CIMAM News
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31 May 2021
The calm and effective actions of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška
The Museum Watch Committee commends the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška for foregrounding the artists and the project’s curatorial integrity in such challenging circumstances.
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31 May 2021
Contribute to the history of CIMAM
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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28 May 2021
We are pleased to welcome Remy Jarry 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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27 May 2021
"An enormous potential to bring art and artists into society"
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom, and panelist at CIMAM's roundtable Affirming the Social Value of Museums.
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26 May 2021
New political scenarios, sharpened by the pandemic, directly impact the situation of museum directors around the world
The Museum Watch Program serves as an advocacy program addressing specific situations that impact on museum professionals and not-for-profit institutions of modern and contemporary art.
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25 May 2021
10 Ways for Museums to Survive and Thrive in a Post-Covid World
That the pandemic did damage to museums is unquestioned but their resilience has been remarkable. Written by Jason Farago, and published originally by The New York Times.
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20 May 2021
Welcome to CIMAM, Croatian Museum of Naïve Art!
CIMAM is pleased to welcome the Croatian Museum of Naïve 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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19 May 2021
CIMAM’s Museum Watch: What We Do and Why We Do it
27 May 2021. This panel is organized by CIMAM’s Museum Watch Committee and moderated by Sarah Glennie, panelists representing the Museum Watch working group will be Bart de Baere, Calin Dan, and Victoria Noorthoorn.
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18 May 2021
International Museum Day 2021
On International Museum Day, CIMAM wants to acknowledge and highlight the relevant role and essential function that museums represent for society and their communities.
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17 May 2021
CIMAM recognizes the urgency of acknowledging outstanding museum practices of modern and contemporary art museums
The Outstanding Museum Practices Award recognizes modern and contemporary art museums and collections who have developed new models of working during the global pandemic.
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13 May 2021
CIMAM shares the open letter from Colombian cultural workers and stands in solidarity with them.
SOS ARTE COLOMBIA. "Our struggle is for life". CIMAM shares the open letter from cultural workers and stands in solidarity with them.
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13 May 2021
"Museum directors value resourcefulness, flexibility, affirmation of real-space experience"
András Szántó, New York-based author of the book, The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues, cultural strategy adviser, and moderator of CIMAM's roundtable Affirming the Social Value of Museums.
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13 May 2021
Welcome to our newest member Cathrin Mayer!
Be part of the CIMAM community! In such a difficult time for our profession, we encourage you to remain united and to continue learning from each other with optimism and imagination to overcome this crisis.
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11 May 2021
Interview with Suzanne Cotter, Chair of the Outstanding Museum Practices Award
"We want to recognize the potential of nominated practices that give us permission to think and act differently and to question systemic ways of working that are no longer socially, ethically, or environmentally viable". Read the full interview here.
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11 May 2021
Be part of the CIMAM community!
Joining the world's most recognized community of modern and contemporary art museum professionals will allow your institution to expand its international contacts and work within the framework of the best museum practices recognized by the international community.
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11 May 2021
”la Caixa” Foundation
”la Caixa” Foundation is a Founding Patron of CIMAM since 2002.
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7 May 2021
Post-COVID, How Can Museums Remain Essential?
About CIMAM's latest roundtable, Affirming the Social Value of Museums. Written by Torey Akers, and published originally by Jing Culture & Commerce.
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6 May 2021
A workshop that will provide practical tools to curators
The workshop, designed to provide practical tools to curators, will offer a space to share – and learn from – peer experience in handling the challenges of presenting difficult subject matter today. Thursday 13 May at 11:00 am EDT.
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6 May 2021
We are pleased to welcome Todd Brandow to CIMAM
Join the only global network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field based on a membership program of 600 professionals from 86 countries.
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5 May 2021
"The community is valuing the experience of the museum"
Rhana Devenport, Director, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, CIMAM Board Member, and panelist at CIMAM's roundtable Affirming the Social Value of Museums.
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3 May 2021
"A larger segment of the Gallery’s audience is now local"
Eugene Tan, Director, National Gallery Singapore, and Singapore Art Museum, and member of the Board of CIMAM. Read the full conclusions and examples regarding CIMAM's Museum Watch initiative: Why should museums remain open and operational?
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28 April 2021
CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference
Let us know by completing this question by 5 May 2021, please. We would like to know your level of comfort of returning to in-person meetings versus attending our Annual Conference virtually this year.
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27 April 2021
Registration is now open
Take part in CIMAM's workshop conducted by the National Coalition Against Censorship. Space in the workshop is limited to 25 participants. Thursday 13 May at 11:00 am EDT.
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27 April 2021
Save the date: CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference
Due to the pandemic, CIMAM postponed its 2020 Annual Conference to 2021. This important event will now be held on November 5-7, hosted as initially planned by the Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz and the NOMUS Museum of New Art in Gdansk (Poland).