Curatorial Assistant

Curatorial Assistant, Exhibitions Department 

Deadline: 2 November 2014

The Royal Academy of Arts is one of the UK’s foremost arts institutions, famous for our world-class exhibitions including The Real Van Gogh, David Hockney: A Bigger Picture and Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined. It is a particularly exciting time in our history. As we approach our 250th anniversary in 2018, we are embarking upon a series of major investments that will transform our physical and digital infrastructure and our public offer. An ambitious ‘Masterplan’ by David Chipperfield RA will redevelop our 2.5 acre campus in Mayfair, uniting our two buildings and providing refurbished galleries, a state-of-the-art auditorium, a new learning centre and a dedicated Collections gallery in Burlington Gardens, and enabling greater public visibility of the art school at the heart of the Academy.

An exciting opportunity as Curatorial Assistant has arisen in the Curatorial team, part of the wider Exhibitions Department. In this role, you’ll support both internal and guest Curators throughout the process of information gathering, organisation, presentation and delivery of temporary loan exhibitions.

Strong research and administrative skills are essential, ideally gained in a museum or gallery environment, as well as a Masters degree in History of Art or similar. You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to build networks both internally and externally. The ability to speak another European language would be advantageous.

This role will require you to be adaptable and willing to take on a range of tasks, as well as flexible with out of hours working, for example, to attend events or supervise exhibition installations.

For an application form visit our website at: www.royalacademy.org.uk/careers