Assistant Curator | M+ Museum — Hong Kong SAR, China

M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, we are building one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, with a bold ambition to establish ourselves as one of the world’s leading cultural institutions. Our aim is to create a new kind of museum that reflects our unique time and place, a museum that builds on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.

(This is a fixed-term contract position for one year, with the possibility of renewal subject to organizational needs and individual performance. )

Reporting to Curator, Moving Image, you will be responsible for

supporting the curatorial team in all exhibitions, screenings and events related to museum business, and curatorial affairs with a focus on moving image;
assisting in creating and maintaining records of objects in the museum collection;
supporting and making acquisitions for the museum collection;
independently researching given topics related to moving image and communicating findings to the curatorial team;
assisting in writing, editing, and producing museum texts, including publications, wall texts, and object labels;
working with all curatorial teams including visual art, design and architecture, digital programmes, learning and interpretation, and editorial in the above capacities when required; and
contributing to the general development of the future M+, including different stages of the building, museum operations and programmes.

You should

possess a recognised university degree in Art History, Fine Arts, Film or other subjects related to moving image;
have at least 4 years of experience in planning, coordinating and delivering exhibitions, screenings or other moving image focused programmes, including but not limited to film, contemporary art, animation and digital culture;
demonstrate strong research skills and experience with ability to conduct research independently;
have knowledge of 20th and 21st century moving image histories, particularly from Asia; and
have excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Chinese; proficiency in Mandarin is an advantage.

For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV on or before following date. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled.

23-09-2024

Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful.

All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.

For more information, please visit https://www.westkowloon.hk or contact:

Sara Li /+852 22002518

Find more opportunities on our M+ page.

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