The Goodman Gallery is looking for an experienced Curator/Artist Liaison to join our team in Cape Town, South Africa

Employment Type: Full Time

Working Times
Tuesday-Friday: 09H00-17H30
Saturday: O9H30-16H00

Salary: Dependent on Experience

You will work as part of a team of curators each responsible for managing artists, contributing to the gallery’s exhibition programme and building relationships with international institutions, curators and other collaborators.

Main responsibilities and work areas:

Artist Management

• Management of the gallery’s relationships with represented artists
• Project management and reporting related to artists including Goodman Gallery exhibitions, external exhibitions and projects, and artwork production
• Budget management for exhibitions and production of works.
• Administration related to artists’ representation on the Goodman Gallery website, artist portfolios, travel, and finances related to production, exhibitions and travel
• Liaison with local and international institutions concerning their collections and potential or confirmed exhibitions featuring represented artists
• Provide the sales team with information about new works available, artist catalogues, important artist activities.

Programming

• Strategic and curatorial input into art fair participation (booth plan, artwork selection)
• Assisting with events and projects related to art fairs
• Curating internal group shows
• Involvement in curating special projects programme
• Involvement in developing the gallery’s annual exhibition programme

Communications

• Proactively contact artists regularly for updated news, artist bios, events etc and share this information with appropriate staff members and teams.
• Ensuring communications and sales teams are well-informed about artists works and Goodman Gallery exhibitions.
• Ensuring all artist information on the website is updated and accurate at all times
• Assisting with press release content and providing content for catalogues, publications, etc.

Research (Successful applicant will be allocated one main research area)

Research to be conducted in the following areas:

• Potential local and international artists for the Goodman Gallery stable
• Worldwide market trends
• Biennales
• Curators
• Museums and institutions