Application deadline: October 6, 2012, 12pm
Madre Museum
Via L. Settembrini,79
80139 Naples, Italy
www.museomadre.it
www.fondazionedonnaregina.it
The Donnaregina Foundation for Contemporary Arts launches an international competition for the appointment of the General Director of MADRE Museum, Naples.
The competition is addressed to those candidates who have cultural, artistic and curatorial requirements as well as management skills. There will be taken into consideration the applications of those who demonstrate to have high level knowledge of international contemporary art and two years experience at least for activities carried out in the same or similar position. A prerequisite to fulfill the assignment is the knowledge of the Italian and English language.
The expiring date to submit the applications, written on plain paper and supported by the documentation required, ends on October the 6th 2012, at 12pm.
The integral text of the public notice can be downloaded at
www.museomadre.it / www.fondazionedonnaregina.it.
About Donnaregina Foundation
The Donnaregina Foundation for Contemporary Arts was officially constituted on 22nd November 2004 by the Campania Region with the aim of: “founding, promoting and administrating museums, art and cultural centers in the Campania Region, acquiring temporarily or permanently, by means of contracts and/or agreements with public or private authorities, artists and collectors, contemporary artworks to be exhibited permanently or temporarily in its museums or in themed exhibitions; to foster cultural activities through the organization of conferences, internships and seminars on art, literature, cinema, graphic design, product design, photography, architecture and all other forms of artistic expression, modern and contemporary.”
About Madre Museum
The Museo d’Arte contemporanea DonnaREgina (M.A.D.RE) stands in the historical heart of Naples and owes its name to the building that houses it, the Palazzo Donnaregina, which stands next to the Monastery of S. Maria Donnaregina, founded by the Swabian dynasty (13th century). Renewed by the Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza and developed around an internal courtyard on three different floors, the museum opened to the public on June 10, 2005, inaugurating the site-specific installations on its first-floor. This was followed in December 2005 by the inauguration of the historical collection housed on the second floor and finally, in April 2006, by the opening of the third-floor designed for temporary exhibitions with the major anthological show dedicated to Jannis Kounellis.
The creation of the MADRE museum forms part of a project of cultural revival for the city of Naples which dates back to the 90s with events such as the installations in Piazza del Plebiscito, the stations on the Line 1 subway service (designed by eminent architects and used to present works by leading international artists) and the Annali delle Arti (the annual organization of exhibitions, events and art encounters in the Campania Region) to name a few.
