Provenance Researcher for Ancient Art Gallery in London

Salary/Rate:£25k
Job type:Full-Time
Town/City:London
Sector:Art Galleries and Dealers
Level:Entry (0-5 years)
Set Up:Onsite
Post Date:11.11.26
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About the Role

Our client is looking for an intelligent Provenance Researcher to join their team. This role will provide critical research and support and work closely with a senior member of staff.


The Ideal candidate 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 of current and prospective objects
  • 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
  • Proofreading and fact-checking
  • Archival research
  • Providing administrative support to senior staff
  • Consult and liaise with experts, curators and institutions internationally to obtain artwork/image/artist information and documents

Person Specification

  • At least 2 years of experience working in the art world
  •  Ideally 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

Role is full-time, on-site, and permanent
Salary: DOE, around £25k per annum 
To start ASAP

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