Christie's Education
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Christie's
Christie's is an art business and a fine arts auction house.- History :The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England, on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766...
auction house and has colleges in London
London
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and New York
New York
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accredited by the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
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in the UK and the New York State Board of Regents
Board of Regents
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in the USA.
Christie's Education History
Christie's Education was founded in 1978 to promote the study of all aspects of the visual arts and the art market through hands-on experience of works of art and ethical art-world practice.Christie's Education, London was originally based in South Kensington next to the Christie's salerooms as the Fine Arts Course. It currently occupies the 1960s Building Crafts College at 153 Great Titchfield Street
Great Titchfield Street
Great Titchfield Street is a street in the West End of London. It runs north from Oxford Street to Greenwell Street, just short of the busy A501 Marylebone Road and Euston Road. It lies within the informally designated London area of Fitzrovia. In administrative terms it is in the City of Westminster...
, London, where it runs Post-graduate programmes in European and Asian Art at Master's, Postgraduate Diploma
Postgraduate diploma
A postgraduate diploma is a postgraduate qualification awarded typically after a bachelor's degree. It can be contrasted with a graduate diploma...
levels and offfers PhD
PHD
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registration for research students.. It also runs a joint undergraduate MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
(Hons) degree in the History of Art
History of art
The History of art refers to visual art which may be defined as any activity or product made by humans in a visual form for aesthetical or communicative purposes, expressing ideas, emotions or, in general, a worldview...
and Art-world Practice with the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
which validates all its programmes. Modular Christie's Art Business Certificate
Certificate
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courses, are run separately under the Christie's Art Business banner as well as part-time programmes and continuing education classes.
Christie's Education, New York was established in 1993. It occupies premises opposite the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
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at 11 West 42nd Street
42nd Street (Manhattan)
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and offers a Master's programme in History of Art
History of art
The History of art refers to visual art which may be defined as any activity or product made by humans in a visual form for aesthetical or communicative purposes, expressing ideas, emotions or, in general, a worldview...
and the Art Market as well as a part-time Certificate
Certificate
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Programme. A modular Art Business Programme and ontinuing Education classes are also run in the evening.
External links
- Christie's Education official website
- Christie's official website
- University of Glasgow joint MA (Hons) Programme
- University of Glasgow MLitt Programme in the Arts of China
- University of Glasgow MLitt Programme in Art Style and Design
- University of Glasgow MLitt Programme in the Arts of Europe
- University of Glasgow MLitt Programme in Modern and Contemporary Art
- http://www.christies.edu/london_artbus.html Art Business Course