Position status: Permanent
Position type: Full-time
Occupational group: Arts/Culture/Heritage
Classification: PO4
Workplace Location: Brisbane Inner City
Job ad reference: QLD/QAG352934
Closing date: 21-Oct-2020
Yearly salary: $97704 – $105088
Fortnightly salary: $3745 – $4028
Total remuneration: $111472 up to $119896
QAGOMA are seeking a Curator, International Art. Are you an experienced curator? Passionate about art and working with artists? Thoughtful, flexible and patient? Curious about the world, full of energy and excitement? Well regarded in the field? The Curator, International Art is a senior member of a dynamic creative team, working across the Gallery’s Contemporary and Historical collections. The role is key to the research and development of the collection; exhibitions drawn from this; and major exhibitions featuring loaned works and new artist’s projects. You will need a strong knowledge of International Art, and extensive grounding in either Contemporary or Historical (pre1975) art; confidence in writing and speaking about art and tertiary qualifications in art history, the visuals arts or museum studies from a recognised institution.
At QAGOMA, International Art are responsible for the development of exhibitions that range from vast to intimate in scale, as well as caring for and developing the gallery’s International collection.
The Curator, International Art plays a vital role across all of these areas, working in a small team under the Curatorial Manager International Art.
Art and artists are at the centre of this role, and all that we care for. Equally, we strive to welcome, captivate, challenge and energise our audiences.
We are seeking an experienced curator, ready to dream of new worlds whilst also being capable and patient, able to navigate the processes of a large institution. We are looking for a colleague who is an excellent communicator and cares about their working relationships, near and far.
The Curator, International Art will have the capacity to understand the collection as it stands, and join us in looking towards the future – planning how the collection might best be developed to reflect the world (and worlds) we live in as well as the communities we serve.
