CIMAM News
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25 November 2021
We are pleased to welcome Anne Hilde Neset 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.
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25 November 2021
#OrangeTheWorld and fight violence against women
The UN International Day for the Elimination for Violence Against Women and Girls exists to highlight these issues and the activism dedicated to achieving equality and peace for all locally and globally.
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22 November 2021
"In recent years, museums have become hot spots of popular venom"
T. J. Demos, Patricia and Rowland Rebele Endowed Chair in Art History and Visual Culture, and Director of the Center for Creative Ecologies, UC Santa Cruz, California spoke during the second day of the CIMAM conference, in the framework of the thematic on Museums as spaces for recognizing diferences.
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22 November 2021
'The idea of "museum as a space for recognizing differences" means...
Oleksiy Radynski, Filmmaker and Writer, Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv, Ukraine, presented his Perspective during the second day of the congress, under the thematic cluster of Museums as spaces for recognizing differences.
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22 November 2021
There Are Almost Two Dozen Director Roles Vacant in U.S. Museums Right Now. Why Does Nobody Want Them?
"People really don’t want to be directors right now."Read this article written by Zachary Small, published originally by artnet, November 22, 2021.
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18 November 2021
"I would like to meet people from the cultural field that I haven't met before and be connected to them"
Short interview with the CIMAM 2021 Grant Beneficiaries Alice Scope, Independent Curator, Kyiv, Ukraine, based in Los Angeles, USA. CIMAM’s Grant Program supports the curatorial and research development of individuals through their attendance at the Annual Conference where the most current concerns regarding contemporary art practices are being discussed.
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17 November 2021
"The Climate Emergency is directly related to human rights and spatial justice".
Pelin Tan, Senior Researcher, Center for Arts, Design and Social Research, Boston. Prof. Faculty of Fine Arts, Batman University, Turkey, spoke during the third day of the CIMAM conference, in the framework of the thematic on New Perspectives on Climate and Commonality.
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17 November 2021
"Xenophobia and climate change constitute the most pressing problems that museums have to face today"
Daniel Muzyczuk, Chief Curator of Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland. Read the full interview with Daniel Muzyczuk and Mami Kataoka, President of CIMAM, Director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo published originally by Télam.
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16 November 2021
CIMAM celebrates the success of its 53rd Annual Conference
The conference was held November 5-7 at the Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz and the NOMUS New Museum of Art/Branch of the National Museum in Gdansk, Poland, bringing together more than 150 museum professionals onsite and another 100 virtually.
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16 November 2021
"We must learn the way of de-pressure, how to relieve pressure from ourselves"
The CIMAM Annual Conference has always been a place where every one of us has been reminded that we are a part of a broad, global, or planetary museum community. Mami Kataoka, President of CIMAM, Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
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15 November 2021
"There is a strong need for a real meeting and being together"
Read this statment from Jaroslaw Suchan, Director, Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz, Poland, regarding the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference.
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11 November 2021
Achim Borchardt-Hume (1965-2021): an appreciation
The untimely death of the distinguished Tate Modern curator, who died last week at the age of 55, "leaves an enormous gap", writes former Tate director Nicholas Serota. Achim was an active CIMAM Member since 2015.
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11 November 2021
CIMAM acknowledges the Queens Museum, New York, with the Outstanding Museum Practices Award 2021
The Outstanding Museum Practice Award recognizes modern and contemporary art museums in developing new models of practice that are context-responsive and have the potential to inspire other museum and arts professionals, regardless of their scale or resources.
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9 November 2021
Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma appointed to host the CIMAM Annual Conference in 2022
In 2022, CIMAM’s edition will be marked by the 60th anniversary of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern and Contemporary Art.
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29 October 2021
UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow
CIMAM recognizes climate and ecological emergency and is seriously committed to working towards sustainability understood in the broadest terms set out by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030.
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27 October 2021
A warm welcome to Bei Xi to CIMAM!
Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.
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27 October 2021
"It is the perfect moment to host the CIMAM conference"
Jacek Friedrich, Director of Muzeum Narodowe Gdańsk / The National Museum in Gdańsk, invites you to join CIMAM's 2021 Annual Conference (5-7 November). Online tickets are still available. Join us!
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26 October 2021
"The art industry can act collectively without waiting for the respective governments"
Mami Kataoka, President of CIMAM, Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, talks about sustainability in the art world. Excerpt interview originally published by El País on September 6, 2021.
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22 October 2021
We are pleased to welcome Anna Johansson to CIMAM!
Join CIMAM and get involved in a unique networking and inspiring process, which will culminate in a meeting in Poland at the end of the year during our Annual Conference, a unique occasion to strengthen your contacts with key opinion leaders in our sector.
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21 October 2021
CIMAM 2021. Online Tickets Available!
CIMAM is pleased to provide our community with a wide variety of tickets suitable to everyone’s needs.
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19 October 2021
Meet CIMAM's 50 grant beneficiaries!
CIMAM is proud to announce the names of the 50 contemporary art professionals awarded support to take part at the Annual Conference!
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18 October 2021
The current cultural situation in Poland is a consequence of bad practices accepted over the years
Jaroslaw Suchan, director, Muzeum Sztuki in Lódz, Poland, and panelist at CIMAM's webinar, Museums in Easter Europe Under Pressure?
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15 October 2021
"The vital goal is to make sure that everything we do is undertaken in the most sustainable way"
Suhanya Raffel, Director, M+ Museum, Hong Kong, China, and CIMAM Board Member. Published originally by Finestre Sull Arte, October 2021.
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15 October 2021
"It is an important time to get together and talk about crucial issues"
Agustín Pérez Rubio, Independent Curator, Madrid, Spain, and CIMAM Board Member, invites you to join the upcoming CIMAM Annual Conference. Join us!