Students are connected to an international network of world-class scholars, experts and practitioners to gain a practical, cutting-edge perspective on key cultural debates.
Royal Academy faculty
This programme has been truly life-changing for me. Not only did I meet a dynamic group of people, but my knowledge of the international art industry grew substantially. Each module was filled with such world-class experiences from the Venice Biennale, to attending a Christie’s auction, art fairs, incredible speakers, and so much more.
Julia, EMCL graduate
Maastricht University faculty
Previous speakers
The level of RA contacts combined with Maastricht academic excellence makes the programme unique
Victoria, EMCL graduate
Alumni
Whatever their professional background, our students build a unique network of peers and global cultural leaders throughout the programme. Our graduates therefore join a vibrant global community who are shaping tomorrow’s best practices in the art and culture sectors.
About the Executive Master
Our international network of cultural leaders, academics and scholars provide intensive teaching to small cohorts.
Programme Director of the Executive Master
Dr Marie Tavinor specialises in the history of collecting and the history of the art market. Her research covers the development of collections in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and her PhD explores the early years of the Venice Biennale (1895-1914). Her professional…
Rebecca Salter PRA is an internationally renowned painter and printmaker. In 2019 she became the first female president of the Royal Academy in history. Before that, she was Keeper of the Royal Academy, a post related to the Royal Academy Schools. Salter studied at Bristol Polytechnic and Kyoto City University of the Arts in Japan, where she lived for six years. While living in Kyoto she worked using traditional…
Director of Collections and Learning
An experienced lecturer, writer and researcher in art history and the history of collecting, Rebecca Lyons has been the Director of the Attingham Trust’s Royal Collection Studies, for museum directors, curators and art world professionals, as well as a curator for the National…
Director of Development
Charlotte Appleyard oversees all fundraising and partnership activity at the RA, including major donors, Friends, corporate sponsors and capital campaigns. She previously worked at Outset Contemporary Art Fund, and in the curatorial departments at The National Gallery in London…
Curator and Head of the Royal Academy Schools
Curator and Head of the RA Schools since 2006, Eliza Bonham Carter has extensive experience in art education. Previously, she was Head of the Department of Fine Art at the University of Reading, and taught at both Loughborough School of Art and De Montfort University. She has…
Director of Exhibitions
Andrea Tarsia oversees the delivery and development of the Royal Academy’s world-renowned exhibitions programme. He trained in Art History and Film, specialising in post-war and contemporary art. Tarsia previously worked for the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the…
Rachel is Professor of Arts and Finance. She obtained her PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2001, after obtaining a first class degree in econometrics and economics. Her research interests broadly cover the realm of understanding investor behaviour, with a particular focus on art markets and assets with an emotional attachment. Her work has been published in a number of international journals, including the…
Wim Gijselaers is Full Professor in Educational Research in the School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University. His research focuses on educational innovation, social determinants of team cognition and team performance, judgement and decision making, including problem-based learning. He teaches on a range of leading postgraduate programmes in Maastricht and as a visiting professor internationally.…
Piet Eichholtz is a Full Professor of Real Estate Finance at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics and director and advises institutions in the field of public real estate finance. Eichholtz’s research interests lie in real estate investment funds, the growth in real estate values over the long run and the way in which commercial real estate markets are changing throughout the world. Previous research led to…
Schneider is an Emeritus Professor in European Law at the Universities of Maastricht and Hasselt and holds a Jean Monnet Chair in European Migration Law. From September 2011 until December 2017 she was the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University. As Dean she was actively involved in the setting up of the multidisciplinary research centres: Institute for Transnational and Euregional Cross-Border and…
Prof Dr Emilie Sitzia holds a special chair at the University of Amsterdam and is an associate professor Cultural Education at the University of Maastricht. She specialises in museum participatory practices, the impact of art on audiences, word/image interdisciplinary studies (especially French 19th and early 20thcentury), and digital and sensory education. She focuses on issues of storytelling, identity and multimodality in…
Prof. Dr. Rob Bauer is Professor of Finance (chair: Institutional Investors) at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics in The Netherlands. His academic research is focused on pension funds, strategic investment policy, mutual fund performance, responsible investing, shareholder activism and corporate governance. Rob publishes regularly in professional and academic journals and is a frequent speaker on…
A former Director of Christie’s UK, Jo has over 20 years’ experience in the art world. A graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford, Jo also holds an M.A. from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Jo is the Director of the Ingram Collection, one of the UK’s most significant collections of 20th century British Art. Jo is a trustee of arts charities ArtCan and the Artists Collecting Society, is a member of the Association of Professional Art…
Kathryn Brown is a Senior Lecturer in art history and visual culture at Loughborough University, United Kingdom. Her publications span nineteenth- and twentieth-century French art, artists’ books, digital art history, contemporary art, and the art market. Her books include Women Readers in French Painting 1870–1890 (Routledge, 2012), Matisse’s Poets: Critical Performance in the Artist’s Book (Bloomsbury…
Bernard Donoghue OBE has been the Director of ALVA, the UK’s Association for Leading Visitor Attractions, since September 2011 following a career in advocacy, communications, and lobbying, latterly at a senior level in the tourism and heritage sector. In 2017, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appointed Bernard to be the Mayor’s Ambassador for Cultural Tourism and a member of the Mayor’s Cultural Leadership Board.…
Born and raised in Morocco, Touria El Glaoui completed her education in New York before beginning a career in the banking industry as a wealth management consultant. After 10 years in the field she relocated to London, where she initiated 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in 2013. She has since launched the fair in New York in 2015, and in Marrakech in 2018. 1-54 is now a world-leading platform dedicated to…
Miranda Lowe CBE is a principal curator and scientist at the Natural History Museum, London with three decades of experience caring for historically and scientifically important natural history collections. Her engagement and work with creative industries allows her to link science, nature, and art to aid the public understanding of the natural world. She is part of the Museums Association’s Decolonisation Working Group…
Revd Professor Keith Magee, ThD, FRHistS, FRSA is Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor of Practice in Cultural Justice at UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Practice and Centre on U.S. Politics, where he leads Black Britain and Beyond. He is also Professor of Practice in Social Justice at Newcastle University School of History, Classics and Archaeology. Keith has a professional career, of over three decades, in public…
Tonya Nelson is Executive Director, Enterprise & Innovation at Arts Council England. She was formerly London Area Director where she oversaw a portfolio of over 250 London-based arts organisations. She initially joined Arts Council England as the first Director of Arts Technology and Innovation, where she built on the work she did for the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) in 2017,…
Kevin O‘Hare CBE was born in Yorkshire, he trained at The Royal Ballet School from the age of 11 and was a Principal dancer of The Birmingham Royal Ballet. He retrained in Management with The Royal Shakespeare Company. He has moved through The Royal Ballet management team as Company Manager, Administrative Director and was appointed Director of The Royal Ballet in 2012. During this period…
Hannah O’Leary is a director at Sotheby’s auction house in London, where she runs the Modern and Contemporary African Art department. Ms O’Leary first joined Sotheby’s in 2005, initially working in the Dublin and Melbourne offices. In 2006 she joined Bonhams in London, where she helped pioneer the first international auctions of South African Art and Modern & Contemporary African Art, becoming Head of Department…
Tim has been Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the V&A, the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance, since 2013. Taking a strategic and operational overview of all museum activities, Tim is also leading the creation of V&A East in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, east London, which will see a new research and collections centre created alongside new gallery and exhibition spaces. He…
Victoria Siddall is Director of the National Portrait Gallery. She has worked with Frieze since 2004 and previously held the position of Global Director, overseeing the running of all four Frieze Fairs in London, New York and Los Angeles. Siddall is a founding member and trustee of the Gallery Climate Coalition, a trustee of the Ampersand Foundation, and is Chair of the board of trustees of Studio Voltaire, a non-profit gallery…
Director of the Frick Collection, New York City, and former Secretary and CEO at the Royal Academy of Arts. Before taking up the role of Secretary and Chief Executive at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2019, Axel Rüger was the Director of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. During his tenure, from 2006 – 2018 he made it one of the most successful museums in the world, overseeing major renovations and a full…