CIMAM News
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3 July 2020
Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College calls for a Public Programs & Education Curator
The Museum Public Programs and Education Curator leads, implements and manages a wide range of interdisciplinary curatorial, public and educational programs for MOAD that amplify connections between contemporary art, design and other fields.
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3 July 2020
Outstanding Museum Practices in a Time of Global Crisis. Take part and submit your nomination
We are pleased to share among our CIMAM community some of the nominated practices received for the Outstanding Museum Practices in a Time of Global Crisis.
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1 July 2020
What Does a Social Justice Curator Do? The Bronx Museum’s Jasmine Wahi on Why Every Art Institution Should Have One
Jasmine Wahi, the Bronx Museum's social justice curator, explains how visual activism can change institutions—and shares her reading list.
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29 June 2020
La Paz: International Museum Best Cases in Danger
CIMAM is deeply concerned about the future of MNA and MUSEF following the forced resignation of two Directors recognised internationally for their visionary leadership.
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29 June 2020
‘Wouldn’t it be sad if nothing really changes?’: Tate Modern director Frances Morris on the art world's pledge to be more green
It’s now more than a year since Culture Declares Emergency was launched in London by sending a white horse and a procession of bell-ringing artists and workers from across the cultural sectors into Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. The museum’s director Frances Morris gave this peaceful invasion her full consent and three months later, on 17 July 2019, Tate made the step of formally declaring a climate and ecological emergency.
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26 June 2020
On the Limits of Care and Knowledge: 15 Points Museums Must Understand to Dismantle Structural Injustice
The artistic director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial explores what museums must internalize before moving forward with equity work.
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19 June 2020
Kunsthaus Zürich seeks new Director
Closes: 28 July, 2020, 5pm. The Kunsthaus Zürich is one of the most distinguished museums in Europe.
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17 June 2020
Join CIMAM's #2 Webinar: 25 June
With Victoria Noorthoorn, Agustín Pérez Rubio, Elvira Espejo Ayca, Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz and Luis Camnitzer.
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17 June 2020
Museums Embrace Art Therapy Techniques for Unsettled Times
Several institutions are preparing to reopen with an awareness of a new mission as people struggle with loss and unrest.
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16 June 2020
Museums will need ethical funders all the more after the coronavirus crisis
As institutions reopen their doors to a world that has changed significantly, public scrutiny of private money is not going away.
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16 June 2020
The Honolulu Museum of Art calls for Director of Curatorial Affairs
No deadline. HoMA is dedicated to the collection, preservation,interpretation and teaching of the visual arts, and the presentation of exhibitions, performing arts and public programs specifically relevant to Hawaiʻi’s ethnically diverse community.
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11 June 2020
"It gives me hope that we’ve been given a chance to stop and rethink what’s really essential for human society and the future of the planet."
Interview with Mami Kataoka, Director of the Mori Art Museum, and President of CIMAM, for Goethe-Institut.
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10 June 2020
Fail Better. Notes for a Museum Yet-To-Come
Pablo Martínez is a member of CIMAM, and Head of Programmes at MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona since 2016. Read his article for the Spanish online publication Ctxt Contexto y Acción.
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9 June 2020
In the Era of Social Distancing, Biennial Organizers Face Unprecedented Challenges—and ‘a Car Crash of Cultural Events’ in 2021
Faced with an uncertain future, biennials are having an existential crisis.
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4 June 2020
In a Post-COVID World, What Museums Do Outside Their Walls Will Become as Important as What They Put on Them
Madeleine Grynsztejn, director of the MCA Chicago and member of CIMAM explains how the museum sector is adapting to the lockdown era—and what long-term changes may result.
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2 June 2020
“I believe in a Museum that acts as a social arena"
Amanda de la Garza, General Director of Visual Arts at the UNAM, Head of the MUAC and member of CIMAM, interviewed by Call for Curators.
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29 May 2020
UNESCO Report. Museums Around the World in the Face of COVID-19
UNESCO launched a study to assess, on the basis of contributions from states and museum professionals, the impact of COVID-19 on museums and museum institutions.
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22 May 2020
Museums and the Sustainable Development Goals
This guide is intended to help empower museums (small, large and of any kind, anywhere), museum workers, museum networks and their partners to contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs for short).
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20 May 2020
Why today's digital event matters now more than ever
Suay Aksoy, president of ICOM, says museums closed by Covid-19 lockdowns "need to champion themselves because their survival may depend on it."
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18 May 2020
International Museum Day 2020
While the global health crisis continues to affect the art sector, CIMAM acknowledges the powerful role of the museum as a mirror of the spirit of the times; a valuable mechanism fostering continuous change in our everyday life.
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18 May 2020
CIMAM postpones the Annual Conference and provides an online program called Rapid Response Webinars starting 28 May 2020
Given that the new social conditions and travel restrictions caused by the pandemic are likely to continue for some time, CIMAM has decided to postpone this year's Annual Conference.
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15 May 2020
Has the digital museum finally come of age?
With museums worldwide closed as a result of the coronavirus, many are finding innovative ways to connect with audiences digitally. But can the online experience compare to being in a physical gallery?
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13 May 2020
Museums across the globe cautiously reopen
Museums in Germany, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Switzerland have begun to reopen their doors, and many are following recommendations for ensuring visitor safety released by CIMAM.
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12 May 2020
Preparing for the New Everyday
What can CIMAM do in a time of global health crisis? A letter by Mami Kataoka, President, and the Board of CIMAM.