Description

Requisition Id: 2025-196
Number of Positions: 1
Job Status: Regular Full-Time
Hours & Days of Work: 35 hours per week
Minimum Salary: $89,180.00
Maximum Salary: $111,456.00
Target Start Date: 02/23/2026

• Respect: We foster belonging and appreciate each other.
• Openness: We interact with an open mind and thoughtful engagement.
• Collaboration: We believe in the power of together.
• Accountability: We own our actions and outcomes.

• In consultation with the Curator, Photography, plans and oversees collection installations and rotations. Liaises with other departments across the Gallery; manages communications with lenders and external stakeholders; works with research assistants and/or interns. Ensures proper care, handling and display for works of art in the permanent collection.
• Creates, organizes and executes exhibitions and publications on the history of photography and serves as curator for exhibitions hosted by the AGO. Collaborates with research assistants and appropriate internal departments throughout the exhibition planning and production process and participates on project teams and other pan-Gallery content planning and delivery forums. Coordinates hosted exhibitions; consults with originating curator, participates in production meetings, oversees installation.
• In consultation with the Curator, Photography, identifies and acquires works of art to build the permanent collection, negotiates price, conducts research and prepares reports for presentation to the Photography Curatorial Committee. Prepares documentation for the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (CCPERB). 
• Collaborates with the Curator, Photography and the Photography Curatorial Committee Chairperson to plan, facilitate and execute effective committee meetings. Engages committee members in understanding the artistic and cultural significance of acquisitions and exhibitions as well as their roles as supporters of the Gallery’s artistic mission.  Provides expert advice both internally to Committees and externally to art collectors and the general public, as needed. 
• Promotes the AGO to local and international art communities and among the general public; interacts with scholars, collectors and critics. Leads AGO International Art Circle group on a domestic or international trip on average every 12-18 months and participates in AGO’s donor programs as a guest speaker. Builds and encourages positive relationships with the collector and donor community, art dealers and auction houses.
• Manages work performance of department staff and interns through hiring, training, scheduling, assigning projects, and monitoring work completion. Manages their work and that of their direct reports in accordance with department systems and procedures, applicable collective agreements, and AGO’s policies and procedures on security, administration, human resources, and department manager/supervisor responsibilities for workplace health and safety. Upholds the AGO’s values of respect, openness, collaboration, and accountability. 

• Graduate level education and extensive knowledge of the history of photography, with a demonstrated specialization and familiarity with key currents in the field. Minimum MA in Art History or similar discipline.  
• Knowledge of the AGO’s core collections desirable (e.g. European, Indigenous and Canadian, Modern, Contemporary, Photography, Prints and Drawings, and Global Africa & the Diaspora).  
• Minimum of 5 years of experience of successful organization of major exhibitions and collection development including knowledge of the installation process for works of art.
• Minimum of 5 years of direct experience researching collaboratively and cross-departmentally within a comparable museum (AGO) setting from a curatorial perspective.
• Well-developed organizational, interpersonal and public relations skills.
• Demonstrated writing and research skills, including professional scholarly publication history.
• Demonstrated experience in speaking and writing about art to specialized audiences as well as across diverse audiences.
• Considerable facility with persuasion and negotiation.
• Minimum of 2 years of direct experience with curatorial administrative management.
• Demonstrated short and long term planning ability.
• Demonstrated commitment to teamwork as a means to collaboratively and effectively communicate and utilize available resources; experience working successfully with team members.
• Demonstrated judgement in dealing with a variety of stakeholder groups.
• Effective comprehension and application of confidentiality and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated experience working with a variety of computer software packages, including collections management software such as The Museum System (TMS).
• Superior expertise in English proficiency. Knowledge of French and/or other languages an asset. 

• English

• Art Gallery of Ontario

• Annual base salary range of $89,180 - $111,456 per annum based on qualifications, skills, and experience (opportunity for salary review)
• Extended Health Plan
• Drug/Prescription Plan
• Dental Benefits, Vision Care Benefits
• Disability and Life Insurance Benefits
• Individual Retirement Savings Plan (RSP)
• Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
• Spousal Life Insurance (AD&D)
• Child/Dependent Life Insurance (AD&D)
• Pension Plan (Defined Contribution, non-contributory)
• Home & Auto Insurance Plan
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Paid vacation days
• Relocation allowance to be considered.
• Discounts from the Provincial/City Reciprocal Agreements (Free admission to museums, the CN Tower & discounts off amusement parks, city attractions, hotels, wine tours, Second City, the Ontario Science Centre, and much more!)
• Discounts to Goodlife Fitness
• Employee Discounts & Free tickets to every major exhibit at AGO
• Professional Membership Fee Reimbursement