Jos Hackforth-Jones

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Jos Hackforth-Jones is an academic administrator, art historian, author, curator, and lecturer. She is the CEO and Director of Sotheby's Institute of Art - London [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] She holds an MA from Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London [10] and a BA from the University of Sydney.

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