Turin 2025

• Welcomes Day 1 at OGR

  

  Welcome speeches by Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin; Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, CIMAM Benefactor and Conference Co-Host; Anna Maria Poggi, Presidente Fondazione CRT; and Suhanya Raffel, CIMAM President and Director of M+, Hong Kong

• Day 1 - Introduction by Chus Martínez

  

  Introduction to the narrative of the day by Chus Martínez, member of the CIMAM Board, and Chair of the CIMAM 2025 Content Committee. Day 1 motto: Doing Less vs. Doing Differently

• Keynote Speaker Françoise Vergès

  

  Keynote Speaker Françoise Vergès, Senior Fellow, Sarah Parker Remond Center for the Study of Racism and Racialization, UCL, London, UK. "Being Slow/Being Fast in Times of Counter-Revolution"

• Introduction to Breakout Sessions by Victoria Noorthoorn

  

  Introduction to Day 1 Breakout Sessions by Victoria Noorthoorn, CIMAM Content Committee and Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Presentation of CIMAM 2025 OMPA Awardees

  

  Presentation of CIMAM 2025 OMPA Awardees by Suzanne Cotter, CIMAM Board member (2023-25) and Chair of the Outstanding Museum Practices Award Steering Committee.

• Presentation of 2025 CIMAM Travel Grantees

  

  Agustin Perez Rubio, Chair of the Travel Grant Program (2023-25) presents CIMAM 2025 Travel Grant Beneficiaries and thanks Travel Grant Funders for their support.

• Welcomes Day 2 by Alessandro Bianchi at Teatro Carignano

  

  Welcome Remarks by Alessandro Bianchi, Presidente Fondazione Teatro Stabile Torino.

• Day 2 – Introduction by Chiara Bertola and Davide Quadrio

  

  Content Committee members Chiara Bertola and Davide Quadrio introduce the narrative of Day 2, “Mapping Desires".

• Day 2 - Apertura by Abdullah Miniawy

  

  Day 2 opened with a performance by Abdullah Miniawy —expressionist, writer, composer, and performer (Paris, France).

• Keynote Introduction by Leevi Haapala

  

  Leevi Haapala, CIMAM 2025 Content Committee member, introduces Elizabeth A. Povinelli as the keynote speaker of Day 2.

• Keynote by Elizabeth Povinelli

  

  Keynote by Elizabeth Povinelli, Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology & Gender Studies, Columbia University, New York City, USA

• Introduction of Mapping Desires speakers by Kamini Sawhney

  

  Introduction of Mapping Desires speakers by Kamini Sawhney, Head, Public Arts Projects, BlrHubba (Bangalore, India), member of the CIMAM Board, and Content Committee.

• Rustom Bharucha

  

  Speaker Day 2 - Rustom Bharucha. Professor, International Fellow of the British Academy London, Kolkata, India.

• Karen Archey

  

  Speaker Day 2 - Karen Archey, Head of Curatorial Department, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Azu Nwagbogu

  

  Speaker Day 2 Azu Nwagbogu, Founder/Director, African Artist’s Foundation & LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria.

• Alessandra Ferrini

  

  Speaker Day 2 Alessandra Ferrini, Artist, Researcher, Educator, University of the Arts London, Corby, UK

• Francesco Manacorda

  

  Speaker Day 2 Francesco Manacorda, Director, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy

• Onome Ekeh

  

  Speaker Day 2 Onome Ekeh, Writer, Filmmaker, Lecturer, Academy of Art & Design, Basel, Switzerland.

• Day 2 Q&A moderated by Chus Martinez

  

  Day 2 Q&A with Speakers and the audience, moderated by Chus Martinez, member of the CIMAM Board, and Chair of the CIMAM 2025 Content Committee.

• CIMAM 2025 General Assembly

  

  Day 3 - CIMAM General Assembly & Announcement of the new CIMAM Board 2026-28, at Nuvola Lavazza

• Welcome Day 3 by Francesca Lavazza at Nuvola Lavazza

  

  Day 3 - Welcome by Francesca Lavazza, Lavazza Group Board Member,

• Day 3 Introduction by Bernando Follini, Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Francesco Manacorda

  

  Day 3 - Introduction to the narrative of the day "Transactions and Transmission. Tactics of Togetherness" by Bernando Follini, Malgorzata Ludwisiak, and Francesco Manacorda, members of the Content Committee.

• Day 3 Apertura by Diana Anselmo

  

  Artists Day 3 - Apertura by Diana Anselmo, Performer and Visual Artist, Milan, Italy. "Pas Moi"

• Day 3 Keynote by Mariana Mazzucato

  

  Day 3 Keynote by Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London (UCL), Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose, London, UK. "The Public Value of Arts and Culture in Reimagining and Redirecting Economic Growth in the 21st Century".

• Breakout Sessions Introduction by Kamini Sawhney

  

  Day 3 - Breakout Sessions Introduction by Kamini Sawhney, Head, Public Arts Projects, BlrHubba, Museum Management Expert, Independent Curator, Bangalore, India.

• Closing Remarks by Content Committee

  

  Day 3 - Closing Remarks by Content Committee: Chus Martinez, Chiara Bertola, Bernardo Follini, Leevi Haapala, Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Francesco Manacorda, Victoria Noorthoorn, Davide Quadrio, Kamini Sawhney.