Art and Photography Curators
micro1 • Remote
Education
Not stated
Type
Hourly
Pay
$55-100/hr
Your rate depends on your experience and the task.
Actively hiring
50 openings
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About this role
From the micro1 listing
Role Title: Art and Photography Curators Role Type: Contractor Location: Remote
Opportunity Snapshot
Pay: $55 to $100 per hour Location: Fully remote, worldwide You’ll need: Professional experience curating, acquiring, cataloguing or attributing art or photography for a museum, gallery, auction house, archive or collection Your tasks: Review works and image sets, judge attribution, context and presentation, and explain your decisions in writing You’ll review artworks and photographs and judge them: what they are, where they come from, how they should be shown and described. This is a good fit if you work as a curator, collections specialist, gallery or auction specialist, or photo archivist and make decisions about what to acquire, show or attribute.
Scope of Work
- Look at works or sets of works and decide which fit a given theme, show or collection.
- Judge attribution, date, medium, edition and print type (for example, vintage vs. later print) from what is shown and described.
- Flag provenance gaps, doubtful attributions and condition or display risks.
- Check that titles, labels and descriptions are accurate and fair to the work.
- Flag rights, consent or ownership issues.
- Write a short explanation for each decision so a reviewer can follow your reasoning.
What we’re looking for
- Professional work as a curator, assistant curator, collections or exhibitions specialist, gallery director, auction house specialist, art or photo archivist, or registrar.
- Experience with real decisions: selecting works, attributing them, planning displays or handling loans and acquisitions.
- For photography: familiarity with prints, editions and photographic processes.
- Comfort explaining why a work belongs in a show or why an attribution is doubtful.
- Clear written English.
How the selection process works
- Apply with your resume and a short profile.
- Complete the curation interview. It is a short conversation about your experience with exhibitions, collections and attribution. You don’t need to prepare, look at anything or write anything. Finishing it is what moves your application forward.
- Review. We check your experience against what the project needs.
- Onboarding and first task. If selected, you get the guidelines and start with an initial task, which is reviewed before you continue.
How long hiring takes
On the platforms we refer people to, half of hires came within about 25 days of applying. Time from applying to hire:
Key responsibilities
- Look at works or sets of works and decide which fit a given theme, show or collection.
- Judge attribution, date, medium, edition and print type (for example, vintage vs. later print) from what is shown and described.
- Flag provenance gaps, doubtful attributions and condition or display risks.
- Check that titles, labels and descriptions are accurate and fair to the work.
Why this role
This Art and Photography Curators role is fully remote and pays $55-100/hr for Generalist work.
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What does Generalist work look like for an Art and Photography Curators?
You check AI answers to Generalist questions, correct their errors and write expert reasoning. As an Art and Photography Curators, you're hired for that judgment, so hands-on Generalist experience matters.
What specific skills does this listing call for?
Curator, Collections specialist, attention to detail, and print processes are named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with these, expect the screening to test for them.
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