AMS International UAE
Key Responsibilities:
Conduct and produce scholarly research on collection artists and artworks for collection exhibitions and publications.
Support and produce research, organization and implementation of the collection narrative displays and collection-based exhibitions for the inaugural program and beyond.
Support oversight of administration of collection database and archiving, as needed.
Collection Exhibitions and Publications:
§ Support development, organization, and implementation of collection exhibitions for the inaugural program and beyond, including collection narrative displays in the permanent collection galleries and collection-based special exhibitions.
§ Conceive, organize and coordinate collection-based special exhibitions composed primarily of works from the holdings of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
§ Manage and contribute texts for related exhibition wall texts, catalogue essays, and online content.
§ Develop related educational and public programs and written materials including online content.
§ General responsibilities include composing checklists, writing essays and related exhibition texts, and coordinating all exhibition details with conservation and other departments within the museum and in concert with New York and Abu Dhabi staffs of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
§ In respect to these exhibitions, see to the coordination of collection use in keeping with the processes and procedures concerning incoming loans and conservation review.
§ Conduct research on the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collections to inform permanent collection installations in Abu Dhabi or for museum publications. Maintain oversight of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi exhibition-related catalogues, education materials, and related published materials (including websites and marketing materials) in coordination with New York and Abu Dhabi staffs.
§ As needed, coordinate loans from Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. In consultation with senior curatorial staff, collaborate with conservation, registrar, art services, and exhibition design departments in New York and Abu Dhabi on the realization and documentation of collection exhibitions.
§ Communicate with artists and their studios as needed.
§ Write short texts on collection artworks for exhibition wall texts, catalogue entries, and the website, as called upon.
§ Work with Publications to expand the collections section of the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi website, assemble images and texts, and confirm all published material.
§ In collaboration with DCT curatorial and collections management team, manage the research, editorial process and delivery of final object captions on Guggenheim Abu Dhabi collection for the permanent record.
§ Compile exhibition catalogue bibliographies and chronologies as directed on a project-by-project basis. Contribute scholarly essays as directed on a project-by-project basis.
§ Other projects as assigned.