Seeks New Director
MALMÖ KONSTHALL SEEKS NEW DIRECTOR
Malmö Culture Committee seeks director for Malmö Konsthall. The Culture Committee of the City of Malmö is responsible for the city’s overall planning within the cultural sector. The Culture Department is in charge of the operations of eight cultural institutions: Malmö City Library, Malmö Museer, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö Kulturmiljö, Malmö Kulturskola, Malmö Kulturstöd, Malmö City Archives and Malmö Konsthall.
The Culture Department is currently involved in an exciting programme of cultural development in Malmö. Malmö Konsthall is the home of contemporary art in Malmö and is the venue for extremely exciting current art , both locally, regionally, and internationally.
Director of Malmö Konsthall
Malmö Konsthall has one of Europe’s largest and most beautiful exhibition spaces for contemporary art, and arranges a number of exhibitions each year. Its unique building and quality-focused programme gives Malmö Konsthall a prominent profile and strength in relation to institutions in other countries, and places it among the foremost and most interesting art institutions of the region. Malmö Konsthall puts great emphasis on reaching out to the public and maintaining close contact with the artistic life of the region.
The position
As director of Malmö Konsthall you are immediately subordinate to the city’s cultural director. You are responsible for all the gallery’s activities, which means leading and coordinating the gallery operations with responsibility for the budget and human resources as well as handling Culture Committee matters of relevance to the gallery. You are also a member of the Culture Department’s management team, whose work includes close collaboration with the departments other cultural institutions.
Qualifications
We are looking for a visionary with a broad network of Swedish and international contacts. You must have good writing and leadership skills. Applicants must have in-depth documented knowledge of 19th and 20th-century art plus solid experience of exhibition work.
Employment
Form of employment: for a specified term
Starting date: by agreement.
Application
E-mail your application to: kulturkansli@malmo.se
Last date of application: 2007-08-17
Job reference number:
Kulturförvaltningen
Södergatan 9
SE-211 34 Malmö, Sweden
Contacts
Bengt Hall, Cultural Director
Tel: +46 (0)40-34 45 10
Carina Funeskog Göransson, Acting HR Manager
Tel: +46 (0)40-34 45 12
Carina Nilsson (s), Chair, Culture Committee
Mobile: +46 (0)70-246 50 38
Anna Holmbom, First Curator
Tel: +46 (0)40-34 12 88
Mobile: +46 (0)708-34 12 88
