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Senior Curator, Head of Visual Art, M+ Museum



Job description

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.

Located in Hong Kong’s WestK, we are one of the leading museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world.

The museum reflects our unique time and place, building on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and the international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.
 

As a member of the senior team of the M+ Curatorial Department, reporting to Artistic Director and Chief Curator (AD&CC), the role will be responsible for the strategy-setting, daily operations, and management of the Visual Art team, while ensuring close collaborations with other teams and departments within M+, and with other divisions within the Authority.

You will be responsible for:

  • leading a team of curatorial staff specialising in Visual Art areas such as painting, sculpture, photography, ink art, installation, and performance;
  • managing the staff and operations such as manpower and budget planning and monitoring;
  • organising regular meetings in coordination with other Lead Curators and AD&CC, and also regular or ad-hoc discussions within respective team to align the curatorial directions and ensure that the curatorial programmes are executed according to business plan and corporate plan;
  • working closely with curators in the respective team and AD&CC to create long-term acquisition plans and overall roadmap for the M+ collections;
  • collaborating with other departments within M+ and the Authority to ensure the curatorial programmes are executed successfully;
  • participating in regular check-ins and strategic planning with AD&CC, senior curatorial team, and also with senior management of M+ when necessary;
  • supervising and performance-managing the team and ensuring the team has the appropriate level of skills and training for tasks they are required to undertake; and
  • performing any duties from time to time as reasonably as assigned by M+.

You should:

  • possess a recognized university degree or higher relevant to art history, fine arts, or other related disciplines;
  • have at least 12 years of experience in curating and staging exhibitions and related programs, especially in areas of Chinese and Asian modern and contemporary art and visual culture;
  • have at least 5 years of experience in managing a team;
  • possess experience in working with and building a collection;
  • have well-developed professional network, preferably good connection with curators from international museums;
  • possess solid leadership, problem-solving and collaboration skills; and
  • have excellent written and verbal communication skill in English, preferably with knowledge of Cantonese or Putonghua.


Required Skill Profession

Librarians, Curators, And Archivists



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