Master of Arts [M.A] [Art Market Studies] From Fashion Institute of Technology

The Master of Arts program in Art Market Studies provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully navigate the global art world. Graduates forge careers in a broad range of for-profit and non-profit?art organizations?among them,?commercial art galleries, auction houses, art fairs, museums, foundations, online platforms, and art appraisal firms. In addition to learning about business models and funding structures?i.e. how institutions and organizations work?students gain an understanding of how these individual players interact with one another to form a vast and interdependent network.?

?The curriculum aims to balance practical skills with academic rigor, as well as core business and legal concepts with industry-specific knowledge. It also privileges contemporary art, given that art produced from the postwar period to the present has come to dominate the market in recent years. ???

In addition to coursework in valuation and appraisal, art law, marketing, gallery operations, the auction business, and the history of contemporary art, students in the program are required to pursue an internship with an art-related business or organization. Students gain hands-on experience through a practicum in which they assemble an exhibition from concept to execution.?