Jobs

 

The Hamburger Kunsthalle has an opening starting immediately as:

Head of the Collection of Classical Modernist Paintings

As collection director you will help to shape the profile of the Hamburger Kunsthalle by expanding your collection and conceiving exhibitions. Your work will focus on Classical and Post-War Modernism (1900 to 1960).

Multiple facets of German and international modernism unfold at the Kunsthalle: Paintings by the “Brücke” artists and the École de Paris as well as groups of works by Edvard Munch, Anita Rée, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Paul Klee and Max Beckmann illustrate the new spirit that began to pervade art circa 1900. The art of the Bauhaus, New Objectivity and Surrealism as well as various trends in abstract and non-objective painting were in the vanguard during the eventful first decades of the twentieth century, lending the entire century a striking new face.

Close cooperation between the collection heads in organising collection presentations and conceiving special exhibitions, with each thinking beyond their own area of responsibility to plan joint cross-genre and cross-media collection presentations and special exhibitions, is one of the hallmarks of the programme at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, with the resulting exhibitions embodying the boundlessness and continuity of artistic development.

You are in possession of in-depth knowledge of Classical and Post-war Modernism as well as scholarly expertise and wide-ranging experience in curating exhibitions. You have an international network of contacts in the museum world at your disposal and several years of professional experience behind you.

Your duties will include:

• Scholarly supervision of the Classical Modernism Collection
• Indexing the collection, e.g., via the database, image files, publications, digital media, etc.
• Continuous further development of the collection concept on an international level in contact with the relevant people and institutions, e.g., estates, collectors, artists, foundations, etc. through acquisitions, donations, bequests, permanent loans, etc.
• Close cooperation and coordination of work on the collection and its expansion with the heads of all collections at the Kunsthalle and with the museum education department, the library, etc.
• Conceiving and realising exhibitions and collection presentations on Classical and Post-war Modernism as part of the overall concept of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, as well as contributing to overarching monographic/thematic exhibitions, including publications (both analogue and digital)
• Conceiving and realising events and programmes accompanying exhibitions, e.g., symposia, artist talks (analogue and digital)
• Supervision and guidance of assistant curators and training of research volunteers in various projects
• Cross-disciplinary cooperation within the Kunsthalle and with external partners in the field of Classical Modernism including other museums, exhibition venues, universities, foundations, etc