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Antiquity has provided a standard by which all subsequent periods have tended to be judged. The Jenkins Venus was thought during the neoclassical period to be the embodiment of love and beauty, so fundamental to contemporary ideas of art appreciation.

By graduating through Christie’s Education London or New York you are automatically part of an international alumni organisation. Stay in touch with old friends and make new professional contacts by participating in our alumni events. Go to the portal to buy your 30th Anniversary volume of ‘ A Brief History of Christie’s Education’. All proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund. Graduates of Christie’s Education can be found through out the international art world working as auctioneers, curators, dealers, auction house specialists, and critics.

What we offer our alumni

By graduating through Christie’s Education London or New York you are automatically part of an international alumni organisation. The Alumni Association exists in order to support and encourage the career development of its graduates. We do this through continuing to nurture your interest in the study of the arts, and helping you to develop your professional experience in the art world. In order to do this we rely on students internationally to maintain contact with us and with each other and to use the alumni portal as a facilitator in this process. By participating in annual events concerned with the professional development of current students and by fundraising towards the Scholarship Fund, alumni ensure that new talent is nurtured from as wide a spectrum of international students as possible.

Alumni Portal

Keep in Touch: update your professional profile online
Networking Message Board: post messages to your friends and make new
contacts
Alumni Lectures and Events: find the latest events in London and New York
Jobs and opportunities: your exclusive Christie’s Education portal where alumni
employers and alumni can post jobs and find jobs
Fundraising: get your copy of the 30th Anniversary volume here – all funds go to
the Scholarship Fund
Discounts: find out how much you can save on Christie’s Education short courses,
evening courses, and other events
Continuing Education: link to short courses at Christie’s Education


Testimonials

London

“I feel very strongly that this program is unique within the art world, as it is both academically rigorous and practice oriented…This is a vitally important program for intellectual and practical training. ”
Alexandra Palmer
Master’s in Modern and Contemporary Art
London, 2007-2008
"One of the things I love most about the Christie’s Education course was that it had a very tactile approach to objects. We visited Christies all the time to get to know the objects and the specialists that were working in them."
Andreas Pampoulides
Master’s in Early European Art, London, 1999-2000
“I’d been practicing law for sixteen years and I decided that Christie’s would give me the opportunity to make a mid career change. I am very, very, happy to have undertaken this course. It’s provided me with a valuable set of skills and I can’t recommend it enough.”
Albert Zecher
Diploma in Fine and Decorative Arts, London, 2007-2008
“I’m now in the European furniture department at Christie’s and have a dream job, working with the objects that I enjoy and traveling Europe, finding furniture and objects for sale here in London.”
Marcus Radecke
Master’s in Fine and Decorative Arts, London, 1999-2000
“I applied for one course only, the fine and decorative arts course at Christies Education. I knew that the hands on experience would help me with my future career and indeed those are the skills I use every day in my job as a junior specialist.”
Kate McKenzie
Diploma in Fine and Decorative Arts, London, 2005-2006
Master’s in Modern and Contemporary art, London, 2006-2007

New York

“Christie's differs from other programs I've been involved in through its "hands-on" approach. The highlight of the course was going to the conservation room at MOMA. I got to see Picasso's Desmoiselles de Avignon front and back. I even got to touch it! ”
Nicola Trent
Master’s in Modern Art, Connoisseurship and the History of the Art Market
New York, 2003-2004
“Christie's Education gave me a career path. I worked in the auction house as my internship before deciding that I wanted to get into art advisory. I have so many contacts in the art world because of CE. ”
Nicola Trent
Master’s in Modern Art, Connoisseurship and the History of the Art Market
New York, 2003-2004
"Being able to go behind the scenes at some of the world's foremost museums was really exciting. I particularly remember the Museum of Modern Art's conservation center where a Jeff Koons and Cézanne pieces were being examined."
Sara Hardy Advanced Certificate 2004-2005
"I had interviewed and applied to other similar graduate programs and Christie's just felt right. Not only was there a welcoming feel but everyone there was passionate about art. "
Sara Hardy Advanced Certificate 2004-2005

 

Alumni portal

London alumni click here.
New York alumni click here.

Testimonials

“I feel very strongly that this program is unique within the art world, as it is both academically rigorous and practice oriented…This is a vitally important program for intellectual and practical training. ”

Alexandra Palmer
Master’s in Modern and Contemporary Art
London, 2007-2008

“Christie's differs from other programs I've been involved in through its "hands-on" approach. The highlight of the course was going to the conservation room at MOMA. I got to see Picasso's Desmoiselles de Avignon front and back. I even got to touch it! ”

Nicola Trent
Master’s in Modern Art, Connoisseurship and the History of the Art Market
New York, 2003-2004