Type
Full-time
Application Deadline
10/31/20
Description
Established contemporary art gallery in Venice, CA seeks a Registrar to join its team. Ideal candidate will be extremely detail-oriented, highly organized, and a talented communicator, who thrives in a fast-paced environment. Proven experience with domestic and international shipping, customs brokers/freight forwarding, packing methods and fine arts insurance is essential.
Responsibilities
General duties
- Coordinate and track internal and external movement of artwork for the gallery
- Manage all logistics related to artwork for gallery projects, on- and off-site exhibitions and sales
- Generate paperwork associated with the movement of artwork, including incoming and outgoing receipts, consignments and loan agreements
- Liaise with clients for deliveries, installations and special projects
- Manage preparators and art handlers, communicating deliveries, installations and pickups for gallery business
Exhibitions
- Manage installation and de-installation logistics, planning and scheduling for gallery and private warehouse
- Facilitate necessary loan and/or consignment paperwork with artists and lenders
- Ensure and manage insurance certificates and bonds
- Ensure packing, handling and installation standards and protocols are met, as set by artist or lender
- Diagnose conservation and/or framing as needed, and liaise with vendors
Client Deliveries and Special Projects
- Set up, arrange and attend site visits needed for private property installations
- Liaise with appropriate vendors and installers to manage and execute deliveries and installations to clients’ homes
- Serve as client liaison for all installation scheduling, needs, and manage requests
Collections Management
- Manage all aspects of gallery and privately-owned art inventory
- Conduct regular inventory audits and correlate findings in database
- Diagnose packing/storage/shelving protocol for all objects
- Conduct regular condition reports and diagnose conservation needs for artworks
- Maintain inventory database — add new records, artwork data, update locations
- Manage all incoming/outgoing receipts and paperwork for all locations
- Manage insurance needs for all locations; maintain yearly art insurance standards and requirements
- Research and confirm provenance and exhibition history for artworks
Accounting
- Research with sales histories and provide reporting
- Approve vendor invoices; review and log any/all vendor costs
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of three years’ registration experience at a gallery, museum or related institution
- Proficiency with ArtBase or other inventory tracking database, Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office
- Must have valid CA Driver’s License and access to transportation, as the job requires work at multiple Los Angeles locations
- Must be able to lift minimum of 25 pounds
How to apply
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume (PDF format preferred) to work@lalouver.com.
Qualified candidates will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
No relocation support is available.