Schedule for CIMAM 2023
Wednesday, 8 November
16.00-19.00 Registration opens at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Avenida San Juan 350, San Telmo.
All visitors are welcome to visit the Museum´s current exhibitions.
Thursday, 9 November
7.15 Minibuses leave CIMAM hotels for the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.
8.00 Registration at the Museo de Arte Moderno.
8.00–8.45 Welcome breakfast for Travel Grantees, Arthaus Fellows, Travel Grant Funders & Board Members.
9.00 55th CIMAM Annual Conference starts.
9.00–9.40 Welcome speeches by:
- Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (Host): Introduction to the Conference, the speakers and today’s moderator, Board Member Chus Martínez;
- Felipe Miguel, Head of Cabinet of Ministers, Buenos Aires City Government (GCBA);
- Enrique Avogadro, Minister of Culture, GCBA;
- Suhanya Raffel, CIMAM President and Director, M+, Hong Kong.
9.40–10.00 Elvira Espejo Ayca, Artist and Director, Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore, La Paz, Bolivia.
10.00–10.20 Pablo Lafuente, Artistic Director, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
10.20–10.40 Simon Njami, Independent writer and curator, Paris, France.
10.40–11.00 Coffee break.
11.00–11.20 Nicolás Testoni, Director, Ferrowhite – museo taller, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
11.20–11.40 Coco Fusco, Artist, and Professor, Cooper Union, Brooklyn, USA.
11.40–13.00 Conversation moderated by Board Member Chus Martínez, Director, Institute Art Gender Nature, Basel, Switzerland.
Throughout the morning, food and drinks will be available outside the Auditorium.
13.00 Minibuses depart from the Museo de Arte Moderno for the Visits Programme.
13.30 Visits Programme starts.
13.30 Arrival at Fundación Proa (Host to the 55th CIMAM Annual Conference), in the nearby neighborhood of La Boca, where an Informal Lunch will be served. Visit current exhibitions.
14.30–17.30 Historic and Artistic Centre Visits Programme, taking in foundations, galleries, artists’ residencies, and artist-run spaces in the neighborhoods of La Boca, San Telmo, and Downtown Buenos Aires. Minibuses will depart from Fundación Proa, visiting the same art spaces in a different order to prevent congestion.
17.30–18.30 Informal Reception (cocktails) at the last venue on today’s Visits Programme, ahead of the opera performance at the Teatro Colón.
18.30–18.45 Departure to the Teatro Colón.
19.15 Arrival at the Teatro Colón.
20.00–23.00 Madame Butterfly, directed by renowned Brazilian director, Livia Sabag, at the Teatro Colón. No attendees will be allowed into the Opera House after the start of the performance.
23.00 Minibuses leave the Teatro Colón for CIMAM hotels.
Friday, 10 November
7.30 Minibuses leave CIMAM hotels for the Museo de Arte Moderno.
8.00–8.45 Welcome and coffee at the Museo de Arte Moderno.
9.00 55th CIMAM Annual Conference starts.
9.00–9.10 Introduction by today’s moderator, Board Member Amanda de la Garza, Director, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City
9.10–9.30 Luis Camnitzer, Artist, Great Neck, USA
9.30–9.50 Speaker to be announced soon
9.50–10.10 Marie Hélène Pereira, Curatorial Advisor, RAW Material Company, Dakar, Senegal, Senior Curator (performative practices), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
10.10–10.20 Trailer of the film presented by Marie Hélène Pereira
10.20–10.40 Coffee break
10.40–11.00 teresa cisneros, Senior Practice Manager, Culture Equity Diversity Inclusion, Wellcome Trust, London, UK
11.00–11.20 Ana Gallardo, Artist, Mexico City, Mexico
11.20–12.30 Conversation moderated by Amanda de la Garza, Director, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City.
(Throughout the morning, food and drinks will be available outside the Auditorium.)
12.30 Visits Programme starts.
12.30 Visit all eight current exhibitions at the Museo de Arte Moderno.
13.30 Buses depart for an informal lunch at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA).
14.00-15.00 Arrival at MALBA (Host to the 55th CIMAM Annual Conference), in the neighborhood Palermo, where an Informal Lunch will be served. Visit the current exhibitions.
15.00–19.00 Visits Programme along the Museum Mile to the museums along Libertador Avenue and beyond. Minibuses will depart from Malba for the Museo Eduardo Sívori, the Casa Victoria Ocampo, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, and other locations following different routes. (November is a joyful time of year to stroll around Palermo Park with the jacarandas in full bloom!)
19.30 Cocktails at the Colección Amalita (Co-Host to the 55th CIMAM Annual Conference, with the Fundación Ama Amoedo), in the Puerto Madero neighborhood, where an Informal Reception and Drinks will be served. Visit the current exhibitions.
22.00 Minibuses leave for late-night Tango Milongas for those with extra energy!
Saturday, November 11
7.30 Minibuses leave CIMAM hotels for the Museo de Arte Moderno.
8.00–8.45 Welcome and coffee at Museo Moderno.
9.00 55th CIMAM Annual Conference starts.
9.00–9.10 Introduction by today’s moderators, Board Members Yu Jin Seng, Deputy Director (Curatorial & Research), National Gallery Singapore, Singapore, and Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Artistic Director, The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland.
9.10–9.30 Claudia Zaldívar, Director, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile.
9.30–9.50 Luma Hamdan, Director, Darat al Funun – The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan.
9.50–10.30 A conversation between María Belén Correa, Director and Founder, Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina, Hanover, Germany, and Sidhi Vhisatya, Curator, Queer Indonesia Archive (QIA), Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia.
10.30–10.50 Coffee break.
10.50–11.10 Marian Pastor Roces, Curator, and Principal Partner, TAOINC, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines.
11.10–11.30 Yto Barrada, Artist, Brooklyn/Tanger, USA/Morocco-
11.30–13.00 Conversation moderated by CIMAM Board members Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Artistic Director, The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, and Yu Jin Seng, Deputy Director (Curatorial & Research), National Gallery Singapore, Singapore.
(Throughout the morning, food and drinks will be available outside the Auditorium.)
13.00 Informal Lunch served at the Museo de Arte Moderno. (Farewell lunch in a space reserved for Grantees, Board Members & Travel Grant Funders to interact.)
14.00–18.30 Personalised Visits Programme to the Argentinian scene starts. Minibuses depart on tailor-made routes, and cars leave for delegates’ appointments and visits.
19.00–20.00 General Assembly, Museo de Arte Moderno Auditorium.
20.00–24.00 Final Seated Dinner and Party at the Fundación Mercedes Sosa, San Telmo (a stone’s throw from the Museo de Arte Moderno) for all Conference Delegates and Attendees, plus Representatives of the Local Scene hosting all Programme Visits.
After dinner, minibuses will be available for transit to CIMAM hotels.