CIMAM News

• 21 August 2026

  Curating Across Uneven Grounds

  

  Join the upcoming CIMAM Connects session on Wednesday, 30 September, at 4:00 pm (Manila Time). Led by Portia Placino, this conversation brings together CIMAM members to explore how curatorial practice navigates the tensions between theory and everyday realities across diverse global contexts.

• 18 August 2026

  CIMAM New Members - August 2026

  

  CIMAM welcomes a new group of members to its international community. Based in institutions and independent practices across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.

• 10 August 2026

  Rethinking Collection Governance

  

  On 18 September 2026, CIMAM, in collaboration with MACBA, will host a panel discussion in Barcelona to explore the ethical principles that should guide museum collection management today.

• 6 August 2026

  September Art Biennials: Free Admission for CIMAM Members

  

  This September, CIMAM members can enjoy free admission to two major international art biennials with prior registration: Counterpublic 2026: "Coyote Time" (Preview Day: 11 September) and the 18th Lyon Biennale: "To Pass from One Dream to Another" (Preview Days: 17–18 September). Registration is required.

• 3 August 2026

  Publishing Discounts for CIMAM Members

  

  One of the benefits of being a CIMAM member is access to exclusive discounts from a selection of leading international publishers specialising in modern and contemporary art, museum studies, curatorial practice, architecture, design, and critical thinking.

• 29 July 2026

  "Museums have acted as hunter-gatherers, while Inhotim also wants to plant and cultivate."

  

  CIMAM interviews Júlia Rebouças, Artistic Director of Instituto INHOTIM, a CIMAM Institutional Member, on the occasion of the museum's 20th anniversary.

• 20 July 2026

  "Queer art belongs in public institutions as a vital part of contemporary art history".

  

  CIMAM interviews Patrick Sun, founder of Sunpride Foundation and a CIMAM Patron since April 2023, on queer art in museums, the Seoul edition of Spectrosynthesis, and what comes next.

• 16 July 2026

  The destiny of the Gelman Collection: on the responsibilities towards heritage

  

  CIMAM’s Museum Watch group has followed with concern the controversy around the destiny of the Gelman collection, an important group of works by key Mexican modernist artists.

• 13 July 2026

  CIMAM New Members - July 2026

  

  CIMAM welcomes a new group of members to its international community.

• 6 July 2026

  CIMAM Stands in Solidarity with Venezuela

  

  CIMAM expresses its deepest solidarity with the people of Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes of 24 June 2026.

• 29 June 2026

  ICOM adopts its revised Code of Ethics for Museums

  

  On 25 June 2026, the 41st Ordinary General Assembly voted to adopt the revised ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. The vote marks the culmination of a multi-year participatory process led by the ICOM Ethics Committee (ETHCOM).

• 26 June 2026

  Museums: Dead Spaces or Cultural Powerhouses?

  

  Join CIMAM's upcoming webinar on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 3:00 pm Europe (CEST), moderated by Stephanie Rosenthal, Director of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project and CIMAM Board Member on the topic: Museums: Dead Spaces or Cultural Powerhouses?

• 23 June 2026

  The Artist’s Guide to Defending Artistic Freedom

  

  The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) launched on June 16, 2026, "The Artist’s Guide to Defending Artistic Freedom: Strategies and talking points for resisting art censorship", a new resource for artists and cultural workers.

• 19 June 2026

  CLOSED: CIMAM Open Call for a Research Assistant

  

  CIMAM is seeking a Research Assistant to support the development of a framework of ethical principles for collection management.

• 18 June 2026

  Call for Contributions: Ethical Principles for Museum Collections

  

  CIMAM's Museum Watch Committee (MW) is launching a new research initiative to develop a framework of ethical principles to guide building and maintaining a museum collection.

• 17 June 2026

  New Partnership Between CIMAM and La Fábrica

  

  CIMAM and La Fábrica Editorial are pleased to announce a new publishing partnership that will offer CIMAM members a 20% discount on books published by La Fábrica.

• 16 June 2026

  Register for CIMAM 2026 and Plan your Trip to Harare

  

  Make the best out of your trip to CIMAM 2026 Annual Conference in Harare with these practical travel information.

• 15 June 2026

  From Dakar to Abu Dhabi: Notes on Museum Research

  

  Article written by CIMAM member Sabrina Moura, Head of Research, Louvre Abu Dhabi, on the topic reflected during the CIMAM Connects Conversation Research as a Core Museum Practice.

• 12 June 2026

  CIMAM Welcomes New Members - June 2026

  

  We are delighted to welcome a new group of professionals working across the field of modern and contemporary art museums to our international community.

• 9 June 2026

  "The question is no longer simply about growth, but about sustainability."

  

  Interview with Bill Nguyen, Director of the Nguyễn Art Foundation in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Nguyễn Art Foundation became a Patron of CIMAM in 2023.

• 3 June 2026

  Changing Audience Expectations

  

  Join the upcoming webinar on Wednesday, 17 June at 4 pm (CEST) to explore how museums can move beyond audience metrics and entertainment to become spaces for dialogue, critical reflection, and collective learning.

• 2 June 2026

  CIMAM Free Admission Biennials: June-July

  

  Explore a curated selection of biennials opening this summer around the world, along with exclusive activities for CIMAM Members, all included in CIMAM’s Free Admission Program.

• 1 June 2026

  Joint Statement by ICOM Spain and CIMAM on the Situation of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)

  

  ICOM Spain and CIMAM express their deep concern regarding the selection process for the director of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC).

• 29 May 2026

  "The museum is a place to rethink our experience of the world"

  

  Interview with Amanda de la Garza, CIMAM President and Deputy Artistic Director at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid, Spain, published in the yearbook "Coleccionar Arte Contemporáneo" (Spain), March 2026