CIMAM News
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10 October 2023
Meet the CIMAM 2023 Grant Beneficiaries: RANDEL URBANO
Randel Urbano, Associate Director for Audience Development at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila in Taguig City, Philippines.
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9 October 2023
Nominations received for Outstanding Museum Practices Award 2023
Explore the 12 modern and contemporary art initiatives that have been submitted a nomination for the CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award 2023 edition.
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5 October 2023
What Good Is Eco-Art Without Community?
The question asked by some working-class communities in New York City regarding environmental art projects is, “Okay, but what about the people?” Originally written by Alicia Grullón and published by Hyperallergic.
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2 October 2023
Meet CIMAM's 2023 Travel Grant Beneficiaries
Meet the 56 modern and contemporary art curators, museum directors and researchers awarded support to attend the CIMAM 2023 Annual Conference, titled The Co-Creative Museum: Social Agency, Ethics, and Heritage, which will be held in Buenos Aires.
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2 October 2023
CIMAM's Code of Ethics
The creation of this Code of Ethics underscores CIMAM's dedication to recognizing and valuing its various stakeholders. It defines the obligations and rights of the organization in its interactions with these stakeholders to achieve different goals of equal value while establishing standards of conduct that safeguard the organization's integrity and promote its long-term growth.
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1 October 2023
Toolkit on Sustainable Museum Practices: Latest updates
Clara Kim, Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, and a member of the CIMAM Board and The Sustainability Working Group, highlights the availability of various resources for museum professionals to adopt more sustainable practices in museum management in the updated Toolkit on Sustainable Museum Practices by CIMAM.
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27 September 2023
Leaders at Ten Cultural Spaces, Art Centers, and Museums in Rio Create Climate Projects Using Culture, Art, and Sustainability
Written by By Thaís Cavalcante • Translation by Ezra Spira-Cohen • September 21, 2023. Originally published by RioOnWatch
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26 September 2023
Call for the 2023 OMPA nominations by Kamini Sawhney
The CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award is open to anyone in the modern and contemporary art museum field who wishes to submit a nomination of an outstanding museum practice or project that should be recognised by CIMAM. Share best museum practices for the OMPA 2023
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22 September 2023
Uniting the visual arts sector in taking action on the climate crisis
22 September 2023. CIMAM joins Art Charter for Climate Action, an alliance committed to developing a charter that aligns the global art sector with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the goals of the United Nations Paris Agreement.
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22 September 2023
Questions as a Base to Learn and Teach
22 September 2023. During the past few years, Museum Watch has been attentive to exceptional changes that are transforming museums and galleries into more open, diverse, accessible, and inclusive institutions. At the same time, we want to reflect on and speak about some difficult questions and situations that have arisen in this moment.
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20 September 2023
Save the date: CIMAM’s 2023 General Assembly
CIMAM members are invited to join on Saturday 11 November 2023 from 19 to 20:00 hrs. (ART) online or onsite at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.
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14 September 2023
Libya’s Deadly Floods Tear Through Cultural History
Thousands have died in the disaster, which swept through entire neighborhoods including churches, mosques, and residential buildings. Written by Maya Pontone. Originally published by Hyperallergic.
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14 September 2023
Call for the 2023 OMPA nominations by Leevi Haapala
The CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award is open to anyone in the modern and contemporary art museum field who wishes to submit a nomination of an outstanding museum practice or project that should be recognised by CIMAM. Share best museum practices for the OMPA 2023
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13 September 2023
Artists Come To Morocco’s Aid Through Earthquake Relief Sale
The creative community has joined the relief efforts through a new charitable print sale entitled Artists for Morocco. The deadline to purchase is September 30.
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13 September 2023
Morocco earthquake leaves key heritage sites severely damaged
Affected sites include the Tinmel mosque in the High Atlas Mountains, which is feared to have been almost completely destroyed. Read this article written by Hadani Ditmars. Originally published by The Art Newspaper, 11 September 2023.
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13 September 2023
Learning from eco-epistemologies: Overcoming museological symbolism of natural forms
Thursday 21 September at 13:00 hrs. CEST. This session will explore embracing different entry points to nature and different ways of learning from nature. To seek to collaborate on a new institutional critique based on environmental humanities and patterns and insights from the natural world.
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12 September 2023
About CIMAM's 2023 in Buenos Aires
CIMAM announces that this year's CIMAM Annual Conference "The Co-Creative Museum: Social Agency, Ethics, and Heritage," is sold out.
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7 September 2023
American museum educators are trying a more playful approach
Two New York institutions are overhauling their education facilities, while others test a digital-first style of art pedagogy. Read this article written by Gabriella Angeleti. Originally published by The Art Newspaper.
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5 September 2023
What does receiving the OMPA award has meant for your museum?
Eric Booth, Director, MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand, talks to us about what it has meant for her museum to have been one of the winners of the Outstanding Museum Practices Award of CIMAM 2022.
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31 August 2023
Why should I go to Buenos Aires this year for the Annual Conference?
Watch this video by Chus Martinez, Member of the Board and CIMAM Contents Committee 2023: "The CIMAM Annual Conference is not just an opportunity to meet colleagues, but also a chance to learn from each other's situations, concerns, and ideas. Together, we hope to find solutions and propositions that benefit everyone".
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28 August 2023
What does receiving the OMPA award has meant for your museum?
Analía Solomonoff, Director, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes "Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez", Santa Fe, Argentina, talks to us about what it has meant for her museum to have been one of the winners of the Outstanding Museum Practices Award of CIMAM 2022.
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28 August 2023
Structural transformation to support gender equity in the arts
Institutions need to consider how creative labour, practice and outputs are valued. Published by ArtHub on 27 Aug 2023.
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28 July 2023
Sharing is caring – How Modern and Contemporary Art Museums are Responding to Sustainable Development Goals
CIMAM, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, announces the incorporation of social and economic aspects of sustainability into its Toolkit on Environmental Museum Practices. This significant update is the result of a study led by the CIMAM’s Working Group on Sustainability and Ecology in Museum Practice.
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27 July 2023
Post-conference tour tickets to Salta have now been sold out!
Post-Conference Tour to Salta in the Argentinian North-West, 12–13 November 2023 to what is known as ‘Salta La Linda’.