Visual Arts Management
The global art world is vast, and New York City is its center. Galleries, auction houses, art fairs, and museums showcase art and artifacts spanning eras and cultures. You’ll need a rigorous education — coupled with real-world experience — to excel in this dynamic and competitive field.
Bolstered by interdisciplinary coursework, numerous networking opportunities, and an engaging internship, you will graduate prepared to shepherd artists in their careers, circulate artworks, and drive the business of art.
Visual Arts Management
Beginning in fall 2027, new students will be admitted to the Visual Arts Management program. Information for current Art Market Studies students can be found on this page.
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Program
Visual Arts Management MA
Designed to empower students to shape the future of the art world, our interdisciplinary and market-aligned curriculum balances academic rigor with practical application.
Students may enroll full-time (four semesters) or part-time (six sesmesters). The program begins with two semesters focused on analyzing art markets and developing a foundational understanding of art worlds. Students then build upon this knowledge with immersive exploration into organizational leadership and professional practice.
Our Work
Our students, alumni, and faculty innovate at the intersection of art and business, promote artists and exhibitions, and advance social justice.
Jacob Coley, Art Market: Principles and Practices MA ’12, curates biannual auctions of ancient art, featuring antiquities from the Near East, Rome, Greece, Egypt, and beyond. What may seem like humble relics to some, Coley finds deeply beautiful and captivating.
Lydia Barry Kutko, Art Market Studies ’09, founded Reframe, an adult education program that teaches inmates on Rikers Island about job opportunities within the art world.
Meredith Rosen, Art Market Studies ’10, launched her gallery in 2018 with an eye-catching debut that challenged viewers’ ideas.
Impact
Where art meets business … In an industry where contacts are currency, you’ll be prepared to form strong connections quickly.
Beyond the Degree
Graduates apply their passion for art and savvy for business to a variety of dynamic roles—in commercial art galleries, auction houses, art fairs, museums, foundations, private collections, online platforms, art appraisal firms, art storage and logistics, and more. Our graduates are equipped and empowered to identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
Introduction to MA in Visual Arts Management
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Learn From the Best
The faculty of distinguished academics and experienced art professionals are recognized thought leaders in their areas of expertise. Meet more Visual Arts Management faculty.
Paul Melton
Melton’s work focuses on the forms of knowledge (and their technologies of production)
that create value in the art market and that shape broader understandings of and relationships
to art. He has worked with a number of arts organizations and artists on strategic
planning, marketing, and communications projects, as an independent consultant and
at LaPlaca Cohen. He holds a BA in Spanish and BS in mathematics from the University
of Kansas and a PhD from
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Visual Arts Management
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