Expert in Marketing and Distribution of Artworks

The Art Market department of IESA arts&culture is pleased to announce the publication in the Official Journal of March 06, 2013 of the level 7 (EU) I (FR) title "Expert in Marketing and Distribution of Artworks" registered with the RNCP.

The Expert in Marketing and Distribution of Artworks is a business owner, a general manager, or a department director who practices in the various fields of trade and distribution of ancient, modern, and contemporary artworks.

They work in companies specializing in sales (antiques dealers, gallery owners, voluntary sale operators, brokerage firms, online sales sites), appraisal (appraisal or inventory firms, research and documentation firms), purchasing (public and private collections, corporate foundations, collectors, museum friends' societies), or services (artist agents, fair-organizing companies, artwork handling and exhibition production, insurance firms, art advisors, sites and firms specializing in tracking ratings and sales results, press and publishing). They may also work in public organizations, as many of them support the creation and dissemination of contemporary art and artistic heritage: the Ministry of Culture and particularly its decentralized services (DRAC), local authorities (Directorate of Cultural Affairs, visual arts and exhibitions departments), and museums.

Its main areas of activity are grouped into six major skill sets: administrative and financial management; appraisal and inventory of artworks with a view to their trade or distribution; trading and enhancing the value of an artwork; organizing public auctions; organizing an exhibition for a fair, gallery, museum, or exhibition venue; and art communication and marketing.

To acquire these skills, the Art Market department of IESA arts&culture offers the following programs:

These 3 art market programs are offered with a specialization in ancient and modern art (covering graphic arts and decorative arts) or in contemporary art.