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Assistant Curator of Sculpture (fixed term, 12 months)V&A
18 days ago
  • LevelJunior
  • ProfessionsAssistant Curator, Administrator, Project Manager
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom

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Description

Closing Date: 23-Sep-2024

The Role
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Curator, Sculpture (Maternity Cover, fixed term for 12 months). The post-holder will form part of the team responsible for the care, research, display, and interpretation of the collections of the Decorative Art and Sculpture Department. The V&A’s Sculpture Collection is the most comprehensive holding of post-classical European sculpture in the world. The collection contains outstanding and numerous examples of medieval ivories and English medieval alabasters, and celebrated collections of Italian Renaissance and Baroque sculpture. It also has substantial and renowned holdings of bronzes, medals and terracotta sculptures; and the plaster casts – displayed in the great Victorian Cast Courts – are amongst the most popular exhibits in the museum. Also held within the wider department are the extensive world-class collections of metalwork, jewellery, ceramics and glass. The tasks undertaken by Assistant Curators are broad and varied, and these provide the opportunity to develop a range of curatorial skills at the V&A working with colleagues across museum activities. Assistant Curators spend a significant portion of their time working on object-related activity that pertains to the care and display of collections, maintaining documentation and developing interpretation to allow for their presentation to wide audiences. The Assistant Curator of Sculpture plays an important role in supporting operations in the Sculpture galleries, particularly related to the V&A’s award-winning Medieval and Renaissance Galleries. The successful candidate will have an interest in sculpture and excellent organisational, interpersonal and writing skills. In addition, they will be comfortable working across collections, and cultivating and cementing good relations with colleagues at the V&A as well as with external organisations and communities. We would like the successful candidate to join us in November or early December of this year.
The V&A
The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience. We strive to make the V&A matter to more people and in that context we work to the following six strategic objectives:
  • To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
  • Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
  • Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
  • To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
  • Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
  • Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.

Skills Required

  • Curation
  • Writing
  • Interpersonal Skills

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