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About the Role
The Museum of Modern Art is seeking a Paintings Conservator to join the David Booth Conservation Department. This role involves collaborative work on modern and contemporary art, including examination, documentation, treatment, research, and collection care.
Responsibilities
- Examines, documents, and treats paintings in the collection and those under temporary custody.
- Participates in departmental activities including acquisition, exhibition preparation, gallery maintenance, collection care, loans, and research.
- Monitors collection works in storage and advises on environmental conditions, packing, and preventive conservation.
- Collaborates with curatorial, Collection Management, Exhibition Registration, Exhibition Planning, Exhibition Design, and Imaging departments.
- Researches historic and contemporary artist and designers’ materials and practices.
- Explores new conservation methods, tools, and techniques.
- Communicates with artists and stakeholders on conservation issues.
- Stays current with modern and contemporary art conservation approaches.
- Supervises, trains, and mentors Assistant/Associate Conservators, Fellows, and Interns.
- Prepares works for outgoing loans, overseeing transport and installation.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Graduate degree in conservation or equivalent training.
- Minimum of ten years' experience in paintings conservation in a modern and contemporary museum setting.
- Experience supervising and mentoring junior conservators.
- Experience in planning treatment budgets.
- Experience working with living artists, studio assistants, and artists' estates.
- Knowledge and experience in current documentation procedures, including digital photography (U.V., IR, Photomicrography).
- Understanding of analytical instruments (X-ray fluorescence, Fourier-transform Infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy).
- Ability to communicate effectively in a collaborative and variable environment.
- Experience overseeing complex exhibitions and employing preventive display strategies.
- Experience serving as courier.
- Ability to travel is desirable.
- On-site presence required five days a week during the initial 90-day employment period, thereafter four days per week onsite (subject to change).
Skills
- Modern and contemporary art conservation
- Examination
- Documentation
- Treatment
- Research
- Collection care
- Preventive conservation
- Digital photography
- Analytical instruments
- Supervision
- Mentoring
- Budget planning
- Communication
- Exhibition planning
- Preventive display strategies
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- On-site
Experience Level
- Ten years minimum experience
- Supervisory experience
Education Level
- Graduate degree in conservation or equivalent training
Salary/Compensations
- $128,000
About the Company
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a renowned institution dedicated to modern and contemporary art.
Equal Opportunity
- Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at the Museum, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, arrest or conviction record to the extent required by applicable law, credit history, or any other protected category as established by applicable law, including the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”).