Researcher

1 month ago


London, UK, United Kingdom Halcyon Full time

Halcyon has championed emerging and established international artists who display exceptional talent, technical skill and intrinsic creativity for over 40 years.

We curate a competitive, annual modern art programme including large-scale public installations and important museum-scale exhibitions within the UK and worldwide.


We are now looking to add further Researchers to our fantastic team.


Title: Researcher

Basis: Full time, Permanent

Location: Central London

Salary: Very competitive

Reports to: Senior Fine Art Researcher


Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

  • In depth research of artworks
  • Provenance research, attributions, and bibliography
  • Cataloguing, documenting and updating database accordingly
  • Writing entries based on specialist research (including provenance, bibliography compilation and illustration lists)
  • Working on loan requests
  • Working on publication projects
  • Proof reading and fact checking
  • Archival research
  • Provide administrative support to senior staff
  • Consult and liaise with experts, curators and institutions internationally to obtain artwork/image/artist information and documents

Person Specification:

Please note that a BA and MA in History of Art are essential for the role.

We cannot consider candidates without these qualifications.


  • At least 2 years of experience working in the art industry
  • Educated to at least Masters level in History of Art
  • Experience researching artworks, clients, sourcing and performing provenance checks
  • Great writer academically; experience of writing for web highly advantageous
  • Confident and able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
  • Detail oriented person
  • Affable and polished
  • Fluent in written and spoken English, with any additional languages highly desirable
  • Highly motivated


Please note that we cannot provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not message the job poster - simply apply.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we can only respond to successful candidates. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of your application please assume it has been unsuccessful.


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