International open call to fill the position of Director at Kunstverein in Hamburg
Klosterwall 23
20095 Hamburg
+ 49 40 32 21 57
The Kunstverein in Hamburg invites applications for the position of Director, with tenure to begin on January 1, 2009.
Duties include artistic and commercial management of all activities at the Kunstverein (exhibitions, catalogues, editions, lectures, art tours, public relations, etc.). The Director will be expected to develop and implement an independent exhibition program focused on recent international contemporary art, in order to maintain and consolidate the Kunstverein’s unique and distinctive profile. The Director will also be capable of supplementing the Kunstverein’s existing basic funding by raising additional funds.
We offer the appropriate candidate an opportunity to pursue a substantive and independent position at a prominent and highly respected institution of the visual arts at a commensurate salary based on category 1A of the German civil service pay scale (BAT). Demonstrable experience in the museum and/or exhibition world is required.
Applications in German or English should be submitted by April 30, 2008
to: Vorstand des Hamburger Kunstvereins (Board of the Kunstverein in Hamburg), Klosterwall 23, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
