Doris Zemurray Stone Curatorial Fellow for European Art

NOMA seeks a dynamic and accomplished candidate for the position of the Doris Zemurray Stone Curatorial Fellow for European Art. This full-time 2-year position will begin in September 2017.

The Curatorial Fellow will work on the planning and implementation for the major international loan exhibition The Orléans Collection, to open October 2018. The exhibition is devoted to the celebrated collection of the city’s namesake, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674-1723) and Regent of France (1715-1723). Timed to coincide with the tricentennial of the founding of the city of New Orleans, the exhibition, catalogue and programming will provide an exceptional opportunity for new research and will introduce to a wider public one of the preeminent collections of Europe.

The Curatorial Fellow will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful scholarship in the history of art and the history of collecting. The Orléans Collection will bring together, for the first time, approximately 50 works to tell the story of the collection’s formation, character and dispersal. The exhibition and its full-color scholarly catalogue will explore exceptional aspects of the collection through five guiding themes: the Duke’s Biography; the Palais Royal and its grand redecoration as a center for the arts and exchange in Paris; the diplomatic and personal display of the collection in public and private spaces; the Duke of Orléans’ personal taste and psychology as a collector; and the fame and impact the collection had for visitors and contemporary artists and collectors in Paris. An international team of scholars, both established and emerging, have committed to writing for the catalogue.

The Curatorial Fellow will work closely with Vanessa Schmid, the project’s organizer, and will have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of the exhibition project, including the catalogue, interpretation, public programming, and display. The Curatorial Fellow will work collaboratively with all departments, including Registration, Interpretation and Audience Engagement, and External Affairs.

The successful candidate will have:

• A minimum of a Master’s degree, ABD or Ph.D. preferred, with a specialization in the history of early modern European art
• Museum/ curatorial experience
• Fluency in French, proficiency in Italian and German preferred
• Demonstrable scholarly achievement

 About the New Orleans Museum of Art

The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) was founded in 1910 when Isaac Delgado offered a gift to the City Park Commission to create a “temple for rich and poor alike.” The Museum opened to the public in 1911 and is today, the premier art museum in the Gulf South. Its wide-ranging permanent collection includes work from ancient Syria to the modern era. The Museum is known for its collections of European and American art (including a Kress Collection), African art, photography, decorative art, Japanese Edo-period painting, pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial art, as well as the 5-acre Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The garden opened in 2003 with 44 sculptures, and is now home to over 60 works by modern and contemporary artists, from Henry Moore to Yinka Shonibare.

More info: https://noma.org/job/doris-zemurray-stone-curatorial-fellow-european-art/

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