CIMAM — International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art

Support M HKA: What's the relation between a collection and a museum?

29 October 2025. CIMAM is launching a global advocacy campaign in support of the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), addressing the critical political decisions that threaten to remove its collection and downgrade the institution to a Kunsthalle.

M HKA caught in the crosshairs, what is the museum’s future?

M HKA in Antwerp, Belgium. Photo by Evenbeeld

9 October 2025. Statement in Support of M HKA. The CIMAM Museum Watch is profoundly concerned by the recent news that M HKA, an internationally respected contemporary art museum, is being regressed into a kunsthalle, and equally that it is being separated from its site-specific collection.

Reverse the decision to abolish M HKA's status as a national museum

Sign this petition to ask the Flemish government to reverse its decision to regress the Antwerp contemporary art museum M HKA into an art centre. This would be a devastating blow to both Antwerp, the Flemish and the international contemporary art ecology.

There Was Good News

Bart De Baere, CIMAM Board Member, Director, M HKA

11 October 2025. Opinion piece by Bart De Baere, Director of M HKA, following the recent decision by the Flemish Government to cancel the museum’s new building and to revoke M HKA’s museum status.

Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making

The CIMAM 57th Annual Conference will take place in Turin (Italy), from November 28–30, 2025, and invites museum professionals to come together in a spirit of critical inquiry and collective imagination to explore the evolving role of contemporary art institutions in an increasingly complex global context.

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.

Meet the Three Keynote Speakers

Victoria Noorthoorn, Director of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (Argentina), CIMAM Board Member, and member of the Content Committee for the CIMAM 2025 Annual Conference, introduces the three keynote speakers who will open each day of this year’s conference with thought-provoking perspectives.

CIMAM to Host its 2026 Annual Conference in Harare, Zimbabwe

CIMAM announces that its 58th Annual Conference will take place in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2026, hosted by the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The first for the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art in Africa

Best Practices

Museum directors, curators and others responsible for museum governance and programming are urged to review carefully and be guided by the code of ethics, museum professional principles and best practices for managing controversy guide.

CIMAM Free Admission Program

Let's embark on a journey of cultural exchange and inspiration. Enjoy CIMAM's Free Admission Program and get free access to over 350 modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and biennials worldwide. Join the program as an institutional member to welcome more than 800 museum professionals to your museum!