Visual Arts

Joe Dunning

If you’d like to learn more about Joe you can check out the Dunning and Partners website, or follow him on Instagram.

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Joe Dunning founded Dunning & Partners after a 14-year career in the commercial arts sector with Christie’s and Sotheby’s in both London and New York.

He specialized in strategy, innovation and business development, designing and leading numerous initiatives within the auction, private sales and advisory arms of the business. He also ran the Sotheby’s Prize, an annual $250,000 award to facilitate museum exhibitions that explore overlooked or under-represented areas of art history.

He has established pioneering partnerships with museums around the world. 

He has also served as auctioneer and advisor for numerous not-for-profit organizations, with a particular focus on the arts and education, raising over £6 million. 

He is a mentor with Creative Access and has worked closely with the National Theatre in London, Free Arts NYC, Urban Arts Partnership and the New York Academy of Art.

He has a BA in Modern Languages from Oxford University and an MA in Cultural and Creative Industries from King’s College, London.