led discussions designed to offer a dynamic and flexible online learning experience.

Specialized Art World Knowledge

Build critical thinking skills and gain in-depth insight into key topics shaping today’s global art market.

Access to Industry Experts

Learn directly from industry professionals and receive personalized feedback to support your growth.

Sample Schedule

Week 1

Understand art market basics, including the size and composition of the global art market.

Week 2

Look at various sales channels, from primary and secondary markets to auctions and new markets.

Week 3

Examine the demand and consumption of art.

Week 4

Learn about validation processes in key art institutions.

Week 5

Discuss the role of artists in the market and their rights and protections.

Week 6

Explore the opportunities, challenges, and risks in the art market.

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Faculty

Faculty, Online Courses

Tom Forwood is a London-based art market consultant, writer, and lecturer specializing in integrated data intelligence for the art world. He is the co-founder of Critical Edge, a new intelligence platform that combines journalism, debate, and data research. He works with collectors, art advisers, commercial galleries and media agencies, building data insights and intelligence for them. He previously worked for Christie’s auction house in London in a number of roles within client operations, accounting, business management, client strategy and business intelligence.

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About Flexible Courses

This flexible online course is delivered in weekly modules consisting of recorded lectures, instructor-guided discussion boards, and supplementary resources. The course will include a final project with personalized feedback from the course instructor. All participants will have read-only access to the course materials for an additional 90 days after the course end date.

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Students Will Learn To

  • To identify and describe the structure, size and dynamics of the global art market.
  • To evaluate and critique art market activities in mainstream, emerging, and growth economies.
  • To assess the complex relationships among key players in the art market as related to the production, circulation, and cultural endorsement of artworks.
  • To recognize the opportunities, challenges, and risks inherent in the global art market.

Course Completion

For successfully completing this course, you receive a verified Certificate of Completion from Sotheby’s Institute of Art as well as 11 IACET Continuing Education Units. *

Our digital certificates allow you to share new skills with various social media platforms, including LinkedIn. Successful completion is defined by each instructor in the course syllabus and consists, at the least, of regular, thoughtful participation in online activities and timely submission of assigned papers or projects.

*As an IACET Accredited Provider, Sotheby’s Institute of Art offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.

Flexible Payment Plans

Flexible payment plans are available for individuals who register up to 3 weeks or more before the start of the course and are selected during the online registration process. For any questions, contact our admissions team at shortcourses@sia.edu.

Book a Consultation

We encourage interested individuals to book a consultation time with a member of our admissions team to learn more about this course and our registration process.

Please use this link to book a consultation time via phone or video call.

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