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Associate Director, Research
full-time•New York•$100k - $110k
About this role
Associate Director, Research
Department: Research
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: 555 W 24th Street
Reporting To: Director, Research
Compensation: $100,000 - $110,000 / year
Description
Gagosian seeks an Associate Director of Research to join its New York team.
The Associate Director of Research is a senior research position that works closely with the Director and Global Head of Research to advance and continuously refine the gallery’s research output. The role is both scholarly and practical, combining hands-on research and writing with collaborative leadership, operational support, and strategic thinking.
A central objective of the position is to serve as a key partner to departmental leadership and other stakeholders in the ongoing development of research materials—helping to ensure that the gallery’s research practices, content, and work product remain best in class. This includes contributing to new and evolving approaches to research presentations, documentation, and internal and public-facing resources that support the gallery’s sales, exhibitions, artist, and content teams.
The Associate Director of Research plays an active role in producing high-quality research, supporting team workflows, mentoring junior colleagues, and helping translate broader research goals into clear, effective deliverables.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to
Research, Writing, Editing & Sales Support
– Conduct in-depth research and produce, review, and refine clear, persuasive written materials that contextualize primary and secondary market artworks, highlighting significant historical, formal, and market considerations to support both internal sales understanding and client-facing conversations.
– Provide contextual and market research to inform pricing and positioning discussions.
– Work extensively with in-house and external libraries, databases, and, when appropriate, archival and primary source materials.
– Lead and support detailed object research and cataloguing, including provenance, exhibition history, bibliographic verification, and comparative analysis.
– Research museum holdings, private collections, and notable ownership histories of comparable works.
Research Leadership & Strategic Development
– Partner closely with the Director and Global Head of Research to advance departmental priorities, research standards, and the ongoing development of workflows, templates, and presentation formats.
– Coordinate research needs for consignments, exhibitions, and art fairs.
– Identify opportunities to enhance research materials for both internal use and external audiences.
– Contribute ideas and practical input toward refining research workflows, templates, and formats.
Team Support, Mentorship & Workflow Coordination
– Serve as direct manager for select team members. Support day-to-day research operations by assigning and tracking projects and deadlines, and by reviewing and providing feedback on research produced by team members.
– Mentor junior colleagues and interns while contributing to a collaborative, rigorous, and collegial research culture.
– Provide contextual and market research to inform pricing and positioning discussions.
– Work extensively with in-house and external libraries, databases, and, when appropriate, archival and primary source materials.
– Lead and support detailed object research and cataloguing, including provenance, exhibition history, bibliographic verification, and comparative analysis.
– Research museum holdings, private collections, and notable ownership histories of comparable works.
Research Leadership & Strategic Development
– Partner closely with the Director and Global Head of Research to advance departmental priorities, research standards, and the ongoing development of workflows, templates, and presentation formats.
– Coordinate research needs for consignments, exhibitions, and art fairs.
– Identify opportunities to enhance research materials for both internal use and external audiences.
– Contribute ideas and practical input toward refining research workflows, templates, and formats.
Team Support, Mentorship & Workflow Coordination
– Serve as direct manager for select team members. Support day-to-day research operations by assigning and tracking projects and deadlines, and by reviewing and providing feedback on research produced by team members.
– Mentor junior colleagues and interns while contributing to a collaborative, rigorous, and collegial research culture.
Qualifications & Experience
– Master’s degree or advanced degree in modern or contemporary art history (or a closely related field) required.
– 7+ years’ professional experience in a commercial gallery, auction house, museum, or comparable art-world institution.
– Managerial experience preferred.
– Demonstrated experience producing sales-focused research dossiers and contextual materials on individual artworks.
– Strong background in object research and cataloguing best practices.
– Extensive experience working with libraries, databases, online resources, and primary source materials.
– Exceptional writing, editing, and analytical skills.
– Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and with senior stakeholders.
– Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple time-sensitive projects.
– Demonstrated discretion and sound judgment in a fast-paced, high-level environment.
– Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and Adobe Acrobat.
– Experience with Adobe InDesign or similar design tools preferred but not required.
– Familiarity with information systems or data architecture a plus.
Profile of the Ideal Candidate
– A rigorous and curious researcher who values both deep scholarship and practical application.
– Comfortable working in close partnership with senior leadership.
– Thoughtful, collaborative, and dependable.
– Open to learning new systems, tools, and processes.
– An innovative thinker with openness to new ideas, methodologies, and technologies.
– Detail-oriented while maintaining awareness of broader strategic goals.
– Invested in contributing to a strong, team-oriented research culture.
– Managerial experience preferred.
– Demonstrated experience producing sales-focused research dossiers and contextual materials on individual artworks.
– Strong background in object research and cataloguing best practices.
– Extensive experience working with libraries, databases, online resources, and primary source materials.
– Exceptional writing, editing, and analytical skills.
– Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and with senior stakeholders.
– Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple time-sensitive projects.
– Demonstrated discretion and sound judgment in a fast-paced, high-level environment.
– Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and Adobe Acrobat.
– Experience with Adobe InDesign or similar design tools preferred but not required.
– Familiarity with information systems or data architecture a plus.
Profile of the Ideal Candidate
– A rigorous and curious researcher who values both deep scholarship and practical application.
– Comfortable working in close partnership with senior leadership.
– Thoughtful, collaborative, and dependable.
– Open to learning new systems, tools, and processes.
– An innovative thinker with openness to new ideas, methodologies, and technologies.
– Detail-oriented while maintaining awareness of broader strategic goals.
– Invested in contributing to a strong, team-oriented research culture.
Benefits and perks
– Comprehensive benefits suite through Cigna, including a fully subsidized employee only level HSA plan
– MetLife pet insurance
– A 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
– Employee discount on Gagosian products and publications
– Pre-tax flexible spending, dependent care, and commuter benefits
– MetLife pet insurance
– A 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
– Employee discount on Gagosian products and publications
– Pre-tax flexible spending, dependent care, and commuter benefits
What you'll do
- The Associate Director of Research will conduct in-depth research and produce written materials to support sales and exhibitions. They will also mentor junior colleagues and manage team workflows.
About Gagosian
Established by Larry Gagosian in Los Angeles in 1980, Gagosian is a global gallery specializing in modern and contemporary art that employs more than three hundred people at nineteen exhibition spaces across the United States, Europe, and Asia. In addition to its galleries, Gagosian is at the forefront of the digital marketplace with innovative online viewing rooms, timed to coincide with major art fairs, that include highly desirable works by today’s leading artists, transparent pricing, historical scholarship, and insightful market analysis.
Gagosian began publishing in 1986, becoming the first gallery to establish a publishing house that produces a vast range of catalogues raisonnés, monographs, artist’s books, scholarly exhibition catalogues, and limited editions. Today the gallery has published more than six hundred titles, rivaling the output of traditional arts trade publishers. The print and online editions of the Gagosian Quarterly provide unique access to artists in their studios and homes through insightful interviews and profiles of and by leading art world professionals. With locations in New York and London, the Gagosian Shop curates a coveted selection of rare books, art editions, unique collaborations, posters, jewelry, apparel, and Leica cameras.
Gagosian has long developed cultural programming and events with artists, including performances, exhibition tours, public talks, film screenings, and studio visits. The gallery has long been committed to working with and advising artists on all aspects of their legacy planning. In 2018 the gallery launched its Building a Legacy program, bringing together artists and their studio staff with experts in the field of artists’ estates, nonprofit foundations, and legacy stewardship through a series of symposia.
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