Sotheby's Institute of Art

found: Corporate art collections, 2012:t.p. (Sotheby's Institute of Art) jkt. (Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, New York, online; "pioneered the field of art business as both a professional and an academic discipline"; MA in Art Business est. in 1999)

found: Sotheby's Institute of Art, viewed Feb. 6, 2015about (Sotheby's Institute of Art was founded by Sotheby's auction house in London in 1969. Initially, the Institute served as a training program for auction house employees and provided lessons in connoisseurship. Since 1995 the Institute has been an affiliated institution of the University of Manchester) - http://www.sothebysinstitute.com/since1969/

found: Wikipedia, Feb. 5, 2015History (Sotheby's Institute of Art is an institution of higher education devoted to the study of art and its markets with campuses in London (UK), New York City and Los Angeles (USA). Originally conceived as a training program for connoisseurship by Sotheby's auction house in 1969; in 1995, Sotheby's Institute of Art - London was granted the status of an Affiliated Institution of the University of Manchester's Department of Art History and Archaeology. At the end of 2002, Sotheby's sold its Institute to a US-based information and educational services firm, Cambridge Information Group (CIG), which retains the Sotheby's name) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotheby%27s_Institute_of_Art