Remote Art & Photography Curator (Contract)

Zekai; United States; Remote; USD 76,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

Zekai is seeking an experienced Art and Photography Curator for a 100% remote contract role. You will review artworks or photography sets, determine attribution, and explain your reasoning in writing. The position is worldwide and compensated hourly, reflecting the professional standards of curatorial practice.

Ideal candidates have curated or managed collections, exhibitions, or photo archives, with ability to justify decisions and manage provenance considerations for loans and displays.

Qualifications

• Professional work as a curator, assistant curator, collections/exhibitions specialist, gallery director or registrar.
• Experience with real decisions on selecting works, attributing them, planning displays or handling loans and acquisitions.
• For photography: familiarity with prints, editions and photographic processes.

Responsibilities

• Review works and image sets, judge attribution, context and presentation, and explain decisions in writing.
• Look at works or sets and decide which fit a given theme, show or collection.
• Judge attribution, date, medium, edition and print type from what is shown and described.
• Flag provenance gaps, doubtful attributions and condition/display risks.
• Check that titles, labels and descriptions are accurate and fair to the work.
• Flag rights, consent or ownership issues.

Skills

Curatorial experience

Job description

Zekai is seeking an experienced Art and Photography Curator for a 100% remote contract role. You will review artworks or photography sets, determine attribution, and explain your reasoning in writing. The position is worldwide and compensated hourly, reflecting the professional standards of curatorial practice.

Ideal candidates have curated or managed collections, exhibitions, or photo archives, with ability to justify decisions and manage provenance considerations for loans and displays.