Department: Artistic Programmes & Content
Reporting to: Curator, Head of Collection
Full time / 1 year fixed term contract
Start date: May 2023

Mudam, the Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg, is seeking a Curatorial Research Fellowship, an initiative supported by Allen & Overy.

Inaugurated in 2006, in a building designed by the internationally renowned architect leoh Minh Pei, Mudam is the Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg. Our mission is to collect, conserve and present the most relevant contemporary art of our time and to make it accessible to a wide audience. Through our exhibitions, publications, and artistic and educational programmes, we aim to play a leading role in the promotion and understanding of contemporary art.

Situated in Europe at the heart of a cosmopolitan country where no fewer than 179 nationalities live side by side, it is our wish to speak to all communities and promote their access to contemporary art. We are keen to make the museum a living space, a place of dialogue where the issues of our contemporary society can be addressed and discussed. We are committed to an inclusive, tolerant and responsible world in which museums play a unique role in the transmission of our heritage to future generations.

Your mission
Working as part of the curatorial team and in the collection service, your mission is dedicated to the development of the collection through the museum’s partnership with the international law firm, Allen & Overy. You have a special remit for researching contemporary art that engages with or employs digital media and developing proposals for acquisitions. In addition to supporting all aspects of the research and acquisitions process you also work on the development of collection displays where works donated by Allen and Overy are presented.

The partnership between Mudam and Allen & Overy was first established in 2013 and in the first three years supported a series of donations to Mudam’s collection focusing exclusively on artists working in the moving image. Since 2019, this collaboration has been strengthened with increased support for acquisitions and the creation of a Curatorial Fellowship to extend this focus to emerging artists working with new and emerging technologies including digital media.

Your principal missions will involve the following:

Research / Acquisition proposals

• To research and develop proposals for acquisitions and contribute to the identification of a work to be acquired with support from Allen & Overy in 2024
• To identify significant and emerging artists whose work is engaged with new and emerging technologies including digital media
• To produce detailed dossiers on artists that include biographies, bibliographies and documentation
• To liaise with galleries and artists and in dialogue with the Curator, Head of Collection and the Head of Artistic Programmes and Content, identify works, develop and present proposals
• Provide administrative support to the acquisitions process and contribute to presentations, collection and acquisitions meetings as appropriate
• To contribute to the collection databases and records in the museum’s digital and physical archives as required
• To contribute to the ongoing work of the museum in addressing conservation practices related to artworks including new and emerging technologies.
• To support the work of Mudam’s Development team, attending key meetings, making presentations and preparing other documents for Allen & Overy.

Access

• To contribute to all aspects of developing, planning and delivering of associated collection displays
• To contribute to the development of accessible texts on the collection including acquisition proposals, labels and interpretative texts and materials for press and marketing
• To contribute to the production of scholarly texts for Mudam’s publications via proof-reading and fact- checking
• To assist in the promotion of Mudam’s collection to the public through liaison with the Communications team
• To present Allen & Overy’s donations to the public during collection display tours as requested

General

• To represent Mudam to partners and at external meetings as requested
• To contribute to the strategic development of the collection and to work as a team to ensure that the department’s missions are fulfilled.

Your profile
We are looking for an open-minded and enthusiastic individual, keen to contribute to its development. Suitable candidates will recognise themselves in this description and will be able to offer the following attributes:

• Specialist in contemporary art with proven research skills
• Good administrative and organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Computer literacy
• Fluent in French and high level in English. A working knowledge of German or Luxembourgish is also an advantage.
• A broad knowledge of contemporary art and culture with a particular interest in the impact of recent and emerging technologies on contemporary practice.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to manage a varied workload and remain calm under pressure
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Mudam is committed to a more inclusive, more tolerant and more responsible world and aims to ensure that its recruitment process is free from discriminatory barriers.

If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please send your CV together with a covering letter giving the reference MUDAM / A&O to Frédéric Maraud, Head of Human Resources, at this address: rh@mudam.lu by 08 January at the latest.

First interviews will take place during the week of 13 February 2023.
For any further information, please contact rh@mudam.lu