CIMAM News

• 25 July 2023

  What does receiving the OMPA award has meant for your museum?

  

  Altaci Corrêa Rubim, nome indígena Tataiya Kokama, Founder and Director, Kokama Museums, Manaus, Brazil, 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.

• 24 July 2023

  How to attract more visitors to modern art museums

  

  What makes an art museum visit more exciting? It is all about detailed information, according to EU-backed researchers. Originally published by Cordis EU research.

• 19 July 2023

  CIMAM’s Museum Watch Program exists to support contemporary art museum professionals

  

  The Museum Watch Program is intended to be a tool to assist modern and contemporary art museum professionals in dealing with critical situations that impact the museums' ability to maintain their codes of practice.

• 18 July 2023

  "This year the main idea is to look from the South because, in these contexts, museums are cornerstones for education and its development"

  

  Read this excerpt from the interview with Agustín Pérez Rubio for EXIT MEDIA, by Manuel Padín Fernández, 13 July 2023.

• 18 July 2023

  "An institution without an audience is like a person without a soul"

  

  Read the interview given by Suhanya Raffel, President of CIMAM and Museum Director of M+, Hong Kong for the magazine Il Giornale Dell' Arte. Written by journalist Roberta Bosco and originally published on July 17, 2023.

• 17 July 2023

  Museums and Chill – How can museums be more welcoming?

  

  In this new episode of ‘Museums and Chill’, we welcome Kate, the mind behind Museum Drip. Join us as we discuss the importance of creating a more welcoming museum experience.

• 11 July 2023

  CIMAM celebrates the inauguration of the winning work of the third edition of the Azcuy Award

  

  La montaña concreta, by Argentine artist Fabián Bercic (Buenos Aires, 1969), an abstract mural that takes the wall of the building's central alcove and transforms it into a climbing wall that, at 43 meters high, is the highest in Argentina, which was installed in the Donna Reggia building in Caballito neighborhood, in Buenos Aires city.

• 10 July 2023

  Social justice artists at risk, finds new report

  

  New report calls for greater protection globally of artists on the frontline. Written by Gina Fairley. Originally published by Arts hub, 10 July 2023

• 5 July 2023

  Amanda de la Garza invites you to attend CIMAM’s 2023 Annual Conference

  

  Join us! Buy your ticket to attend CIMAM's 2023 Annual Conference, "The Co-Creative Museum: Social Agency, Ethics, and Heritage", 9–11 November 2023, Buenos Aire Argentina.

• 3 July 2023

  The restitution of art to its origins

  

  Driven by awareness and technology, younger generations are advocating that museums return works to their original homes. Written by Miguel Angel García Vega. Originally published by El Pais, 02 July 2023.

• 30 June 2023

  Open call for 2023 Outstanding Museum Practice Award

  

  The third edition of the CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award opens today, Friday, June 30, to recognize exceptional practices in museums worldwide that promote excellence in innovation, accessibility, public exchange, and sustainability within the modern and contemporary art sector.

• 30 June 2023

  "The Co-Creative Museum: Social Agency, Ethics, and Heritage"

  

  For the first time in CIMAM’s history, the Conference will focus on the social role of the art museum, a function that lies at the heart of museum practices in Latin America, where many museums vigorously respond to economic contexts characterized by inequality and vulnerability.

• 28 June 2023

  CIMAM 2023. Day 3: How Can Museums Collect, Preserve and Protect Cultural Heritage While Creating New Communities?

  

  Join the CIMAM 2023 Annual Conference, 9–11 November 2023. Hosted by the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina

• 26 June 2023

  Museums struggle to embrace diversity in new documentary

  

  As Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum attempts to diversify away from a white male-dominated modern art world, the film “White Balls on Walls” documents its successes and failures. Written by Paula Onusseit. Originally published by dw.com, 27 May 2023

• 26 June 2023

  Important notice to 2023 Travel Grant Applicants!

  

  Due to the high amount of applications received, the timing of the selection process has been extended some days to allow the Travel Grant Comittee and Travel Grant Funders to review all the applications.

• 23 June 2023

  CIMAM 2023. Day 2: The Role of Museums in Communities, Education, and Accessibility

  

  Join the CIMAM 2023 Annual Conference, 9–11 November 2023. Hosted by the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina

• 19 June 2023

  "We are still on the hybrid mode in many art-related spaces, but those spaces are becoming more and more immersive"

  

  Interview with Leevi Haapala, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art (KIASMA), Helsinki, Finland, and member of the Board of CIMAM by Semíramis González, Curator, RRSS, for the CM Málaga Culture & Museums International Tech Forum.

• 16 June 2023

  Dialogues on Best Museum Practices: Innovation, Sustainability, Relevance and Outreach

  

  Thursday 29 June at 13:00 hrs. CEST. The CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practice recognizes exceptional practices in modern and contemporary art museums across the globe. Join us for a conversation with the recipients of the 2022 Award!

• 14 June 2023

  CIMAM 2023. Day 1: How can Museums embrace their Social Responsability?

  

  Join the CIMAM 2023 Annual Conference, 9–11 November 2023. Hosted by the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina

• 8 June 2023

  Museums May Not Lead Technological Innovation, But Here’s the Vital Role They Play in an A.I.-Powered Age

  

  FAMSF director Thomas P. Campbell and cultural advisor András Szántó on what of A.I. means for arts institutions. Read this article written by Thomas P. Campbell & András Szántó. Originally published by artnet, June 5, 2023.

• 7 June 2023

  Environmentally friendly CIMAM e-cards thanks to MuseumAnywhere

  

  We are proud to announce that it has been a year since, thanks to the generous sponsorship of MuseumAnywhere, CIMAM launched this environmentally friendly initiative of the digital and sustainable version of the PVC membership cards.

• 6 June 2023

  We are pleased to announce Simon Mordant as a new Supporter of CIMAM

  

  Simon Mordant, Executive Co Chairman and founder of Luminis Partners in affiliation with Evercore, became a Supporter of CIMAM, in February 2023.

• 31 May 2023

  CIMAM Travel Grants: Apply before June 11!

  

  CIMAM offers over 50 travel grants to attend the CIMAM 2023 Annual Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9–11 November.

• 30 May 2023

  Curators in the climate crisis: who are the new museum hires turning art institutions green?

  

  "Green is the new black": In this monthly column, Louisa Buck looks at how the art world is responding to the environmental and climate crisis. Originally published by The Art Newspaper, 22 May 2023.