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Art and Photography Curators
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Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote · Worldwide
Experience
3 years
Job description
Contract curator role reviewing artworks and photographs to judge attribution, provenance, presentation and description, and explaining decisions in writing. The work supports a project that needs professional curation judgment on works and image sets.
At a glance
- Employment
- Contract · Independent contractor
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
- Languages
- English
- Pay
- USD 55 – 100 / hour
What you'll do
- Look at works or sets of works and decide which fit a given theme, show or collection.
- Judge attribution, date, medium, edition and print type (for example, vintage vs. later print) from what is shown and described.
- Flag provenance gaps, doubtful attributions and condition or display risks.
- Check that titles, labels and descriptions are accurate and fair to the work.
- Flag rights, consent or ownership issues.
- Write a short explanation for each decision so a reviewer can follow your reasoning.
What we're looking for
- Professional work as a curator, assistant curator, collections or exhibitions specialist, gallery director, auction house specialist, art or photo archivist, or registrar.
- Experience with real decisions: selecting works, attributing them, planning displays or handling loans and acquisitions.
- For photography: familiarity with prints, editions and photographic processes.
- Comfort explaining why a work belongs in a show or why an attribution is doubtful.
- Clear written English.
- Professional experience curating, acquiring, cataloguing or attributing art or photography for a museum, gallery, auction house, archive or collection.
How to get hired
- 1Apply with your resume and a short profile.
- 2Complete the curation interview: a short conversation about your experience with exhibitions, collections and attribution; no preparation needed.
- 3Review: we check your experience against what the project needs.
- 4Onboarding and first task: if selected, you get the guidelines and start with an initial task, which is reviewed before you continue.