CIMAM News
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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!
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25 January 2024
Welcome Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture as a new Patron of CIMAM!
Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture in Almaty, Kazakhstan, joined CIMAM as a Patron of CIMAM in January 2024.
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24 January 2024
Who’s Who at CIMAM with Alfredo Cramerotti
Interview with Alfredo Cramerotti, CIMAM member and recently appointed Director of The Media Majlis at Northwestern University Qatar in Doha, Qatar. Find out more about Alfredo with this flash interview and get inspired by his proposals!
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23 January 2024
Madeleine Grynsztejn on the importance of being part of CIMAM
Madeleine Grynsztejn, the Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and a loyal member of CIMAM for many years, shares her valuable insights on the significance of being part of the only committee that represents directors and curators of modern and contemporary art museums today.
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22 January 2024
Readings recommended by CIMAM
Monday 22 January: This week, CIMAM recommends the article "How Small Galleries Are Getting Their Artists' Work into Museum Collections" by Maxwell Rabb for Artsy, 01/18/2024 and the book section "Hot Topics in the Art World." Published in association with Sotheby's Institute of Art - don't miss it!
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18 January 2024
Bart de Baere invites you to join CIMAM!
Bart de Baere, the Secretary-General of CIMAM, and General and Artistic Director of M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp in Belgium, invites all modern and contemporary art museum professionals to join CIMAM.
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15 January 2024
Cancellation and censorship in times of war
15 January 2024. The Museum Watch committee is following with concern the dreadful situation in Gaza and its repercussions in the worlds of art and culture—more specifically, its consequences for artists and curators who express their support for the Palestinian people. In this time of conflict and crisis, CIMAM would like to stress the importance of preserving the museum as a space for the free artistic expression.
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11 January 2024
Mahnaz Asadi, CIMAM 2023 Travel Grantee
Read the experience of Mahnaz Asadi, Hoad of the Museum of the Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts (IMCTH), Tehran, Iran, during the 2023 CIMAM Annual Conference in Buenos Aires.
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9 January 2024
12 benefits to join CIMAM
CIMAM is the only global network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field based on a membership program of 700 contemporary art museum professionals from over 70 countries.
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5 January 2024
Alain Zedrick Camiling, CIMAM 2023 Travel Grantee
Alain Zedrick C., 2023 CIMAM Travel Grantee & Chair of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde Arts Management Program, Quezon City, Philippines, reflects on his experience at the CIMAM Annual Conference in Buenos Aires. Read his report.
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4 January 2024
The art world's big planetary problem
Article originally published in The Japan Times - Despite traditionally focusing on ecological themes, the art industry contributes significantly to climate change through extensive global travel, exhibitions, and events. Major art institutions, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, are now addressing their carbon footprint.
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2 January 2024
CIMAM 2023 travel grantee Edna Bettencourt
Read the opinion of Edna Bettencourt, Project Director of the Nesr Art Foundation in Luanda, Angola. She was one of the Travel Grantees for the 2023 CIMAM Annual Conference. In her report, she shares her experience of this year's meeting in Buenos Aires, which focused on the role of museums in society and education.
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22 December 2023
How was CIMAM 2023?
The highlights of the Annual Conference can be found here. Check out the video and photos of the CIMAM 2023 Annual Conference, hosted by Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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21 December 2023
"Much of the creative work being done is critical of today's world."
Suhanya Raffel, President of CIMAM, in an interview with Julia Villaro for Clarin Newspaper, a few days before the celebration of the 53rd edition of CIMAM's Annual Conference in Buenos Aires, at the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, under the auspicious title The Co-Creative Museum: Social Agency, Ethics and Heritage.
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20 December 2023
CIMAM is grateful to its Patrons and Supporters!
Thank you for being part of this journey and contributing to CIMAM's success and growth. Without your generous support, all this would not be possible.
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19 December 2023
"Directing a Museum is Like Tuning an Orchestra of Many Voices that Shape Art"
Interview with Pablo Lafuente By Ana Clara Pérez Cotten for Telam. Spanish curator Pablo Lafuente, Artistic Director of the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro since 2020, is in Buenos Aires to participate in the 55th Annual Conference of the International Committee for Museums of Modern Art (Cimam), taking place until Saturday at Museuo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.
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13 December 2023
CIMAM joins the Global Call to Action: Put Culture at the Heart of Climate Action
CIMAM joins the Global Call to Action: Put Culture at the Heart of Climate Action at a crucial time, following the historic agreement reached on December 13 at COP28 in Dubai, which signals the "beginning of the end" of the fossil fuel era by laying the groundwork for a rapid, just and equitable transition, backed by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up financing, and which aims to send a strong message to investors and policymakers about the world's united effort to combat climate change.
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12 December 2023
"Cuba is emptying out; only those who cannot afford to leave and the elderly remain"
Interview with Coco Fusco, Cuban interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator by Susana Reinoso for Clarin Diario. Originally published on November 9, 2023, in Clarin Diario.