CIMAM News
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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.
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3 February 2023
As Energy Costs Bite, Museums Rethink a Conservation Credo
Tight climate controls have become the norm to protect artworks and artifacts. But as heating and electricity prices soar, Europe’s museums administrators are wondering whether the rules need to be so strict. Written by Alex Marsall. Originally published by The New York Times, 1 February 2023.
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2 February 2023
Manuel Borja-Villel's departure of the MNCARS
CIMAM is proud that Manuel Borja-Villel is an honorary member and former President. As President of CIMAM, I wish to express our gratitude for the innovative work he has been doing, through the many programs, exhibitions, and collections he has built that ensured the MNCARS/Reina Sofia to be the globally recognized institution we all celebrate.
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25 January 2023
Leadership challenges in arts repatriation for museum governance
Read this article by Carolyn Campbell, Marc Ventresca and Alison MacDonald. Originally published by University of Oxford.
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24 January 2023
Interview to María de Corral by Agustin Perez Rubio
"Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.
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19 January 2023
Museums’ dirty secret: a failure to shift the dial on inclusion
Why do museums remain stubbornly non-inclusive? Because the solution is deeply unpalatable for many stakeholders, writes Amanda Parker. Originally published by ArtsProfessional, 11 January 2023
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18 January 2023
"Having the opportunity to listen, meet and exchange with professionals from around the world has been a very enriching experience"
CIMAM 2022 grantee Maria Lucia Aleman, Executive Director, Museo De Arte Contemporáneo De Panamá, Panama, Panama.
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18 January 2023
Interview to Ahmet Ögut by Agustin Perez Rubio
"Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.
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18 January 2023
On the recent situation and debate around the National Gallery of Canada
18 January 2023. CIMAM is looking forward to the concrete strategic plans of the board and the new director that balances the diverse axes of the NGC, addresses tensions between national and international focusses, critically engages the blurring of boundaries between fine art and contemporary art, and finds a decolonial narrative in between the patriotic citizens of 1880 and the indigenous people.
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12 January 2023
"The effort to be more inclusive and to bring more professionals from specific regions that have been "off the map" is essential"
CIMAM 2022 grantee Paula Nascimiento, Independent Curator, NESR Art Foundation, Luanda, Angola
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11 January 2023
Call for Rapid Responses Webinars 2023!
We are designing the 2023 program and looking for CIMAM members who want to propose topics and guests, moderate, or be speakers in a webinar.
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10 January 2023
Interview to Suzanne Pagé by Saskia Bos
"Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.
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9 January 2023
Join CIMAM! 4 reasons to become a Member
Be part of the only global modern and contemporary art museum network representing the interests of the profession.
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9 January 2023
Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern Awarded CBE in New Year Honours
Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern, has been awarded a CBE for her services to the arts in the New Year Honours 2023.
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8 January 2023
Interview to Margit Rowell by Eugene Tan
"Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.
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4 January 2023
ICOM-INTERCOM: call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Future Museum. Framing the Skills and Mindsets of the Visionary Leader.
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2 January 2023
Interview to Alfred Pacquement by Mami Kataoka
"Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.
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23 December 2022
A warm welcome to Filipa Ramos to CIMAM!
Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.