Associate Curator, South & Southeast Asian Art

Location: New York

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The Department of Asian Art is one of The Met’s most active curatorial departments with a large curatorial and conservation staff responsible for studying, caring for, displaying, and building on to more than 36,000 objects in its collection.## GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

You have demonstrated abilities as a scholar and connoisseur in both South Asian and Himalayan art. You will work in close collaboration with the Curator in the Department to care for, research, display, and publish works in the South Asian and Himalayan section of the Department of Asian Art with special focus on works from the permanent collection that encompass Tibetan art and Indian court painting from the Sultanate to colonial periods.

You will plan and execute on thematic installations and programs focused on the Museum’s extensive collection; working collaboratively with other members of the curatorial staff to facilitate complementary displays of relevant objects, such as cross-cultural displays of Buddhist imagery and Global Asia. You will make acquisitions of outstanding artworks through purchase or gift. You will present, document, study and communicate works of art in the collection to the wider public.##

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
* Organize regular rotations in the Indian Special Exhibition Gallery in collaboration with your curatorial colleagues
* Consult with the Museum’s conservation specialists as well as conservators in other relevant areas on the care of the collection and documentation of the condition of works
* Assist in reviewing and updating object records in the database (TMS), including undertaking research in partnership with provenance researchers
* Research, catalogue, and publish the collection of art from the Indian subcontinent with a special focus on Indian painting and Tibetan art in print, in our database and on the Museum’s website
* Help to grow and refine the collection of art from the Indian subcontinent with a special focus on Tibetan art and Indian painting, including recommendations for acquisitions including undertaking relevant provenance research, and by working with dealers and collectors
* Propose and organize special exhibitions and accompanying publications in collaboration with curatorial colleagues
* Review outgoing loan requests and advise the Department Chair and Registrar’s Office
* Contribute to the teaching mission of the Museum through public lectures and tours, docent training, and mentorship of interns and fellows
* Cultivate and steward donors and collectors for acquisitions and fundraising
* Contribute ideas to and participate in the Friends of Asian Art donor group and the Visiting Committee (advisory board) events
* Answer correspondence relating to the collection and assist the public and…