CIMAM Board Elections 2026–28: Vote is Open

The voting period for the CIMAM Board Elections 2026–28 is open. All CIMAM members—both Individual and Institutional—are invited and strongly encouraged to cast their votes.

Every 3 years, CIMAM members vote for their representatives and constitute the Board of Directors. The CIMAM Board is structured to ensure strong leadership and strategic decision-making.

This is a key moment for our community, as your vote will help decide the group of leaders who will guide CIMAM and strengthen the role of modern and contemporary art museums worldwide.

We are proud of the outstanding list of candidates who have stood up for election, reflecting the broad commitment and expertise of our membership.

The current Board has worked to make election procedures more transparent and effective. The introduction of an electronic voting system and clear election guidelines are part of this progress. For this election, voting will take place exclusively online.

Voting period:

• Opens: 09 September, 10:00 CEST
• Closes: 30 September, 10:00 CEST

→ Don’t wait until the last day to vote!

According to the Bylaws, the CIMAM Board is composed of:

• 80% modern and contemporary art museum leadership positions (primarily directors, but also chief curators and artistic directors).
• 20% professionals in other institutions and positions.

Review the Candidates' Nominations by accessing the CIMAM Members Only section:

• Zeina Arida, Director, Mathaf - Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
• Çelenk Bafra, Artistic Director, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
• Raphael Chikukwa, Executive Director, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
• Doryun Chong, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, M+, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Sebastian Cichocki, Senior Curator, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
• Joselina Cruz, Director and Curator, Museum of Contemporary and Design (MCAD), Manila, Philippines, Pasay City, Manila, Philippines
• Tatiana Cuevas, General Director, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáeno, Mexico City, Mexico
• Amanda de la Garza Mata, Deputy Artistic Director, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
• Molly Donovan, Acting Head and Curator of Contemporary Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Art, Landover, Maryland, United States
• Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
• Yilmaz Dziewior, Director, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
• Nuria Enguita, Artistic Director, MAC/CCB LISBON, Lisbon, Portugal
• Mira Gakjina Ivanovska, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
• Katya Garcia Antón, Independent Curator, Independent, Oslo, Norway
• Sophie Goltz, Curator/Researcher, Independent, Vienna, Austria
• Jacqueline Grandjean, Director, HNBM - Het Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
• Luma Hamdan, Director, Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan
• Tone Hansen, Director, MUNCH, Oslo, Norway
• Andreja Hribernik, Director, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
• Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, Chief Curator, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
• Mayari Juracán, Director, Biennial of Resistance and La Revuelta, Guatemala, Guatemala
• Clara M Kim, Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States
• Sunjung Kim, Artistic Director, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea
• Pablo Lafuente, Artistic Director, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Independent Curator, Warsaw, Poland
• Victoria Lynn, Director, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville VIC, Australia
• Chus Martinez, Head, Institute Art Gender Nature, Basel, Switzerland
• Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Li Pi, Head of Art, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong SAR, China
• Marina Pugliese, Director, MUDEC, Milan, Italy
• Davide Quadrio, Director, Museum of Oriental Art, Torino, Italy
• Maria Inés Rodriguez, Director, Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
• Stephanie Rosenthal, Director, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Kamini Sawhney, Artistic Director, Public Arts Project, BLRHubba(Bengaluru Hubba), Bengaluru, India
• Kitty Scott, Independent Curator, Independent, Toronto, Canada
• Bettina Steinbrügge, Director General, Musée d'art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Anne Szefer Karlsen, Professor Curatorial Practice, University of Bergen, Oslo, Norway
• Philip Tinari, Director, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
• Jochen Volz, Director General, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

How to Vote:

Review the How to Vote Guide.

Should you lose your personal user ID or password, or have trouble logging in to the voting website, you can use Neovote's online assistance available at this link: https://vote356.neovote.com/support or contact the voter support by calling 0.805.69.17.20 from France (toll-free number) or +33.9.72.17.77.20 from outside France.

For any non-technical questions, such as election timings or procedures, please email the CIMAM Executive Office at members@cimam.org

Your participation is crucial—please take part in shaping the future of CIMAM.

Cast your vote today!