CIMAM News

• 8 February 2022

  Call to CIMAM Members to take part in the 2022 Rapid Response Webinars

  

  The aim of this call is to engage CIMAM Members in our programs by giving them an opportunity to share their knowledge within our community's areas of interest, and competence.

• 2 February 2022

  Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity – Addressing culture as a global public good

  

  Tuesday, 8 February 2022. The UNESCO flagship publication, Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity – Addressing culture as a global public good, the only one of its kind globally, offers insightful new data that shed light on emerging trends at a global level, with policy recommendations to foster creative ecosystems that contribute to a sustainable world by 2030 and beyond.

• 31 January 2022

  The Zombie Life of Venezuelan Museums

  

  Citizens deserve to know where and in what conditions the artworks find themselves in the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art. Article originally published by hyperallergic and written by CIMAM member Gabriela Rangel, January 31, 2022.

• 28 January 2022

  We are pleased to welcome Jadwiga Charzynska 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.

• 27 January 2022

  Why you should join CIMAM

  

  Join today, and take part in our network with almost 700 contemporary art museum professionals from 66 countries.

• 26 January 2022

  "We should find a way to unite, that seems to be the only solution"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Duygu Barlas, Founder Narmanlı Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey.

• 25 January 2022

  Art Institutions Aren’t Doing Enough to Lead on Climate Change. Here’s How the Industry Should Rethink Its Responsibility

  

  The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is taking one key step with the launch of the new Climate Art Awards. Article originally published by artnet and written by András Szántó & Orville Schell, January 17, 2022.

• 21 January 2022

  Welcome to CIMAM, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje!

  

  CIMAM is delighted to welcome the Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje as a new Institutional Member. Over half a thousand contemporary art museum directors, curators, and professionals working within the contemporary art museum sector are members of this international community.

• 20 January 2022

  Zdenka Badovinac appointed director Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb

  

  CIMAM is pleased to share the news of the appointment of Zdenka Badovinac, Former President of CIMAM (2011-2013) as Director of MSU. We wish her the best for this new endeavor!

• 19 January 2022

  About the recent developments in relation to Enrico Lunghi’s legal challenge

  

  CIMAM congratulates Enrico for his perseverance in very difficult circumstances and welcomes this public vindication of a respected and valued member of the museum community in a time when many of our colleagues remain vulnerable to poor governance and political interference.

• 19 January 2022

  "Belong to a community of experts and intellectuals from all over the world"

  

  Join the largest international network of directors and curators of museums and collections of modern and contemporary art. Apply now and enjoy the upcoming calendar of webinars for free!

• 17 January 2022

  Greening the gallery: How London’s arts institutions are responding to the climate emergency

  

  From getting rid of plastics to tracking global biodiversity, the capital’s cultural organisations are working hard to implement change. Written by Nancy Durrant, published originally by Evening Standard, 4 November 2021.

• 14 January 2022

  Thank you Talbot Rice Gallery for joining CIMAM's Free Admission Program

  

  The Free Admission Program allows CIMAM members to free admission to over 200 modern and contemporary art institutions and biennials worldwide.

• 10 January 2022

  Who will be the gatekeepers of digital art?

  

  Museums, curators and art professionals endorse traditional art, but who will be the gatekeepers for the online world? Read this article written by Georgina Adam, published originally by The Art Newspaper, January 6, 2022.

• 6 January 2022

  Museums plan for a busy year despite Covid-19 uncertainty

  

  Will 2022 see a return to normal for exhibition schedules? Or will surging cases mean plans have to be torn up again? We asked museum directors and head curators how confident they are for the year ahead. Written by Lee Cheshire, published originally by The Art Newspaper, 1 January 2022.

• 5 January 2022

  "I am looking into ways to create a more environmentally responsible form of transient museum"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Mira Asriningtyas, Curator, LIR / 900mdpl, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

• 4 January 2022

  Balance Sheet 2021. Museums in an era of definitions

  

  The quarantine prompted reflection on the collections and sparked debates, which each institution must make its own, beyond the symbolic gesture. Read this article written by March Mazzei, and originally published by by clarín.com, 17 December 2021.

• 3 January 2022

  "It is necessary to bring to the consciousness of state institutions that art is one way of articulating and processing problems"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Lilit Hovhannisyan, Art historian, Curator, Nikolay Nikoghosyan, Cultural Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia.

• 31 December 2021

  We are pleased to welcome Thomas Eller to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 30 December 2021

  "Our duty as artist, curators, and museum professionals is to advocate for more inclusive spaces"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Janine Gaëlle Dieudji, Exhibitions Director, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco.

• 29 December 2021

  "How can museums respond to the concept of Collapsology"

  

  Jaroslaw Lubiak, Dr. Art College, Szczecin, Poland, spoke during the first day of the CIMAM Conference, within the thematic framework of Conflicts, Crisis and the Politics of Growth.

• 28 December 2021

  "Our communities need to create a new set of patterns for an effective and sustainable cohabitation"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Nicole Rafiki, Artist, and Curator, Oslo, Norway

• 27 December 2021

  "We need the idea of one Planet, but one Planet should not mean worldism. Humans are different"

  

  Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, spoke during the first day of the CIMAM Conference, within the thematic framework of Conflicts, Crisis and the Politics of Growth.

• 24 December 2021

  "I intend to manage my institution in such a way that the production of exhibitions is sustainable"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Malgorzata Kaczmarska, Art Director, Chief Curator, Associate Professor, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, IMO Gallery of Contemporary Art in Stary Sacz, Kraków, Poland.