The Fundação Centro Cultural de Belém is recruiting an Artistic Director for the Museum of Contemporary Art MAC/CCB in Lisbon, Portugal. The position is full-time.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate should have the following qualifications:
- Higher education, preferably a Ph.D. in Art History, Curatorship, Museology, and/or Art Theory
- Proven curatorial experience in an international environment
- Management experience in a museological or exhibition institution with team management functions
- Strategic vision towards the construction of an ambitious national and international program
- Good knowledge of the Portuguese art scene
- Communication and leadership skills
Functions
As the Artistic Director, the selected candidate will be responsible for:
- Defining and proposing an annual schedule
- Coordinating the Museum’s team and budget in conjunction with the CCB structure
- Managing the different collections in deposit in conjunction with the CCB collection
- Establishing national and international contacts and collaboration projects
- Promoting actions and initiatives in the field of Visual Arts, Architecture, and other artistic expressions, promoting the intersection between artistic genres, which the CCB advocates
Application Documents
Interested candidates should send the following documents in PDF format:
- Curriculum vitae
- Strategic vision for 2024 – 2026
- Motivation letter and other documentation considered relevant
Schedule
The application and documentation submission deadline is August 31st. The interview stage will take place in September/October 2023, and the selected application will be announced in December 2023.
Applications
All applications must be sent to drh@ccb.pt. Requests for clarification, as well as the submission of applications, must also be made by August 31st to the same email.
About MAC/CCB
The Museum of Contemporary Art MAC/CCB in Lisbon, Portugal, will open its doors on October 28th with the presentation of the collections in deposit – the Berardo Collection, the Ellipse Collection, and the Teixeira de Freitas Collection, as well as a solo exhibition by the Belgian artist Berlinde de Bruyckere.
The MAC/CCB will be a museum in which the dialogue between the various artistic typologies is based on the variety of contemporary art practices, providing historical views and mapping the insights of today’s artists.
Two pillars will structure the museum’s lines of action: its understanding, not only as a repository of collections, but also as a service provided to the public that visits it, with a strong focus on mediation and education processes; and the view that the contemporary is what operates in the present – which implies looking to the past to better understand ourselves.
Finally, CCB’s artistic diversity makes it possible to cross-programming, and this season reflects this view. This Common Ground is, therefore, an opening to dialogue, to the understanding of the different paths that art is taking, and for that purpose, revisiting recent history in the sense of prospecting.
