Collecting Contemporary Art Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This short course is an introduction to the business of collecting contemporary art exploring various dimensions of how art is bought and sold.
This course is available both on campus or online.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning about collecting contemporary art.
Key information
Topics covered
- What to buy, when to buy and how to go about it
- Key strategies employed by galleries and institutions in spotting new talent and building up their collections
- Advice will also be given on how individuals can gain access to the latest artists and trends
Learning outcomes
- Gain an understanding of what goes into collecting contemporary art
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance.
Materials
On campus or Online:
- A notebook and pen
If you are taking this course online, please see our Guide to taking online short courses
Tutor
Kirsten Cooke
Dr Kirsten Cooke is an artist-curator and has co-authored the projects: Material Conjectures, KollActiv and House of Hysteria. This year Cooke completed her PhD in curatorial practice at the University of Reading and she has delivered papers/written texts for projects in London, Paris and LA. Cooke's practice experiments with different forms of staging and deploys architectural environments to choreograph artworks.
Recent exhibitions and projects have been staged at kynastonmcshine (The Old Police Station, London), Beaconsfield (London), Sonce Alexander gallery (LA), and the Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris). In 2016, Cooke has staged the exhibition and performance programme Pressure Chamber: Nematodes at ArtLacuna (London) and will be curating the following exhibitions as part of her co-authored projects: Concrete Plastic in September at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LA) and Abandoned Temporary Treatment Facility in October at Beaconsfield (London).
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