CIMAM News
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7 October 2020
StayHome Curatorial Online Residency
Thanks to the generous support of OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway, CIMAM offers three grants for the StayHome Curatorial Online Residency to young contemporary art museum directors and curators residing in Norway. Candidates Sámi or from diaspora backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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5 October 2020
Join CIMAM and take part in our Rapid Response Webinars
Join CIMAM and become part of a global network of museum professionals who look after the interests of the profession.
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5 October 2020
"The keyword is fluidity"
Calin Dan, CIMAM Board Member, Director, National Museum of Contemporary Art - MNAC, Bucharest, and moderator at CIMAM Rapid Response Webinar #5: IN BETWEEN: How are Contemporary Art Museums and their Stakeholders Dealing with a Fluid Situation?
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5 October 2020
Yerevan Biennial Art Foundation releases a statement on the current crisis in the region
A statement on the current crisis in the region. Launch events of the first Yerevan Biennial cancelled. Dates: October 1, 2020–January 17, 2021.
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2 October 2020
APEXART’s NYC Open Call Invites Exhibition Proposals in October for 2021-2022 Season
Closes: 31 October 2020. Curators, artists, writers, and creative individuals, regardless of experience level or location, are invited to submit a proposal online.
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1 October 2020
The museum of everything: do you have time to look at 150,000 exhibits?
In a world first, Rotterdam’s Boijmans museum has put its entire collection on display in a mammoth new warehouse. As the V&A considers a similar experiment, is this ‘open storage’ model the future?
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29 September 2020
ICOM Webinars | Capacity building for museums professionals
In a difficult time for museums, ICOM remains a point of support for museum professionals and is proud to announce the launch of a new series of webinars: four online seminars that will provide a space for reflection and discussion on relevant current topics for the museum sector.
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21 September 2020
Top curators weigh in on role of art during coronavirus, racial reckoning
Art can be an escape from or a reaction to the pandemic. Written by Rosa Sanchez and published originally by abc NEWS.
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21 September 2020
"The Internet of Things: Another World is Possible” by Darat al Funun – The Khalid Shoman Foundation
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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21 September 2020
THE TIME IS NOW / Museums as Agents of Change
Friday 25 September 2020, at 2 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada). Online discussion hosted by the Museum for the United Nations – UN Live.
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17 September 2020
The Hard-Hit Arts Sector Is Facing a Brain Drain as Ambitious Workers Seek Greener Pastures
Dissatisfied cultural workers are leaving the field in droves—and museums may pay the price. Written by Zachary Small, and published originally by arnet.
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16 September 2020
Beyond Coronavirus: The Future of Museums. Organized by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Wednesday 30 September 2020, at 12pm BST. Annual Seminar Series Seminar organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.
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15 September 2020
IN BETWEEN: How are Contemporary Art Museums and their Stakeholders Dealing with a Fluid Situation?
Join CIMAM's #5 webinar with Tone Hansen, Zoran Erić, and Leevi Haapala. Moderated by Ann-Sofi Noring and Calin Dan on Thursday 24 September 2020.
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14 September 2020
How emerging Europe’s curators are adapting to the age of social distancing
Written by Portia Kentish and published originally by Emerging Europe, September 12, 2020.
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14 September 2020
What museums are already collecting to tell the story of Coronavirus?
Hand Sanitizer, Masks and Screenshots From Zoom: See What Museums Are Already Collecting to Tell the Story of COVID-19. Written by Olivia B. Waxman and published originally by TIME
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8 September 2020
ICOM follow-up survey: the impact of COVID-19 on the museum sector
The COVID-19 pandemic is still seriously affecting cultural institutions around the World. While some museums have reopened with major limitations, others are still facing the consequences of the crisis behind closed doors.
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8 September 2020
What’s next for contemporary art?
With the pandemic crisis still raging, with more and more cases every day, a legitimate question is raised: how is contemporary art going to survive these times? Written by Oana Vasiliu, Business Review, September 4, 2020.
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7 September 2020
CIMAM’s Museum Watch Program exists to support contemporary art museum professionals
Join CIMAM and become part of a global network of museum professionals who look after the interests of the profession.
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3 September 2020
Call for Director/Curator position. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at University of British Columbia
Closes: 15 October 2020. The Faculty of Arts at The University of British Columbia (UBC)—Vancouver campus invites applications for the position of Director/Curator, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
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3 September 2020
Responding to Widespread Demands, Museums Are Acquiring More Works by Artists of Color. But How They Do So Matters More Than Ever
Artists and cultural producers say museums need to collect and exhibit works with more respect and care.
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2 September 2020
Museums Are Being Tasked With Radically Transforming the Way They Work. Here Are 6 Practical Steps They Can Take to Do That
Institutions across the US are facing unprecedented pressure to reform. But many remain tied to models that need to be reimagined.
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31 August 2020
'Be commercially minded or lose future funding': UK government's threat puts museums in peril
In a letter leaked to The Art Newspaper, the culture minister Oliver Dowden tells directors they must raise their own funds during the pandemic—but how?
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28 August 2020
A Museum Director Asks: What if Art Museums Can’t Measure Up to the Present Moment?
As the world moves rapidly toward irreversible and necessary change, art museum directors are talking about adapting their institutions to the times. But what if adaptation is not enough?
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27 August 2020
Could museums have done more to protect their employees?
On both sides of the Atlantic, museums are laying off staff in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Gareth Harris and Matt Stromberg consider whether bad decisions have made the situation worse