Art Dealer

The spectrum of responsibilities of an art dealer ranges from art works appraisal to negotiation and mediation with the involved parties. Equally central are advisory services provided to private individuals, companies or public bodies. Here again, their consultancy focuses on the opportunity to purchase a certain work or the definition of its economic value. Last but not least, and no less interesting than the previous ones, these professionals engage in an artist’s promotion and may collaborate with other figures (e.g. curator and critic) to spread the artist’s work.

The skills mentioned in the previous paragraph must be acquired through an educational and training path. From art history to business studies, these are the disciplinary areas that, more than others, orient the career. NABA offers a comprehensive educational proposal starting from the Three-year BA programme in Painting and Visual Arts. Here, in fact, the foundations are laid for reading and understanding artworks, as well as positioning them in their socio-economic context. Students may then carry on with a Two-year Specialising Course or an Academic Master Course. Particularly appropriate is the one in Contemporary Art Markets - an intensive one-year course providing effective tools to understand art market procedures, with a focus on contemporary languages. No less important, studying at NABA favours the network of contacts that is crucial for this profession.