CIMAM News
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.