Art Curation + Art Consulting: Professional Practices for the Contemporary Art Market

This course package provides comprehensive training in art curation and art consulting, combining theoretical foundations with practical tools for the contemporary art market.

Participants will explore curatorial practices, collection management, exhibition planning, art advisory services, and ethical standards, preparing them to work professionally with artists, collectors, galleries, and cultural institutions.

Language: English | Also available in Português | Español

Art Curation and Art Consulting

Professional course package in art curation and art consulting.

Learn exhibition planning, collection management, and art market strategies for curators and art advisors.

Objectives

Understand the fundamentals of art curation and art consulting

Develop critical and curatorial thinking

Learn how to design exhibitions and manage collections

Acquire skills to advise collectors, institutions, and investors

Understand the dynamics of the global art market

Who should take this course bundle

Emerging and professional curators

Art consultants and advisors

Artists and cultural producers

Gallery professionals and museum staff

Art collectors and art market enthusiasts

There are no access requirements.

Art Curation & Art Consulting – Online Course Bundle

The courses fee (1 single payment) includes access 24 hours / day for unlimited time to:

• Lessons for each theme of the programs
• Tutorial videos
• Links to articles, videos and websites
• Assessment (1 final questionnaire per course)
• Certificate (1 certificate per course).

How it works

What you will learn in the 2-course bundle Art Curation + Art Consulting

Art Curation

Unit 1 – The exhibition of a work of art

• The work of art
• The exhibition of a work of art
• Museums
• Alternative exhibition spaces
• Five exhibitions that went down in history (and one that should not have happened)

Unit 2 – Art curating

• The curatorial activity: concepts and definitions
• The tasks of the curator
• The role of the art critic
• The Team

Unit 3 – Exhibition planning

• Initial Planning
  • Establish the theme / concept
  • Define audiences
  • Select the collection
• Designing an art exhibition project

Unit 4 – Exhibition – From assembly to evaluation

• Assembly
• Communication with visitors
• Preventive Conservation
• Evaluation

Unit 5 – Exhibitions in the digital age

Art Consulting

Topic 1: An approach to the art of collecting

Topic 2. The artist, the marchants, the art market

Topic 3: Artistic creation, production and relationship with the consultants

Topic 4. Introductory Notions on how to become an Art Consultant

Topic 5: Collections, organization, presentation and reinterpretations

Topic 6. Consultancy and preparation of events

Topic 7. Work codes and professional ethics of the art consultant profile

Topic 8: Artists in the art market. Positionings

Topic 9. The professional opportunities of the art consultant. An approach to digital consulting

Topic 10. Reports and information about the international art market