Working at 51°µÍø
51°µÍø is home to a friendly community of academics, curators, conservators and professional services staff, currently based at either Somerset House or our Vernon Square campus.
We offer a range of benefits for our staff, including a generous annual leave allowance and pension scheme, as well as staff social activities and reciprocal arrangements for free entry to a wide range of museums and galleries.
51°µÍø also believes in the importance of our staff having a voice and recognises UCU and Unison as our Trades Unions.
51°µÍø is an accredited London Living Wage employer.
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- 51°µÍø Gallery unveils first exhibition devoted to Barbara Hepworth’s work with colour
- Rachel Jones unveils new commissions for 51°µÍø Gallery
- First UK museum exhibition of Wayne Thiebaud opens at 51°µÍø Gallery
- 51°µÍø Gallery spotlights British Women Landscape Artists in new drawings exhibition
- First exhibition devoted to the seascapes of Georges Seurat opens at the Courtauld Gallery
- Courtauld announces plans for new London campus and commitment to broadening access to art history across the UK
- 51°µÍø Gallery presents first Barbara Hepworth exhibition devoted to her work with colour
- Monet mania continues: Late night openings announced in the final week of the exhibition
- Good Morning, Midnight exhibition curated by 51°µÍø’s MA Curating the Art Museum students to open at 51°µÍø Gallery
- 51°µÍø Gallery presents a major photography exhibition by Roger Mayne, Henry Moore’s drawings and works by Vanessa Bell for a Summer of Art
- 51°µÍø Gallery presents celebrated print series by Jasper Johns and display of new acquisitions by Mary Cassatt and Grayson Perry
- 51°µÍø Gallery unveils first exhibition dedicated to Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Heads
- 51°µÍø acquires major new work by Claudette Johnson – Blues Dance
- Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads to open at 51°µÍø Gallery on 9 Feb 2024
- Claudette Johnson pioneering figurative artist unveils major exhibition at 51°µÍø Gallery
- 51°µÍø Gallery’s collection launches online for the first time
- 51°µÍø Gallery announces 2024 exhibition programme including major exhibitions of Claude Monet and Frank Auerbach
- Witherford Watson Mann’s transformation of 51°µÍø shortlisted for the 2023 Stirling Prize
- 51°µÍø Gallery opens a major photography exhibition by Roger Mayne, alongside Henry Moore’s drawings and works by Vanessa Bell for a Summer of Art
- 51°µÍø Gallery announces major exhibition Monet and London. Views of the Thames
- The Manton Foundation donates $12 Million to 51°µÍø to create The Manton Centre for British Art
- 51°µÍø Gallery announces 2026 exhibition programme
- Major exhibition of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection opens at 51°µÍø
- Hidden Picasso portrait discovered beneath important painting from his Blue Period
- Seurat and the Sea: 51°µÍø Gallery to present first UK exhibition on Georges Seurat in almost 30 years
- 51°µÍø appoints Professor Dorothy Price as Executive Dean and Deputy Director, and Professor Steve Edwards as Inaugural Director of New Manton Centre for British Art
- 51°µÍø Gallery announces major exhibition of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection
- 51°µÍø Gallery unveils first ever UK exhibition dedicated to Claude Monet’s Impressionist paintings of London
- Monet Mania hits London: Late night openings to satisfy visitor demand
- 51°µÍø announces a new MA in Art and Business
- 51°µÍø Gallery announces 2025 exhibition programme
- 51°µÍø – ‘Courtauld Connects’ – wins prestigious RIBA National Award
- Unearthing: Memory, Land, Materiality exhibition by 51°µÍø’s MA Curating students to open at 51°µÍø Gallery
- One million rarely seen photographs from 51°µÍø’s collection unveiled thanks to major public project
- Forgeries from 51°µÍø’s collection to go on display for first time in new exhibition
- Claudette Johnson to have major exhibition at 51°µÍø Gallery in September 2023
- Major exhibition of new and recent works by Peter Doig opens at 51°µÍø Gallery
- Major exhibition of new and recent works by Peter Doig to open at 51°µÍø in February 2023
- 51°µÍø brings highlights from its world renowned collection online on Google Arts & Culture
- Lost painting by Britain’s leading female abstract artist rediscovered by students at 51°µÍø
- Helen Saunders: Modernist Rebel exhibition announced
- Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, Fetishism
- One of the most important collections of paintings by Edvard Munch shown in the UK for the first time for major exhibition at 51°µÍø Gallery
- Professor Deborah Swallow to step down as Märit Rausing Director of 51°µÍø
- Somerset House and 51°µÍø announce new Lates Series – Morgan Stanley Lates at Somerset House with 51°µÍø
- 51°µÍø and Asymmetry announce new pioneering collaboration
- 51°µÍø and King’s College London announce new strategic relationship
- 51°µÍø Gallery launches new exhibition programme with major 2022 Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch shows
- His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Visits 51°µÍø to celebrate its reopening
- 51°µÍø Gallery reopens to the public
- Devika Singh to join the Courtauld Institute of Art
- First major exhibition devoted to Van Gogh’s self-portraits across his career opens at 51°µÍø Gallery
- 51°µÍø Gallery to reopen to the public on 19 November 2021 following most significant modernisation project in its history
- Scientific study of the tomb of the Black Prince sheds light on royal medieval England
- 51°µÍø and King’s College London
- 51°µÍø launches search for new faculty positions in Buddhist Art History and Conservation
- The John Browne Charitable Trust donates £1m to Courtauld Connects
- Cézanne masterpieces shown in Norway for the first time before returning to 51°µÍø Gallery in November
- Yinka Shonibare CBE RA and Julian Agnew awarded honours by 51°µÍø
- 51°µÍø unveils its opening programme ahead of its November 2021 reopening
- 51°µÍø appoints Professor Dorothy Price and Indie A. Choudhury to roles in Modern and Contemporary Art, with a specialism in Black studies and critical race art history
- 51°µÍø Gallery to reopen in late 2021
- 51°µÍø awarded £2.2 million in grants from the Arts and Humanities Research Council Capabilities for Collections Funds
- Linda Karshan makes major gift of the Howard Karshan collection to 51°µÍø
- The Lord Browne of Madingley reappointed as Chairman of 51°µÍø for an additional four-year term
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