Job Description

M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Located in Hong Kong’s WestK, we are one of the leading museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world. The museum reflects our unique time and place, building on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and the international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.

This is a fixed-term contract position of 2-year with possibility for renewal subject to organisational needs and individual performance.

Working from the M+ offices at West Kowloon Cultural District.

The position is for a four-year postdoctoral research fellowship generously funded by the Huo Family Foundation. The fellowship is focused on research and writing for all projected related to and generated from the long-term partnership between M+ and one of France’s most renowned modern and contemporary art museums , including exhibitions and publications to be delivered starting in 2027.

The qualified candidate should be trained in art history or an adjacent field, with a speciality in modern and contemporary art. Ideally the candidate is well versed in broad, multiple areas within the topic, including the 20th and 21st- century Western (especially Western European) art and modern and contemporary Asian art. The fellow will report to CHANEL Senior Curator, Moving Image and will be part of the Curatorial Affairs team under the M+ Curatorial department.

Huo Research Fellow will be responsible for:

• Research the French museum and the M+ collections and generate interpretative texts for the public, and specialist texts for publications, and other content working closely with the M+ teams of Learning and Interpretation, Editorial and Publishing, and Digital Contents;
• Assist and collaborate with the supervisor, as well as peers to produce exhibitions;
• Generate ideas for public programs, including a symposium, related to the exhibition projects;
• In cooperation with curatorial as well as other relevant colleagues within the institution, project-manage all content outputs;
• Coordinate the core curatorial affairs/administrative duties related to the fellowship programme, including arrangement of meetings, taking meeting notes, and setting up regular check-ins with the supervisor, the museum management, and relevant colleagues;
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisors when deemed necessary;
• Contributing to the general development of the future M+ as a leading global institution for visual culture; and

• performing any duties from time to time as reasonably as assigned by M+.

You should:

• Possess a doctoral degree from a recognised university, preferably in Art History, Humanities or Cultural Studies or equivalent;
• Possess meticulous research skills, and a demonstrable interest in multicultural and interdisciplinary methodologies;
• Have at least seven years of proven experience in art history or historical research project management and coordination, preferably at museums, universities or art institutions;
• Be able to submit a recent list of published writing;
• Fluency in English, fluency or proficiency in French, and ideally fluency or proficiency in Chinese or another Asian language; and
• Be self-motivated and able to work independently, highly-organised, detail-oriented, patient and with good communication skills.

About The Huo Family Foundation

The Huo Family Foundation is a grant-giving foundation based in London. Its mission is to support education, communities and the pursuit of knowledge. The Foundation's current focus is in three main areas: education; the arts; and science. Through its grants, the Foundation hopes to improve the prospects of individuals, and to support the work of organisations seeking to build a safe and successful future for all society. https://huofamilyfoundation.org/

For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV on or before following date Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled.

07-05-2026

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All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.

For more information, please visit https://www.westk.hk or contact:

Catrina Mok /+852 22000006