Art Researcher for a contemporary art gallery in London
Salary/Rate:DOE
Job type:Full-Time
Town/City:London
Sector:Art Galleries and Dealers
Level:Entry (0-5 years)
Set Up:Onsite
Post Date:05.05.26
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About the Role
Role description:
A contemporary London-based art gallery is looking for an Art Researcher to join its team. This role will provide critical research. The ideal candidate will have a BA or MA in History of Art and will be able to demonstrate critical awareness of key discourses within the art world.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- In-depth research of artworks
- Provenance research, attributions, and bibliography
- Cataloguing, documenting and updating the database accordingly
- Writing entries based on specialist research (including provenance, bibliography compilation and illustration lists)
- Working on loan requests
- Working on publication projects
- Proof-reading and fact-checking
- Archival research
- Provide administrative support to senior staff
- Consult and liaise with experts, curators and institutions internationally to obtain artwork/image/artist information and documents
Person Specification
- Educated to at least Master's level in a relevant Art programme
- Experience researching artworks, clients, sourcing and performing provenance checks
- Great writer academically; experience of writing for the web is highly advantageous
- Experienced in using gallery management software and databases & IT literate
- Confident and able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Detail-oriented person
- Fluent in written and spoken English, with any additional languages highly desirable
- Highly motivated
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