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Curator Jobs

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Address , New York, Ny
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary $100,000 - $150,000 a year
Expires 2023-07-03
Posted at 1 year ago
Job Description
About the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Since its founding in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as the audiences we engage. Our staff members are art lovers who are passionate about working toward a common goal: creating the most dynamic and inspiring art museum in the world.
At The Met, every staff member – from security officers to researchers to scientists and beyond – lives by our core values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration, excellence, and integrity.
Respect: Engage one another with collegiality, empathy, and kindness, always.
Inclusivity: Ensure that all are and feel welcome and valued.
Collaboration: Reach across boundaries to exchange ideas and work together toward our shared mission.
Excellence: Lead the cultural world in quality and expertise—and inspire curiosity and creativity.
Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest moral standards, admit when we fall short, and then evolve.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
You will be a visionary curator of contemporary art as well as a strategic administrator who values collaboration. You will foster new research, scholarship, acquisitions, and displays to highlight the most compelling art of our time and how it responds to the history of art. You will have a record of centering the contributions of artists of color and women and will work alongside colleagues at the Museum engaged in this ongoing work.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
  • Embed contemporary art within a larger purview of art history, situating important sites of rupture and continuity
  • Position contemporary art within an international context, while thinking deeply about the respective and particular site of installation, exhibition, and commission
  • Curate collection displays and organize exhibitions
  • Craft, along with curatorial colleagues, a collection strategy that tracks accountability and measures success in achieving strategic acquisition goals
  • Maintain deep and meaningful relationships with artists, scholars, critics, and collectors, while preserving the independence necessary to forge new paths
  • Find creative scholarly and interpretative throughways into historical material
  • Lead with communication, whether written or spoken, that accommodates a variety of audiences depending on situation and need
  • Oversee researchers and curatorial staff as assigned
  • Adapt and produce high-level results on multiple projects with shifting priorities
  • Work independently and in collaboration/coordination with education, collections, conservation, curatorial, advancement, publications, digital, LiveArts, administrative, and additional staff
  • Work closely with colleagues across the department and Museum, including the architect, on all aspects of the Tang Wing
  • Other duties as assigned
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
  • Master’s Degree
  • Experience of programming the work of contemporary artists, including experience in commissioning projects (including performance), building collections, curating collection displays, and working on publications.
  • Advanced knowledge of contemporary art
  • Strong interpersonal skills
COMPENSATION RANGE
  • The advertised pay scale reflects the good faith minimum and maximum salary range for this role. The advertised pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage for any specific employee. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, special licensing or qualifications, and other factors
  • Pay Range: $100,000 - $150,000
Location Requirements
At time of employment, employees are expected to be located within commuting distance of the Museum. “Commuting distance” means that they are located in one of following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania (the “Tri-state and PA” areas), and be able to commute to and from the Museum in a single day.
Benefits Offerings
The Museum provides competitive compensation, and generous benefits and perks for all eligible employees. Note: Benefits Offering may differ based on Employee Status.
  • 403(b) basic retirement plan and optional matching retirement plan with an outstanding employer match
  • Free financial-planning services
  • Financial assistance for relevant coursework, seminars, and training programs
  • Access to the Museums Council pass, which grants free admission to various museums and cultural institutions
  • Long-term disability coverage
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Account (pre-tax income for eligible health care expenses)
  • 25% discount for staff in Museum shops
  • Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and 13 Museum holidays
  • A subsidized staff cafeteria
  • Commuter benefits (pre-tax income for parking or mass transit expenses)
Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups often apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We recognize that it is highly unlikely that someone meets 100% of the qualifications for a role. If much of this job description describes you, then please apply for this role.
The Met is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, The Met will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed in this process, please contact .
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.