CIMAM News
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26 April 2024
CIMAM teams up with Lund Humphries to offer exclusive discounts to CIMAM members
CIMAM teams up with Lund Humphries to offer its members a 25% discount on a selection of contemporary art and curatorial books through its online bookstore. Access Members Only to enjoy this discount!
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23 April 2024
The Stupid Museum?
Join this webinar on Thursday, 2 May 2024, at 11.30 am (CEST), Geneva - Switzerland, to delve into the relationship between Museum & Science. Discovering how we can interact with data and create new spheres of study, research and education thanks to digital tools, technology and science should be part of our debate.
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22 April 2024
CIMAM Annual Conference 2023 proceedings are now available!
Dive into the insightful discussions and thought-provoking papers presented by esteemed speakers at the CIMAM 2023 Annual Conference, held in the vibrant city of Buenos Aires. Under the theme "The Co-Creative Museum: Social Agency, Ethics, and Heritage," the conference explored pressing topics shaping the museum landscape today.
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16 April 2024
Announced the title of the CIMAM 2024 Annual Conference in Los Angeles
The 56th CIMAM Annual Conference in Los Angeles to explore "Sustainable Futures: How? When? And for Whom?". Under the rubric of sustainable futures, the 2024 CIMAM Annual Conference will address the subject of sustainability from a holistic perspective.
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8 April 2024
Who's Who at CIMAM with Jacqueline Grandjean
Get to know Jacqueline Grandjean, Director at Het Noordbrabants Museum (HNBM), 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands and CIMAM member since 2017.
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4 April 2024
Job opportunities selection by CIMAM
CIMAM offers its members a platform for posting and browsing job positions and career development opportunities for curators, directors, and museum professionals of contemporary art. Open calls are available to the CIMAM international community at no cost.
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28 March 2024
"Our main goal is to empower the local public and enhance an intellectual artistic community"
Interview with Jamilya Nurkalieva, Director at the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture in Kazakhstan, a Patron of CIMAM since January 2024.
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27 March 2024
CIMAM Connects: Contemporary Art Museum Evolution and Social History
Join the next CIMAM Connects meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2024, to discuss contemporary museum practices with fellow CIMAM members from around the world.
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26 March 2024
Why is it important to highlight outstanding museum practices?
From March 18 to August 30, you have the opportunity to point out ways of working that inspire you and practices that you think other professionals should know about. Share the amazing work of others by nominating them for the CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practices Award!
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21 March 2024
"Crises are opportunities to rethink what we take for granted"
Interview with Zeina Arida, Director of the Mathaf (Arab Museum of Modern Art) in Doha, Qatar, and Member of the Board of CIMAM, for the Yearbook Coleccionar Arte Contemporáneo, 2024.
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19 March 2024
Open call for nominations for OMPA 2024
The call for nominations for the Outstanding Museum Practices Award is open from March 18 through August 30, 2024, to recognize the incredible work being done in museums around the world.
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18 March 2024
Browse CIMAM's 2023 Annual Report
CIMAM is a key generator of content, contacts, and resources for the international modern and contemporary art museum community. We invite you to browse the 2023 Annual Report which highlights the activities, programs, and finances of CIMAM in the preceding year.
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12 March 2024
"The museum is a place for free expression"
Interview with Yu Jin Seng, CIMAM Board Member and Deputy Director (Curatorial and Exhibitions) and Senior Curator, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore, for the yearbook Collecting Contemporary Art 2024.
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11 March 2024
Rewilding the Museum — Exploring the Sensitive Museum Architecture in a Changing Climate
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 13.30h CET (Central European Time) / 20.30h GMT+8 (Greenwich Mean Time). Join this webinar to imagine another “climate” inside the museum.
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7 March 2024
Introducing CIMAM Connects: a series of dynamic, participant-driven online sessions for CIMAM members
CIMAM launches CIMAM Connects! Beginning on March 14, 2024, this program will consist of interactive online sessions that encourage peer-to-peer learning among our members.
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6 March 2024
Suhanya Raffel, President of CIMAM encourage you to join our organization
CIMAM is an international forum where museum directors, chief curators, and professionals of modern and contemporary art museums gather to discuss the most pressing issues facing us as a community.
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4 March 2024
Two alarming cases of bad practices: CAAC, Seville and IVAM, Valencia
CIMAM's Museum Watch is very concerned with recent developments in Spain regarding two important regional contemporary art museums and their professionals. Both cases involve a regression in terms of codes of good practice for the cultural sector.
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20 February 2024
Indigenous Perspectives in Curatorial Practice
Rapid Response Webinar on Thursday, 29 February, at 9:30 am CST, Mexico City, to delve into the intersection of curatorial practices and indigenous perspectives and explore strategies for facing a relevant demand in the museum field nowadays.
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19 February 2024
The reinvention of the museum, from mass tourism to the political trench: "They are not a trophy or a building, they are an activity".
Written by Vanessa Graell, Photographs: Carlos García Pozo, originally published on El Mundo (Spain) on Thursday, 8 February 2024. Museums are reinventing themselves as public squares, breaking visitor records and jumping into politics with debates such as decolonization. Their challenges: massification and the temptation to fall into the mainstream.
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19 February 2024
Readings recommended by CIMAM
Monday, February 19: This week, CIMAM recommends the article "The reinvention of the museum, from mass tourism to the political trench: "They are not a trophy or a building, they are an activity" by Vanessa Graell for El Mundo, the article "Year in Review: How Community Museums Continue to Serve as Models for Local Engagement", by Melissa Smith for Artnews, the article "Should Museums Show Art Owned by Patrons? It’s Tempting. It Can Also Blow Up" by Katya Kazakina for Artnet, the book "Decentring the Museum" by Nina MöntmannI, published by Lund Humphries, and a CIMAM member recommendation, the book "Gender Trouble by Judith Butler", by Judith Butler and published by Routledge - don't miss it!
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12 February 2024
"CIMAM is a forum for cultural exchange"
Kamini Sawhney, CIMAM Board member and Director of the Museum of Art & Photography in Bangalore, India, emphasizes the significance of being a part of CIMAM, and talks about the importance of being a voice that inspires and debates the most pressing issues affecting the community of modern and contemporary art museum professionals.
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6 February 2024
Getty Awards over $1 Million to Fund Curatorial Innovation
The Getty Foundation has awarded 13 new grants totaling nearly $1.3 million to support curatorial innovation in the graphic arts as part of its Paper Project initiative.
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1 February 2024
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 400 modern and contemporary art museums, collections, as well as biennials worldwide. Join the program as an institutional member to welcome more than 1000 museum professionals to your museum!
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30 January 2024
Readings recommended by CIMAM
Tuesday, January 30: This week, CIMAM recommends the article "AI and the Future of Museum Work", the books "Museums and the Climate Crisis" and "Paradise Camp," and the latest ICOM Museums and Chill podcast on How Museums and Culture Relate to Health and Wellness - don't miss it!