Kenneth E. Tyler Curator, International Prints and Drawings

The International Art department is seeking an experienced curator to join a vibrant and ambitious team. Reporting to the Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and working alongside a team of subject specialist experts, this role is responsible for the planning and co-ordination of activities related to a collection of over 35 000 international prints, drawings and illustrated books; contributing to exhibition making and programs, as well as other departmental projects. This is a full-time, ongoing employment opportunity available within the Artistic Programs Portfolio.

The Artistic Programs Portfolio is responsible for the care, loan, and presentation of the National collection along with the development and delivery of the exhibition, touring, publishing, and commissioning program at the National Gallery. The International Art Department is responsible for researching and delivering loan exhibitions, commissioning projects for the program, as well as researching, building, interpreting, and publishing on the National Gallery’s collection and preparing collection displays.

Prints and Drawings is a stand-alone collection, which reflects the importance printmaking and drawing have played in the history of visual culture across the globe. The collection of international prints, drawings and illustrated books numbers over 36,000 works and includes deep holdings of French modern art, Russian and Western European avant-garde art, and European and North American Pop and Conceptual art. The collection includes the Kenneth E. Tyler Collection and Archive of prints and printmaking, which charts a history of post war American printmaking through the work of master printer Ken Tyler.

The department of Prints and Drawings seeks to make available, through display and publication, the collection to the broadest number of people. The National Gallery is seeking an experienced curator of prints and drawings to join a team who work within a vibrant and rewarding environment stewarding and developing the National Collection.