Curator of Italian Paintings Before 1500 (Maternity Cover)

The National Gallery is seeking a fixed-term maternity cover Curator of Italian Paintings Before 1500. This role oversees, with other relevant Collection Curators, the care and growth of the Gallery’s Renaissance collections. They are responsible specifically for the care and display of the Italian paintings before 1500, and for associated scholarly research, publication and interpretation.

The Curator seeks and recommends relevant new acquisitions and loans, and acts as the curatorial lead on exhibitions, collection displays and gallery refurbishment projects. As a senior member of the Department, they will have line management responsibilities (usually 1-2 direct reports), providing leadership and pastoral care to the curatorial team, and helping deliver an innovative, scholarly and collaborative curatorial vision.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the Curatorial Department in the organisation of exhibitions and in helping the widest possible public understand and enjoy one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world.

This is a fixed term maternity cover contract for up to 12 months. For more details, please see the job pack on our website.

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