CIMAM 2024 General Assembly in Los Angeles

CIMAM General Assembly during the 56th Annual Conference in Los Angeles.

“Sustainable Futures: How? When? For Whom?”

Attended my Board members: Suhanya Raffel and Bart de Baere, together with Kamini Sawhney, Independent Curator from Bangalore. Agustin Pérez Rubio, Independent Curator from Madrid. Clara Kim, Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Chus Martínez, Director, Institute Art Gender Nature, Basel. Leevi Haapala, Dean, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Helsinki. Suzanne Cotter, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney. Joselina Cruz, Director/Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manila. Yu Jin Seng, Director (Curatorial, Research & Exhibitions), National Gallery Singapore and Kitty Scott, Strategic Director, Fogo Island Arts / Shorefast, Toronto.

The CIMAM 2024 Annual Conference addressed the subject of sustainability from an integrated and holistic perspective, beginning with our desire to respond to climate change by reassessing our policies around collection care and conservation; rethinking the buildings we occupy and the cities we are part of; while also exploring innovative models for economic sustainability and community building.

Co-hosted by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Hammer Museum at UCLA, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), with lead support from the Getty Foundation and the generous support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. Additional support for the conference is provided by the Perenchio Foundation and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Hauser & Wirth, Getty Foundation, and East West Bank provide hosting sponsorship.

Learn more about the CIMAM 2024 Annual Conference here.