CIMAM — International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art

CIMAM releases a new Best Practices Initiative

Thursday, 20 November 2025. CIMAM launches a landmark position paper that aims to redefine how museums and living artists collaborate, introducing the ‘Memorandum of Care and Understanding (MoCU).

What's the relation between a collection and a museum?

29 October 2025. CIMAM is running a global advocacy campaign in support of the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), addressing the critical political decisions that threaten to remove its collection and downgrade the institution to a Kunsthalle.

Reverse the decision to abolish M HKA's status as a national museum

Sign this petition to ask the Flemish government to reverse its decision to regress the Antwerp contemporary art museum M HKA into an art centre. This would be a devastating blow to both Antwerp, the Flemish and the international contemporary art ecology.

Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making

The CIMAM 57th Annual Conference will take place in Turin (Italy), from November 28–30, 2025, and invites museum professionals to come together in a spirit of critical inquiry and collective imagination to explore the evolving role of contemporary art institutions in an increasingly complex global context.

CIMAM 2025 Travel Grant Beneficiaries

CIMAM announces the names of the 39 modern and contemporary art museum directors, curators, researchers, and art professionals, from 20 different countries, who have been awarded a travel grant to attend the 57th CIMAM Annual Conference “Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making”, taking place in Turin from November 28 to 30, 2025.

Meet the Three Keynote Speakers

Victoria Noorthoorn, Director of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (Argentina), CIMAM Board Member, and member of the Content Committee for the CIMAM 2025 Annual Conference, introduces the three keynote speakers who will open each day of this year’s conference with thought-provoking perspectives.

CIMAM to Host its 2026 Annual Conference in Harare, Zimbabwe

CIMAM announces that its 58th Annual Conference will take place in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2026, hosted by the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The first for the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art in Africa

Best Practices

Museum directors, curators and others responsible for museum governance and programming are urged to review carefully and be guided by the code of ethics, museum professional principles and best practices for managing controversy guide.

CIMAM Free Admission Program

Let's embark on a journey of cultural exchange and inspiration. Enjoy CIMAM's Free Admission Program and get free access to over 350 modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and biennials worldwide. Join the program as an institutional member to welcome more than 800 museum professionals to your museum!