CIMAM News
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14 June 2021
CIMAM is proud to welcome Stephanie Rosenthal among our members
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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14 June 2021
Other upcoming webinars
Learn about upcoming webinars that bring together museum leaders and contemporary art professionals across the globe.
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11 June 2021
On the Future of the Museum
Never more than now, the future belongs to rigor. It belongs to integrity. The future is for expansiveness. The future is specificity. The future is polyphonic. The future is most fertile on the edges of the canon. The future is collectivity. The future is rest. The future is tender. The future is you.
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9 June 2021
Statement on the Proposed Restructuring of City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi
9 June 2021. The Museum Watch Committee (MWC) expresses its great concern regarding action by Experience Wellington to restructure the City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi. Experience Wellington’s plan to disestablish the roles of director and senior curator at City Gallery Wellington will destabilise the institution by reducing its ability to develop quality content necessary for a cultural institution.
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9 June 2021
"The Museum Watch's actions can have a role to play when the local museum scene is ready"
Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a member of the Board of CIMAM and part of the Museum Watch Committee.
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3 June 2021
A warm welcome to Manuel Segade to CIMAM!
Join the only global network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field based on a membership program of over 500 professionals from 66 countries.
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1 June 2021
"The pandemic saves us five to ten years of pushing the world to a more sustainable working way"
Desirée Blomberg, Manager, Exhibition Coordination & Loans, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and panelist at CIMAM's online session Sustainability and Environmental Change in Museum Practice.
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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.