CIMAM News
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1 October 2025
UNESCO Launches First Global Report on Cultural Policies
On 29 September 2025, UNESCO launched “Culture: The Missing SDG”, its first edition of the Global Report on Cultural Policies, during the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2025, held in Barcelona, Spain.
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29 September 2025
CIMAM Joins the Global Call “We Make Tomorrow”
We Make Tomorrow is a Global Call on policymakers to place culture at the heart of climate action, and to fully integrate culture into the UNFCCC second Global Stocktake.
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23 September 2025
CIMAM Board Elections 2026–28: A Message from our President
Suhanya Raffel, President of CIMAM for the period 2023-25, highlights the crucial role of the Board in shaping the future of our global community and encourages every CIMAM individual and institutional member to take part in this important process.
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22 September 2025
Africa Takes the Stage: Zimbabwe’s Moment as Host of the CIMAM Annual Conference
Interview with Raphael Chikukwa, conducted by journalist Stephan Rheeder for Art Africa magazine, published on 18 September.
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18 September 2025
CIMAM 2025 Travel Grant Beneficiaries
CIMAM announces the names of the 39 modern and contemporary art museum directors, curators, researchers, and art professionals, from 20 different countries, who have been awarded a travel grant to attend the 57th CIMAM Annual Conference “Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making”, taking place in Turin from November 28 to 30, 2025
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15 September 2025
CIMAM Welcomes DAS MINSK Kunsthaus Potsdam as a Patron
CIMAM is pleased to welcome DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam as a Patron. On this occasion, we spoke with its director, Anna Schneider, to learn more about the institution’s vision and mission.
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9 September 2025
CIMAM Board Elections 2026–28: Vote is Open
Voting opens: 09 September, 10:00 am CEST and closes 30 September, 10:00 am CEST. Voting will take place exclusively online through Neovote’s platform.
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3 September 2025
36th Bienal de São Paulo
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice. Admission is free for CIMAM Members during the preview day: 5 September 2025.
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1 September 2025
Counter Strike: Art and Museums in Times of Conflict
How can curators, directors, and artists navigate this polarized landscape, balancing scholarly rigor with ethical responsibility, while adopting strategies and language that acknowledge the limits of neutrality? Join the upcoming webinar on Thursday, September 18, at 8 AM NYC time and 8 PM Beijing time.
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29 August 2025
Who's Who at CIMAM with Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani
Interview with Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani. CIMAM member and Curator of the National Pavilion of Timor-Leste at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
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26 August 2025
Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture Opens in Almaty
The Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture opens in Almaty on September 5, 2025, and will also host a private evening on 8 September. As a CIMAM Patron, Tselinny invites CIMAM members to join this exclusive gathering.
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20 August 2025
CIMAM endorses AAM’s statement on censorship threats to U.S. museums
CIMAM expresses its full support for the statement issued by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) on August 15, 2025, in response to the growing threats of censorship against U.S. museums.
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18 August 2025
Towards the Ethical Art Museum
Lund Humphries is offering CIMAM members an exclusive discount on Gareth Harris's book Towards the Ethical Art Museum, a new title from its Hot Topics in the Art World, published in association with Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Available from 18th August 2025.
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8 August 2025
CIMAM Executive Office Closed from August 11 to 25, 2025
The CIMAM Executive Office will be closed for a break from August 11 to 25.
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1 August 2025
CIMAM endorses ICOM's Statement on the Protection of Cultural Heritage
CIMAM – the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, an Affiliated Organization of ICOM – fully endorses and shares the following statement issued by the ICOM Executive Board during its meeting held in Paris on 27 June 2025.
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31 July 2025
"Serving on the CIMAM Board Has Been an Extraordinary Journey"
A message from Suzanne Cotter, CIMAM Board Member and Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, in which she shares her experience and trajectory as a CIMAM Board member. Suzanne encourages all CIMAM members to stand for election to the Board for the 2026–28 term. Deadline, August, 30, 2025.
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25 July 2025
Andrea Fraser on Art, Institutions, and Power
The Art of Social Change podcast releases a new episode featuring artist and UCLA professor Andrea Fraser, recorded in collaboration with CIMAM at the 56th Annual Conference in Los Angeles.
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22 July 2025
CIMAM welcomes Georgina Ventós as new Major Patron
Read the Interview with Georgina Ventós, President of Fundación Ernesto Ventós and CIMAM Major Patron since June 2025, where she shares the legacy of her father, Ernesto Ventós, a perfumer, artist, and collector who built a unique collection inspired by the sense of smell.
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17 July 2025
"Joining the CIMAM Board broadens your perspective on museum practice"
Message from Agustín Pérez-Rubio, CIMAM Board Member, encouraging members to apply for the Board of CIMAM
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16 July 2025
For the First Time, Modern Art Museums Will Meet in Africa
Article by Roberta Bosco, originally published in Italian for Il Giornale dell'Arte on July 7, 2025, covering the announcement of Zimbabwe as the host country for the 2026 CIMAM Annual Conference.
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15 July 2025
Sustainability Toolkit update: July 2025
Explore the latest updates to the CIMAM Toolkit for Sustainable Practices, featuring both practical tools and thought-provoking resources to support a more environmentally and socially responsible approach to museum work.
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14 July 2025
Museums in Dialogue: Asia and Africa
A conversation with Raphael Chikukwa, Executive Director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, and Suhanya Raffel, President of CIMAM and Director of the M+ Museum in Hong Kong. Originally published by Exitmedia magazine on July 3, 2025. Written by Diana de la Cruz.
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11 July 2025
"Alliances are fundamental to generating change"
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and in recognition of her recent commitment to CIMAM as a Benefactor in 2025, CIMAM spoke with Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo about her long-standing support for contemporary art
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10 July 2025
Bureaucracies of the Flesh
Join Patricia Sorroche, Head of Exhibitions at Museu Tàpies, for a conversation on rethinking museum institutions, challenging hegemonic systems and exploring more inclusive, participatory forms of representation and governance. Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 9 a.m. CEST.