CIMAM News
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15 December 2020
A new kind of museum is emerging—here's what the future holds
International museum leaders are confronting manifold challenges in the wake of Covid-19 and innovating in six principal ways, writes András Szántó, The Art Newspaper.
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14 December 2020
Whitechapel Gallery is recruiting a Director of Education and Public Programmes
Closes: 3 January 2021. The Daskalopoulos Director of Education & Public Programmes shapes education and interpretation policies, public programmes and the overall direction of the Whitechapel Gallery.
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11 December 2020
The letter from CIMAM to the Mexican Secretary of Culture
Follow the details regarding CIMAM's latest Museum Watch case. CIMAM has asked the Mexican government to take immediate action to rectify the devastating cuts that will lead to the destruction of these important cultural institutions.
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11 December 2020
Queens 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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10 December 2020
An ecosystem in danger: the Mexican museums
The Mexican government has started to dismantle the revered public institutions that have been developed over many generations. CIMAM is deeply concerned that the actions of the current government in Mexico will lead to the destruction of these important cultural institutions.
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9 December 2020
"What do international productions mean in a non-traveling era without international crowds?"
Haegue Yang, South Korean artist, based in Berlin and Seoul, and panelist at CIMAM's Rapid Response Webinar #7: Re-examining International Exchange: The Future of a Global Art Community.
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3 December 2020
A Governance Question in South-Africa
With growing concern, the Museum Watch Committee has followed the case of our colleague Ernestine White-Mifetu, director of the William Humphreys Art Gallery (WHAG) in Kimberley, now suspended from her functions in the museum.
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2 December 2020
"How can we ensure that our professionals' younger generation continues to stay committed to this idea of an international global art community?"
Eugene Tan, CIMAM Board Member, Director of National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Art Museum., and moderator at CIMAM's Rapid Response Webinar #7: Re-examining International Exchange: The Future of a Global Art Community.
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1 December 2020
“There are Sami curators, but we need more, and the field needs to be developed”
Interview with Susanne Hætta, author, artist and photographer, Vadsø, and CIMAM 2020 StayHome Curatorial Online Residency grantee for Dáiddadállu.
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1 December 2020
Kunsthalle Bern is seeking a new Director
Closes: 31 January 2021. Kunsthalle Bern is an internationally-renowned venue for encountering contemporary art.
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30 November 2020
"I am currently building Rafiki Art Initiatives (RAI) organizational structure, skills, and programming"
Nicole Rafiki, artist, curator, Oslo, Norway. Grantee 2020 for CIMAM's StayHome Online Residence in collaboration with OCA - Norway.
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27 November 2020
"The question of success is not the volume of numbers but the quality of the interaction you can have with your audiences"
Ivet Curlin/WHW Collective, Vienna, and panelist at CIMAM's Rapid Response Webinar #6: How Should Museums be Defining 'Success’ in a Time of COVID?
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26 November 2020
Lofoten International Art Festival seeks curator(s) for LIAF 2022
Lofoten International Art Festival-LIAF is a biennial for contemporary art that takes place in the Lofoten Islands. LIAF considers all of Northern Norway as its home region.
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24 November 2020
ICOM Follow-up report: Museums, Museum professionals and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is still seriously affecting cultural institutions around the world. While some museums have reopened with major limitations, others institutions are still facing the consequences of the health crisis behind closed doors.
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24 November 2020
Sudden Beams - Call for proposals from Curators
Closes: 2 December 2021. Call for curatorial ideas for projects with South Asian artists working in sound and digital media
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19 November 2020
Why should museums remain open and operational?
Continuing towards our goal to connect with and support our members in these trying times, the Museum Watch Committee would like to raise the following questions to identify arguments as to why museums should remain open and operational.
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19 November 2020
"We have to generate a new notion of success – or even forget about this word"
Ferran Barenblit, Director, MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, and panelists at CIMAM's Rapid Response Webinar #6: How Should Museums be Defining 'Success’ in a Time of COVID?
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18 November 2020
Re-examining International Exchange: The Future of a Global Art Community
Join the last CIMAM webinar of 2020 with Mami Kataoka, Andrea Lissoni , and Haegue Yang. Moderated by Eugene Tan on Thursday 26 November 2020.
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18 November 2020
Other upcoming webinars
Learn about upcoming webinars that bring together museum leaders and contemporary art professionals across the globe.
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18 November 2020
We are delighted to welcome Ping Lin, Director of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum as a member of CIMAM
Join CIMAM, and take part in our network with 600 contemporary art museum professionals from 86 countries.
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17 November 2020
Reframing Museums symposium: what role do cultural institutions play in the pandemic?
The first day of the event hosted by Louvre Abu Dhabi and NYU Abu Dhabi explored how museums have changed amid economic and cultural fallouts
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16 November 2020
"What kind of challenges do institutions face in the context of reduced visitor numbers and a reduction in business opportunities?"
Sarah Glennie, CIMAM Board Member, Director, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, and moderator at CIMAM's Rapid Response Webinar #6: How Should Museums be Defining 'Success’ in a Time of COVID?
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16 November 2020
"Exploring the Museum's Images - Exploring My Image" by the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST)
Read this and other 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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16 November 2020
Meet the 2020 StayHome Curatorial Online Residency grantees
CIMAM awards three contemporary art professionals for the StayHome Curatorial Online Residency grants, funded by OCA –Office for Contemporary Art Norway.