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Research & Exhibitions Intern
| Company | David Zwirner Gallery |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $16.5 – $16.5 |
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| Type | Internship |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Internship |
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Requirements
- Strong interest in research
- Writing and editing skills
- Curatorial interests
- Some knowledge of twentieth-century and contemporary art
Responsibilities
- Inventory/factsheets: Library and sometimes archival research for artwork cataloguing and provenance documentation, compiling lists of comparable works as related to the gallery’s inventory
- Exhibitions: Assist relevant team members with research-intensive exhibition projects (depending on exhibition schedule/what phase upcoming shows are in)
- Objects research: Conduct independent research and review catalogues and online resources for ownership information, log information collected, manually compile data sets using Google programs, and provide a summary and analysis of findings to the Objects Researcher
- Documentation of gallery artists and estates: Help Research and Archives Assistant gather checklists for external exhibitions featuring gallery artists
- DZ Library maintenance: Help Research and Archives Assistant with general management of the gallery’s reference libraries, including inbooking/registering of new books, pulling books for viewings, scanning texts, shelving/reshelving, and assisting with occasional large-scale shifts of reference collections
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferably work 2-5 days a week in the NY office
