MUNCH is poised on the cusp of a thrilling new era with a host of possibilities and ambitions. The museum is nationally and internationally renowned and leading with regard to Edvard Munch’s art and will also be a high profile institution for other modern and contemporary art. The Department of Exhibitions and Collections is responsible for the art historical management of the museum’s unique collections that include more than 26,000 works by Munch. Responsibilities include research on Edvard Munch’s art and ongoing efforts in quality control and development of information in the collection database. The department also works intensively with the museum’s art programme and with curating exhibitions. The new museum building in Oslo’s harbour area Bjørvika will have greater capacity for displaying our own collections as well as temporary exhibitions ranging from Munch’s time up until the present day.
Application deadline: 26.09.2021
Employer: Munchmuseet
Town/city: Oslo
Title: Senior Curator (art historian) for the Department of Exhibitions and Collections
Positions: 1
Full-time/part-time: Full-time
Employment type: Permanent position
Percentage of full-time: 100
Webcruiter ID: 4410327205
Job tasks
- Share responsibility for the art historical management of the museum’s collection of art on paper (prints and drawings and photographs)
- Advance and develop the knowledge-based content of the collection database, particularly regarding artworks on paper
- Research Edvard Munch’s art, publish and disseminate
- Share responsibility for the museum’s external-oriented study hall for works on paper
- Contribute to internal and external exhibition projects
- Diverse executive duties
Qualifications
Mandatory:
- Education: PhD in art history
- Work experience from art museum or other art institution, as well as experience in working with art on paper
Preferred:
- Education: specialised art historical competence on art on paper
Experience: further art historical publication and research experience
Personal traits
- Self-reliant, you take initiatives and have a high degree of personal and professional integrity
- Structured, efficient, high working capacity
- Good communicative and cooperative skills
- Open and generous in contributing to a positive workplace environment
- Good verbal and written conveyance skills in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish) as well as English
- Personal aptitude for the position will be given emphasis
What we can offer
- An exciting role in an evolving museum
- Challenges in a busy, enthusiastic and wide-ranging professional environment
- The City of Oslo’s favourable pension plan
- Flexible working hours
- Professional and personal development
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Contacts
Jon-Ove Steihaug
Department director
+47 917 36 849
In the autumn of 2021 the museum MUNCH opens in a spectacular new building perched on the shore of Oslo’s Bjørvika Harbour. The museum will house the magnificent gift Edvard Munch (1863-1944) bequeathed to the City of Oslo, consisting of more than 26,000 artworks in addition to his literary notebooks and writings. This is by far the world’s greatest collection of Edvard Munch’s works. MUNCH is also among the largest museums in the world dedicated to an individual artist.
MUNCH also manages the collections bestowed upon the City of Oslo by Rolf Stenersen, Amaldus Nielsen and Ludvig Ravensberg. Our initiatives in the realm of contemporary art will shed light on Edvard Munch’s lasting influence in his own day as well as on present generations of artists.
The museum will trigger fresh, clear and intimate perceptions of Edvard Munch’s art. Visitors will at all times experience the highlights of Edvard Munch’s artistry in parallel with temporary exhibitions of other artists. From our location at Bjørvika, with its unrivalled view of the Oslo Fjord, the museum will offer a comprehensive programme of artistic and cultural experiences on all 13 floors.
