CIMAM News
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25 August 2021
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation announces its first round of climate grants to art institutions
Stipends, ranging from around $7,000 to $100,000, will help museums jump-start clean energy, climate disaster protection and sustainability projects. Article by Nancy Kenney.
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24 August 2021
Mudam Luxembourg seeks candidates for Director
Closes: 20 September. The Board of Mudam invites applications from candidates interested in becoming the next Director of this internationally renowned museum of contemporary art which has become central to the cultural life of Luxembourg.
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24 August 2021
Join CIMAM's upcoming webinar on September 2!
2 September 2021. The webinar will focus on the recent developments in the cultural landscape in Eastern Europe with a special focus on Poland - the host of the upcoming CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference. It will serve as an introduction to the local context and some of the key issues that will be further elaborated upon in November 2021.
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17 August 2021
Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability. Inspiring platforms
Museums have a social responsibility to raise awareness of the climate crisis. In CIMAM's Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability in Museum Practice, you will find a series of platforms focused on museums and curatorial practices that work to draw attention to this urgent issue that involves us all. Are you familiar with them?
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16 August 2021
22 August is the last day to submit grant applications!
Don't miss the deadline! CIMAM offers around 40 grants to support the attendance – physical or virtual – of contemporary art museum directors, curators, and independent curators to CIMAM’s 2021 Annual Conference that will be held in Lodz and Gdansk, Poland 5–7 November 2021.
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12 August 2021
Submit your nomination to the Outstanding Museum Practices Award
CIMAM calls on modern and contemporary art museums to share examples of innovative solutions and inspiring practices that are being implemented as a result of this global crisis. In making this call CIMAM highlights the urgency and benefit of sharing best practices generating exchange and debate on the role of museums in our rapidly evolving present.
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11 August 2021
Interview: Dipesh Chakrabarty on how climate change upends long-standing ideas of modernity
‘Questions arise when we assume that technology can keep solving problems regardless of the nature of the problem.’ Interview to Dipesh Chakrabarty by Avik Chanda, Jul 03, 2021, Scroll.in
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5 August 2021
Find out more about the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference
This year's CIMAM Annual Conference offers a hybrid format to enjoy the three-days debates in person or online. Join us to reflect on two interconnected current crises: xenophobia and climate change and the sometimes hidden or unexplored connections between the two. Sign up for the CIMAM Annual Conference!
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4 August 2021
Museums in Eastern Europe Under Pressure?
2 September 2021. The webinar will focus on the recent developments in the cultural landscape in Eastern Europe with a special focus on Poland - the host of the upcoming CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference. It will serve as an introduction to the local context and some of the key issues that will be further elaborated upon in November 2021.
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4 August 2021
"I think digital is here to stay. But it is not going to replace the physical-personal experience"
Interview with Agustin Pérez Rubio, member of the Board of CIMAM, Independent Curator, Madrid, Spain. Originally published by Tendencias del Mercado del Arte.
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3 August 2021
Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability. Becoming carbon neutral
CIMAM's Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability in Museum Practice proposes different tools and resources to calculate and certificate the carbon footprint of your museum activity, a very relevant data to become carbon neutral. Get familiar with them and start designing your sustainability strategy!
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2 August 2021
Share your CIMAM Memories with us!
This is CIMAM's 2004 in Seoul! How many CIMAM Annual Conferences have you attended? With almost 60 years of existence, CIMAM wants to recall the extraordinary trajectory of an organization founded in 1962 that has witnessed the evolution of modern and contemporary art museums and collections through its more than 50 annual conferences and a growing community of professionals.
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30 July 2021
Welcome to CIMAM, ARKO Art Center!
CIMAM is delighted to welcome the ARKO Art Center 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.
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29 July 2021
Outstanding Museum Practices. Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan
Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation nomination for the Outstanding Museum Practices in a Time of Global Crisis
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28 July 2021
Do Museums Have A Role In Nurturing The Digital Arts?
Written by Min Chen, and published originally by Jing Culture & Commerce July 7, 2021.
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28 July 2021
Under Pressure. Museums in Times of Xenophobia and Climate Emergency
CIMAM's Annual Conference will address the role of artists and museums in today's dramatically evolving landscape, exacerbated by the pandemic that has accelerated global political and environmental changes. Register for CIMAM's three-day conference to learn and share views and reflections on these issues. Join the debate!
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27 July 2021
Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability: TATE's Action Plan
CIMAM is pleased to share the example of Sustainability Action Plans developed by the Tate Modern. CIMAM's toolkit aims to help contemporary art museum professionals to start implementing in their institutions and as individuals, the necessary changes to become carbon neutral.
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26 July 2021
International Call for Grant Applications to attend the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference
CIMAM offers around 40 grants to support the attendance of contemporary art curators and museum directors to CIMAM’s 2021 Annual Conference generously supported by Getty Foundation, V-A-C Foundation, Byucksan Foundation, Mercedes Vilardell and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art.
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23 July 2021
Statement on recent developments at MACBA
CIMAM’s Museum Watch Committee is deeply concerned by recent developments at MACBA, Barcelona, one of Europe’s more influential and dynamic museums.
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22 July 2021
Suzanne Cotter appointed new Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)
CIMAM celebrates the appointment of our Secretary-Treasurer and Board Member, Suzanne Cotter, as Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA). Congratulations!
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21 July 2021
CIMAM's Environmental Sustainability in Museum Practice Toolkit
CIMAM's Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability in Museum Practice introduces three successful examples of Sustainability Action Plans by Museums developed by the Tate Modern, the M+, and the Australian Museum. museumHave a look and get inspired by the CIMAM community!
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19 July 2021
Turning the Gwangju Biennale into a Working Organisation: Statement on the Gwangju Biennale
19 July 2021. The Museum Watch Committee (MWC) expresses its great concern regarding the resistance to the organisational reform of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation, the organiser of the Gwangju Biennale.
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18 July 2021
Around 40 grants to attend the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference
CIMAM offers around 40 grants to support the attendance – physical or virtual – of contemporary art curators and museum directors to CIMAM’s 2021 Annual Conference.
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16 July 2021
Elvira Dyangani Ose, New Director of MACBA
CIMAM is pleased to announce the new appointment of Elvira Dyangani Ose as the new Director of MACBA. The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art - MACBA is an Institutional Member of CIMAM.