CIMAM News

• 22 April 2021

  Earth Day 2021

  

  At the heart of CIMAM's mission, it is to advocate for best practices in modern and contemporary art museums. On Earth Day, we want to continue fostering change and providing our members with the resources, tools, guides, and innovative examples to help reduce the museum's carbon footprint and its negative impact on our planet.

• 22 April 2021

  Welcome to CIMAM, Museum of Brisbane!

  

  CIMAM is delighted to welcome the Museum of Brisbane 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.

• 22 April 2021

  "Museums are the safest covered public spaces"

  

  Bart de Baere, Director, M HKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerpen, 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?

• 21 April 2021

  Albert M.A. Groot

  

  Albert M.A. Groot has been a Supporter of CIMAM since 2010. We are glad to share with the members of CIMAM his motivation and purpose in supporting the development of art and culture.

• 19 April 2021

  How Museums Could Reimagine Themselves in the Aftermath of the Black Lives Matter and Rhodes Must Fall Movements

  

  The time has come for a radical and qualitative change in imagination, language, and culture. Read this article by Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Member of the Board of CIMAM. Originally published by artnet.

• 16 April 2021

  A warm welcome to Azad Asifovich 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.

• 15 April 2021

  Submit your case

  

  Call for discussion proposals! Submit your statement of interest or case study for CIMAM's workshop organized in collaboration with the National Coalition Against Censorship.

• 15 April 2021

  Affirming the Social Value of Museums

  

  Join CIMAM's upcoming online discussion with Rhana Devenport, Mami Kataoka, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Philip Tinari. Moderated by András Szántó on Thursday 29 April 2021.

• 15 April 2021

  Museums must not be overlooked in pandemic recovery, UNESCO chief warns

  

  Faced with alarming and extended closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s museums are of “fundamental importance” to reviving cultural life and preserving our shared heritage “in all its diversity”, said the UN cultural agency chief on Tuesday. Written by Elizabeth Scaffidi, and published originally by UN News, April 13, 2021.

• 14 April 2021

  "Museums have a unique position to release sustainability issues, drive genuine empathy and understanding"

  

  Caitlin Southwick, Director of Ki Culture, Secretary of ICOM Sustainability Group, and CEO and Founder of Sustainability in Conservation, London, and panelist at CIMAM's first online session Sustainability and Environmental Change in Museum Practice.

• 12 April 2021

  The notional gallery? How art museums turned into public palaces

  

  This review of Charles Saumarez Smith’s The Art Museum in Modern Times and Dinah Casson’s Closed on Mondays: Behind the Scenes at the Museum was first published in the April 2021 issue of Apollo.

• 8 April 2021

  Want to host a CIMAM Annual Conference?

  

  If you are a member of CIMAM, read here the guidelines to host a CIMAM Annual Conference.

• 8 April 2021

  SFMOMA is looking for a Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art

  

  Closes: 21 April 2021. Reporting to the Curator of Contemporary Art, the Curatorial Assistant supports the research, development and interpretation of the permanent collection, temporary exhibitions, accessions, and other work of the Contemporary Art Department.

• 7 April 2021

  "The 'Museums Illuminate' action was an attempt to make visible the importance of museums for society in a time of pandemic"

  

  CIMAM members Gabriela Rangel, Adriana Rosenberg, and Victoria Noorthoorn. Read the full conclusions and examples regarding CIMAM's Museum Watch initiative: Why should museums remain open and operational?

• 6 April 2021

  "Is the age of blockbuster exhibitions and biennials over now?"

  

  Jeremy Deller, Artist, London, and panelist at CIMAM's first online session Sustainability and Environmental Change in Museum Practice.

• 1 April 2021

  Chillida Leku Museum

  

  Read this and other submitted nominations to the CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice in Time of Global Crisis initiative and submit your inspiring project to help others through this crisis.

• 30 March 2021

  MACBA- Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona seeks a new Director

  

  Closes: 7 May 2021. The Museum is recognised internationally for promoting critical thinking through its exhibitions, public activities, rigorous research and educational programmes.

• 30 March 2021

  "More than ever, art and culture are means of social cohesion and citizenship"

  

  José Carlos Mariategui, CIMAM member, and Curator, Alta Tecnología Andina, Lima, Perú. Read the full conclusions and examples regarding CIMAM's Museum Watch initiative: Why should museums remain open and operational?

• 30 March 2021

  Curating Racially Sensitive Content in an Era of Reckoning over Race Relations

  

  Call for discussion proposals! Submit your statement of interest or case study for CIMAM's workshop organized in collaboration with the National Coalition Against Censorship.

• 29 March 2021

  Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI)

  

  Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI) has been a Supporter of CIMAM since 2011. We are glad to share with the members of CIMAM their motivation and purpose in supporting the development of art and culture.

• 26 March 2021

  We are proud to welcome our newest member Apinan Poshyananda 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.

• 23 March 2021

  Job opportunities selection by CIMAM

  

  CIMAM offers an international and first-hand selection of the best curatorial and directorship open positions in modern and contemporary art museums and collections for those of you looking for a new career challenge.

• 23 March 2021

  Sustainability and Environmental Change in Museum Practice

  

  Join the first online activity of 2021 organized by CIMAM’s Sustainability and Ecology Working Group.

• 18 March 2021

  Take part in the Slow Art Day 2021

  

  CIMAM invites you to host and participate in the Slow Art Day initiative on 10 April 2021.