What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research & Exhibitions Internship position at David Zwirner?
The intern will have a stake in the main areas that all Research & Exhibitions team members do. Qualified candidates for this position should have strong interest in research, writing and editing skills, as well as curatorial interests. Some knowledge of twentieth-century and contemporary art is required.
The intern will preferably work 2-5 days a week in our NY office.
Primary responsibilities include:
- 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
- Working with the Objects Researcher, interns will be asked to conduct independent research and review catalogues and online resources for ownership information, and subsequently help log information collected and manually compile data sets using Google programs, and provide a summary and analysis of their 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
The Summer internship runs from June through August. Hours are 10AM – 6PM. All interns are paid NYC minimum wage of $16.50/hour. All candidates must be residents of NY, NJ, or CT. Only qualified candidates will be contacted. Absolutely no calls or walk-ins please.
Please submit a resume and cover letter.
David Zwirner is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Gallery is firmly committed to equal employment opportunities in all facets of its operations. The Gallery makes decisions concerning hiring and terms and conditions of employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.
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