Careers & Opportunities

Internships in Museums, Galleries, & Auction Houses

In order to pursue a career in the museum, the gallery, or the auction house, you might need to pursue graduate study (see PART THREE). Beyond degrees, it is essential to gain practical experience. At the undergraduate level, this means securing internships. Most major museums, galleries, and auction houses run internship programs, although they are not always well-publicized and many remain unpaid.

General Internship Search Engines

 

Art magazines, zines, blogs (partial listing)

  • Apollo is an international art magazine based in London.
  • Art in America explores contemporary art and offers editorial internships in New York City.
  • The Art Newspaper is a publication following the arts internationally with locations in New York and London
  • Art Forum is a magazine of contemporary art based in New York City
  • Brooklyn Rail, critical perspectives on arts, politics, and culture.
  • Juxtapoz covers underground and contemporary art. Based out of San Francisco.
  • Artsy provides buyers with access to top works from the world's leading galleries, museums, art fairs, and auctions, all in one place.
  • Artnet, located in New York City, is an online source for the international art market, providing price databases and a network of galleries and auction houses.
  • Hyperallergic, a forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today

 

Commercial art galleries and auction houses, USA

  • Bonhams is one of the oldest auctioneers of antiques and fine arts. Highly competitive internships are available at diverse locations.
  • Christie's offers highly competitive internships in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Interns are placed in business and specialist departments.
  • Dreweatts and Bloomsbury specializes in antiquarian books, contemporary art, Asian art, and European ceramics. Three-month internships take place in a variety of departments. Please note that Dreweatts and Bloomsbury is based in the U.K., with one additional office in Rome.
  • Sotheby's offers a highly competitive internship program in business and specialist departments. The program runs for eight weeks and is only open to college juniors.
  • Wildenstein & Co. based in New York City is an auction house
  • Phillip’s: is an auction house that offers competitive internships in the United States and across the globe
  • Freeman’s Auction House: based in New York. Email them for opportunities. 


New York 

 

Los Angeles

  • Blum Galleries is known for championing artists of Japonses and Korean postwar and contemporary movements. They have locations in L.A., Tokyo, and New York.
  • Kayne Griffin Gallery  is an L.A. based gallery that gives Pace a link to the West coast.
  • David Kordansky Gallery is a leading contemporary art gallery in L.A.’s Chinatown neighborhood.
  • Sean Kelley Gallery is located in both New York and L.A. and primarily works with contemporary artists. 

 

Boston

  • Gallery 263, located in Cambridge, has internships across the broad spectrum of running a commercial art gallery. 
  • Gallery d’Orsay, located in Boston’s Back Bay, features artists spanning six centuries, from old masters to modern artists. 
  • Pellas Gallery, located in primarily features emerging artists with a focus on local talent. 
  • DTR Modern Galleries has locations in Boston, New York, Palm Beach, and Washington D.C. The gallery features a wide range of Modern and Contemporary artists.
  • Gallery NAGA is a Contemporary art gallery located in Boston’s Back Bay, with a primary focus on painting.
  • Krakow Witkin Gallery began exhibiting artists in 1959 and since then has continued to show a wide range of artists, especially those associated with Minimalism and Conceptual Art movements. 

 

Chicago

  • Les Eluminures: Midevil manuscript and jewelery dealer with locations in Chicago and Paris. Email them for opportunities.
  • Richard Gray Gallery, established in 1963, has locations in Chicago and New York and focuses on building the careers of up-and-coming artists.
  • Kavi Gupta Gallery has multiple locations in Chicago and one in New Buffalo, Massachusetts. Kavi Gupta focuses on Contemporary artists with a commitment to expanding the art historical cannon to include more diverse vioces.
  • Gallery Guichard is committed to exposing patrons to the multicultural art of the african diaspora and supporting emerging artists.

 

San Francisco 

  • Berggruen Gallery specializing in 20th and 21st-century American and European art. Features paintings, sculptures, and prints, fostering artists like Wayne Thiebaud and Richard Diebenkorn. The gallery is known for both historical exhibitions and supporting contemporary artists. 
  • Catherine Clark Gallery leading west coast gallery, represents an acclaimed roster of international contemporary artists. 
  • Haines Gallery a premier contemporary art gallery specializing in photography, installation, and land art. Located at Fort Mason, it represents emerging and established international artists, focusing on materially driven processes and conceptual depth. 
  • Jessica Silverman Gallery international art gallery known for building artists’ careers, collaborating with collectors keen on positive provenance, and partnering with museums on innovative exhibitions. 

 

Dallas

  • Gallery Urbane is focused on supporting mid-career and emerging artists since it was established in 2000.
  • Laura Rathe Fine Art represents contemporary artists working in a variety of media. The gallery has two locations in Houston and one in Dallas.
  • Samuel Lynne Galleries is a contemporary art gallery in Dallas.
  • Craighead Green Gallery focuses on contemporary paintings, archival pigment prints, and sculpture.
  • Dallas Contemporary is a non-collecting gallery producing exhibitions, performances, and public programs to advance the discovery of contemporary artists.

 

London

  • Maddox Gallery represents a wide range of contemporary artists and features works by artists including Andy Warhol, David Hockney, and Yayoi Kusama.
  • Lisson Gallery has 70 locations in the world major cities and represents a long lists of contemporary artists with a focus on Minimal and Conceptual artists.
  • JD Malat Gallery has locations in London and Dubai and represents 17 international artists.
  • Portland Gallery, established in 1984, deals in Modern British and Contemporary paintings.
  • The Mayor Gallery focuses on american artists of the Pop Art, Conceptual, and Abstract Expressionism movements.
  • Cristea Roberts Gallery primarily deals in prints and works on paper from Modern and Contemporary artists.

 

Berlin

  • Gallery Droste focuses on Contemporary German art and has multiple international locations.
  • Galerie Deschler focuses on early career artists with technically innovative approaches to traditional art practices.

 

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