CIMAM News
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24 March 2023
Webinars' Program 2023
CIMAM 2023 Rapid Response program is about to start! Browse here the list of upcoming webinars.
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21 March 2023
How do modern and contemporary art museums act to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
This webinar will share findings from the CIMAM 2022 survey among museums of modern and contemporary art worldwide on how museums operating in diverse cultural and socio-economic contexts respond to the 2030 Agenda. Register here!
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15 March 2023
CIMAM 2022: Conference Proceedings
The CIMAM 2022 online publication is now available! Read all the presentations by event speakers.
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13 March 2023
Who’s Who at CIMAM: Carlos Jr Quijon
A new project intended to activate CIMAM's extraordinary and unique international network of Directors and Curators of Museums and Collections of Modern and Contemporary Art.
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13 March 2023
"The Museum Director must constantly take the pulse of its constituencies to anticipate their expectations"
François Giannesini became a Supporter of CIMAM in January 2023. CIMAM offers its Program Sponsors a platform for international connection and a global communication channel that gives visibility to their projects and commitments to the world of art and culture.
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13 March 2023
Signs of Troubling Times: Recent Developments at the State Tretyakov Gallery
13 March 2023. While spirituality is one of the key lines of modern and contemporary art, art will always resonate with the society in which it acts and with its values. Art can never be an instrument for politicians and regimes to steer societies.
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13 March 2023
Is Green the New Black? Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability in Museums
Join CIMAM's Rapid Response Webinar on Tuesday 4 April at 6:30 pm BST/ 10:30 am PST/ 1:30 pm EDT/ 11:30 am CST.
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10 March 2023
ICOM-IMREC’s seminar: Museums, decolonisation and restitution
On March 20th and 21st, the ICOM International Research and Exchange Centre (ICOM-IMREC) puts Museums, Decolonisation and Restitution in the spotlight.
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8 March 2023
The Azcuy Foundation supports the Argentine artistic community
The Azcuy Foundation, CIMAM's major sponsor, supports the Argentine artistic community with a transformative award.
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8 March 2023
"Hopefully, work by women and other underrepresented artists will be made even more accessible and integrated into local, national and international art histories"
Kitty Scott, CIMAM Board member, Independent Curator, Ottawa, Canada. Read the full interview for the “Tendencias del Mercado del Arte” magazine, Spain.
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6 March 2023
The authoritarian turn: on the crisis of the Polish institutions of contemporary art
The art world in Poland has traditionally been heavily controlled by the state, with government subsidies pushing the art sector in certain directions. Currently, the right-wing populist party PiS is in power, appointing art directors who share its strict conservative, far-right programme all across the country. How is the art world dealing with this? Read this article written by Kuba Szreder. Originally published by Metropolis M, 1 March 2023.
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6 March 2023
Mina’s Children Project at Metrohan with Collective “Healing”
Mina's Children Project, which is part of the Istanbul Branch of the Turkish University Women's Association, is proud to announce the Collective Healing project curated by CIMAM member Ayça Okay in collaboration with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality between March 1-31 at the very heart of Beyoğlu in a former historical building Metrohan. Mina's Children will use the donations from Collective Healing to cure the shelter and education problems of young college students in the earthquake region.
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28 February 2023
The CIMAM 2022 Annual Report is now available
We invite you to browse the 2022 Annual Report which highlights the achievements, activities, programs, and finances of CIMAM in the preceding year. "Diversity is today a cornerstone for modern and contemporary art museums. Museums remind us who we are through our collections and increasingly through the cultures we promote in our museums", read Suhanya Raffel's letter.
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28 February 2023
Who’s Who at CIMAM: Get to know our members
A new project intended to activate CIMAM's extraordinary and unique international network of Directors and Curators of Museums and Collections of Modern and Contemporary Art.
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28 February 2023
Climate Crisis >> Art Action, Bishopsgate Institute | 2 & 3 March 2023
Join the two-day symposium tackles the critical environmental issues facing the UK’s public arts institutions. Organised by Whitechapel Gallery and Gallery Climate Coalition.
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24 February 2023
Whatever the Future Will Be, It is Made Now
On the first anniversary of the military invasion of Ukraine by Russia, CIMAM reiterates its condemnation of this brutal act and deplores the terrible suffering of the Ukrainian population. Read this article by Bart De Baere. Originally published by Afterall
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24 February 2023
"A museum is not just a collection of objects, or a series of programs, but a spirit, energy and force"
Clara Kim, CIMAM Board member, and Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Read the full interview for the “Tendencias del Mercado del Arte” magazine, Spain.
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23 February 2023
CIMAM joins the Getting Climate Control Under Control Declaration
CIMAM joins the Getting Climate Control Under Control Declaration, initiated by Tino Sehgal, ART 2030, and Ki Culture, to promote good museum practice that contributes to reducing carbon emissions from museums by 50% by 2030.
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21 February 2023
What Can Museums Actually Do for Climate Justice?
Read this article about essay collection Climate: Our Right to Breathe. Written by Adeline Chia. Originally published by ArtReview, 16 February 2023.
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16 February 2023
Be part of the CIMAM community!
Joining the world's most recognized community of modern and contemporary art museum professionals will allow you to expand its international contacts and work within the framework of the best museum practices recognized by the international community.
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13 February 2023
Circular Museum: Ways of Collecting and Commissioning
The Circular Museum, a collaboration between MoMA’s Ambasz Institute and ART 2030, is a virtual panel discussion series inviting artists, museum directors, curators, exhibition designers, and other museum practitioners from around the world to talk about their efforts to address the climate crisis through their work.
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13 February 2023
Aid Resources for Turkey and Syria
CIMAM gives full support to our colleagues in Turkey and Syria, who are suffering the severe consequences of the earthquake. Below is the list of resources of different humanitarian aid platforms. The information has been provided and contrasted with CIMAM members in the region.
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7 February 2023
Shop and screening benefit for earthquake relief in Turkey
Join e-flux Screening Room for a benefit screening of Pelin Tan & Anton Vidokle’s Gilgamesh: She Who Saw the Deep (2022).
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6 February 2023
"If the museum is to be attentive it must not only listen carefully to affected communities [...] but to mobilize and act, in whatever capacity possible"
CIMAM 2022 grantee Marianna Dobkowska, Curator, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland.