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• 3 December 2025

  Call to CIMAM members to renew their Memberships 2026–28

  

  All memberships expire at the end of December 2025. Don't wait to renew your membership. Your renewal helps ensure that the network stays robust, that museum voices from every region continue to be heard, and that we can collectively respond to emerging challenges and foster innovation within the contemporary art field.

• 30 November 2025

  Amanda de la Garza Mata appointed President of CIMAM for the 2026–28 term

  

  CIMAM appoints Amanda de la Garza Mata as President of CIMAM and announces the new Board Members for the 2026–28 term.

• 30 October 2025

  CIMAM’s 2025 General Assembly

  

  The CIMAM 2025 General Assembly will take place on Sunday, 30 November 2025 at 09:00 am CET, in Turin. CIMAM Members can also join and follow the session online.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 8 July 2025

  CIMAM and Museums in Crisis: Is the Single Narrative Losing Strength?

  

  In her opinion piece for ARTEINFORMADO, published on July 2, 2025, Marisol Salanova reflects on the recent announcement in Barcelona that Zimbabwe will host the CIMAM Annual Conference in 2026.

• 27 June 2025

  The CIMAM Board Gathers in Barcelona

  

  The CIMAM Board met in Barcelona from 24 to 26 June 2025 to strengthen global and local ties and announce future milestones, including the 2025 Annual Conference in Turin and the 2026 edition in Harare, Zimbabwe.

• 26 June 2025

  "This is a critical moment for us to reflect on our true representation"

  

  Interview with Bart De Baere, Director of M HKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp, Belgium, and a long-standing board member of CIMAM. In this talk, Bart reflects on his journey with CIMAM and its broader significance in the global museum landscape.

• 19 May 2025

  "Now is a pivotal moment for professionals to join the CIMAM Board"

  

  In this video, Suhanya Raffel reflects on her nine years of service on the CIMAM Board—three of them as President—and invites active CIMAM members to stand for election for the CIMAM Board for the 2026–28 term.

• 13 May 2025

  CIMAM 2024 Annual Report

  

  The CIMAM 2024 Annual Report highlights a year of global engagement, with over 900 members, a successful Annual Conference in Los Angeles, and ongoing initiatives promoting ethical leadership, knowledge exchange, and best practices in modern and contemporary art museums.

• 5 March 2025

  Get the Best of CIMAM

  

  As a CIMAM member, you’ll enjoy exclusive benefits that advance your career, expand your professional network, and strengthen your voice within the global museum community.

• 10 February 2025

  Who's Who at CIMAM with Azad Asifovich

  

  Who's Who at CIMAM interview with Azad Asifovich, CIMAM member since 2021 and Independent Curator in Paris.

• 10 January 2025

  CIMAM with Los Angeles

  

  CIMAM extends its heartfelt support to the people and arts institutions of Los Angeles and shares information about emergency relief funds for artists and arts workers of all disciplines affected by the devastating fires in Los Angeles.

• 13 November 2024

  CIMAM 2024 General Assembly

  

  CIMAM calls its Members to share their feedback and insights through a brief pre-assembly survey. Your feedback will directly influence the agenda and focus of the General Assembly which will take place on Sunday, December 8 in Los Angeles.

• 6 November 2024

  Kitty Scott Appointed Chief Curator of the 15th Shanghai Biennale

  

  Kitty Scott, a CIMAM Board Member and Strategic Director at Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts, as well as the former Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, has been appointed as the Chief Curator for the 15th Shanghai Biennale.

• 23 October 2024

  “Citizens don't trust politicians or the media, but they do trust museums. We have an obligation to them“

  

  Interview with Suhanya Raffel, President of CIMAM and Director of M+ in Hong Kong, for the newspaper El Mundo (Spain, October 18, 2024).

• 21 July 2024

  Who's Who at CIMAM with Ayça Okay

  

  Interview with Ayça Okay, Curator and Board Member of the BAKSI Museum, Istanbul, Turkey. Affiliated with AICA Turkey and a member of CIMAM, she specializes in exhibitions that build bridges between Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) and Europe.

• 26 June 2024

  Chus Martinez appointed Artistic Director of the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts

  

  Chus Martínez, CIMAM Board member, Director of the Art Gender Nature Institute, Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW in Switzerland, and Associate Curator of TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, has been appointed Artistic Director of the 36th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts (2025).

• 27 May 2024

  UN Climate Change Partners with Global Visual Arts Sector to Increase Climate Action

  

  UN Climate Change announced that the global Art Charter for Climate Action (ACCA) will join its efforts to unite the arts and entertainment sectors in transformative climate action. The announcement was made at The Hope Forum held during the 60th Venice Biennale international art exhibition.

• 14 May 2024

  News about CIMAM

  

  Articles in the international press about CIMAM's programs. Artshub Australia interviews CIMAM President Suhanya Raffel and The Art Newspaper covers the partnership between ACCA and UNFCCC.

• 21 March 2024

  "Crises are opportunities to rethink what we take for granted"

  

  Interview with Zeina Arida, Director of the Mathaf (Arab Museum of Modern Art) in Doha, Qatar, and Member of the Board of CIMAM, for the Yearbook Coleccionar Arte Contemporáneo, 2024.

• 18 March 2024

  Browse CIMAM's 2023 Annual Report

  

  CIMAM is a key generator of content, contacts, and resources for the international modern and contemporary art museum community. We invite you to browse the 2023 Annual Report which highlights the activities, programs, and finances of CIMAM in the preceding year.

• 18 January 2024

  Bart de Baere invites you to join CIMAM!

  

  Bart de Baere, the Secretary-General of CIMAM, and General and Artistic Director of M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp in Belgium, invites all modern and contemporary art museum professionals to join CIMAM.

• 9 January 2024

  12 benefits to join CIMAM

  

  CIMAM is the only global network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field based on a membership program of 700 contemporary art museum professionals from over 70 countries.

• 22 December 2023

  How was CIMAM 2023?

  

  The highlights of the Annual Conference can be found here. Check out the video and photos of the CIMAM 2023 Annual Conference, hosted by Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• 20 December 2023

  CIMAM is grateful to its Patrons and Supporters!

  

  Thank you for being part of this journey and contributing to CIMAM's success and growth. Without your generous support, all this would not be possible.

• 5 December 2023

  Save the date for CIMAM 2024

  

  The 56th CIMAM Annual Conference will be held in Los Angeles from December 6th to 8th, 2024. The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and the Hammer Museum will jointly host the event, giving attendees an excellent opportunity to discover the city's exceptional contemporary art history, diverse culture, and vibrant artistic landscape.

• 1 December 2023

  A warm welcome to Sabine Himmelsbach to CIMAM!

  

  Sabine Himmelsbach, Director, HEK (House of Electronic Arts), Muenchenstein/Basel, Switzerland. Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 24 November 2023

  We are pleased to welcome iLiana Fokianaki to CIMAM

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 23 November 2023

  CIMAM at the International Forum on Arts and Sustainability

  

  Suzanne Cotter, Chair of CIMAM's Working Group on Sustainability and Ecology in Museums, will be one of the featured speakers at the International Forum on Arts and Sustainability to be held in Taiwan

• 17 November 2023

  We are pleased to welcome Yesomi Umolu to CIMAM

  

  Yesomi Umolu, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Public Practice, Serpentine Galleries, London, UK. Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 2 October 2023

  CIMAM's Code of Ethics

  

  The creation of this Code of Ethics underscores CIMAM's dedication to recognizing and valuing its various stakeholders. It defines the obligations and rights of the organization in its interactions with these stakeholders to achieve different goals of equal value while establishing standards of conduct that safeguard the organization's integrity and promote its long-term growth.

• 20 September 2023

  Save the date: CIMAM’s 2023 General Assembly

  

  CIMAM members are invited to join on Saturday 11 November 2023 from 19 to 20:00 hrs. (ART) online or onsite at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.

• 18 July 2023

  "An institution without an audience is like a person without a soul"

  

  Read the interview given by Suhanya Raffel, President of CIMAM and Museum Director of M+, Hong Kong for the magazine Il Giornale Dell' Arte. Written by journalist Roberta Bosco and originally published on July 17, 2023.

• 7 June 2023

  Environmentally friendly CIMAM e-cards thanks to MuseumAnywhere

  

  We are proud to announce that it has been a year since, thanks to the generous sponsorship of MuseumAnywhere, CIMAM launched this environmentally friendly initiative of the digital and sustainable version of the PVC membership cards.

• 13 March 2023

  "The Museum Director must constantly take the pulse of its constituencies to anticipate their expectations"

  

  François Giannesini became a Supporter of CIMAM in January 2023. CIMAM offers its Program Sponsors a platform for international connection and a global communication channel that gives visibility to their projects and commitments to the world of art and culture.

• 8 March 2023

  "Hopefully, work by women and other underrepresented artists will be made even more accessible and integrated into local, national and international art histories"

  

  Kitty Scott, CIMAM Board member, Independent Curator, Ottawa, Canada. Read the full interview for the “Tendencias del Mercado del Arte” magazine, Spain.

• 28 February 2023

  The CIMAM 2022 Annual Report is now available

  

  We invite you to browse the 2022 Annual Report which highlights the achievements, activities, programs, and finances of CIMAM in the preceding year. "Diversity is today a cornerstone for modern and contemporary art museums. Museums remind us who we are through our collections and increasingly through the cultures we promote in our museums", read Suhanya Raffel's letter.

• 24 February 2023

  "A museum is not just a collection of objects, or a series of programs, but a spirit, energy and force"

  

  Clara Kim, CIMAM Board member, and Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Read the full interview for the “Tendencias del Mercado del Arte” magazine, Spain.

• 16 February 2023

  Be part of the CIMAM community!

  

  Joining the world's most recognized community of modern and contemporary art museum professionals will allow you to expand its international contacts and work within the framework of the best museum practices recognized by the international community.

• 9 February 2023

  We are pleased to welcome Bárbara Rodríguez to CIMAM

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 26 January 2023

  We are proud to welcome Pablo Lafuente to the CIMAM membership program

  

  Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 19 January 2023

  We are pleased to welcome Devika Singh to CIMAM

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 18 January 2023

  Interview to Ahmet Ögut by Agustin Perez Rubio

  

  "Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.

• 10 January 2023

  Interview to Suzanne Pagé by Saskia Bos

  

  "Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.

• 8 January 2023

  Interview to Margit Rowell by Eugene Tan

  

  "Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.

• 2 January 2023

  Interview to Alfred Pacquement by Mami Kataoka

  

  "Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.

• 23 December 2022

  A warm welcome to Filipa Ramos to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 21 December 2022

  Happy Holiday Season!

  

  The Board, and the executive CIMAM team, would like to thank all of you who, year after year, make it possible for CIMAM to continue growing and becoming a reference among our community of professionals dedicated to modern and contemporary art institutions.

• 20 December 2022

  CIMAM's new Board takes over the working groups!

  

  During their honorary tenure, CIMAM Board members each contribute to practical and strategic working groups. Check out the new members of the CIMAM working groups!

• 20 December 2022

  Encounters with CIMAM by David Elliot

  

  "Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM": 21 interviews with former board chairs, donors, and curators, is now available on Hatje Cantz website. CIMAM members can purchase the book directly through the office at a special price of €20 + shipping expenses.

• 18 December 2022

  Welcome from the President of CIMAM

  

  Suhanya Raffel, Director of M+ Hong Kong, was appointed CIMAM President for the 2023-25 period by the outgoing and newly elected Board members during the CIMAM 2022 Annual Conference that took place in Palma, Mallorca, Spain.

• 5 December 2022

  "For every 10,000 digital membership cards, the carbon footprint reduced per year would be about 1,433 pounds (650 kg) of CO2"

  

  CIMAM interviews MuseumAnywhere, its supplier of the new digital membership cards, to learn about the carbon footprint reduction per year that this implementation represents

• 30 November 2022

  Approved the new membership fees 2023–25

  

  This initiative responds to CIMAM's aim to be more equitable and inclusive, with dues adjusted to the different geo-economic realities of professionals worldwide.

• 25 November 2022

  Outstanding Museum Practice Award Winners 2022

  

  The CIMAM Board announces three museums as recipients of the second edition of the Outstanding Museum Practices Award during the CIMAM 2022 Annual Conference in Palma de Mallorca, Spain

• 24 November 2022

  Museums from the Inside. 60 years of CIMAM

  

  CIMAM makes available the book "Museums from the Inside: 60 Years of CIMAM", a reflection on the role of this organization in supporting modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and professionals over the last 60 years.

• 16 November 2022

  The CIMAM's 54th Annual Conference ends with the appointment of Suhanya Raffel as President of CIMAM 2023-25

  

  This year's CIMAM Annual Conference, hosted by Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma, was attended by more than 220 modern and contemporary art museum professionals from 49 countries to listen attentively and act in these times of post-pandemic, climate crisis, war, and resurgent conservative values.

• 13 November 2022

  CIMAM's new Board 2023-25

  

  CIMAM members voted onsite and online on the candidates for the new Board for 2023-25. At the end of the CIMAM General Assembly on Sunday 13 November, the names of the elected 15 professionals who will guide CIMAM's projects for the next three years.

• 27 October 2022

  Welcome Azcuy Foundation as a Major Patron of CIMAM

  

  We are pleased to announce the generous support of the Azcuy Foundation as a Major Patron of CIMAM. Read this welcome interview and learn more about the Azcuy contemporary art award, a contest open to the entire art community in Argentina with the aim of installing site-specific works in the social spaces of some of their buildings.

• 25 October 2022

  "It is crucial for us to connect with our members who cannot come in person to further enrich the debate and engage them in the discussions"

  

  Mami Kataoka, CIMAM President, invites you to join online the CIMAM Annual Conference and General Assembly

• 27 September 2022

  Join CIMAM’s 2022 General Assembly

  

  The 2022 General Assembly will be held on Sunday 13 November for 1h and 15 minutes in La Lonja de Palma and online.

• 19 September 2022

  Learn about CIMAM's new membership fees

  

  Ann-Sofi Noring explains the value of CIMAM's new membership fees for the upcoming membership term 2023-25 onward. Ann Sofi Noring is a CIMAM Board Member, Vice-Chancellor / Chairman Museum Advisor, and former Vice Director, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.

• 2 September 2022

  17th Istanbul Biennial

  

  Dates: September 17 – November 20. Admission is free for CIMAM Members during the preview days: September 13 – 16

• 24 August 2022

  Thank you for attending CIMAM presentations in ICOM Prague 2022

  

  CIMAM was present during ICOM's General Conference in Prague representing the collective interests and challenges of museums and collections of modern and contemporary around the world.

• 27 July 2022

  "The institution's role has been intellectually driven by the integrity of curatorial voices to present inclusive and diverse platforms"

  

  Suhanya Raffel, CIMAM board member and director of M+ in Hong Kong, explains CIMAM's mission to address and provide spaces for reflection on issues of concern to modern and contemporary art museums, such as climate change, controversy management, inclusion, diversity, and gender equality, among others.

• 27 June 2022

  About being a CIMAM Board member, by Eugene Tan

  

  Stand for election to the CIMAM Board! CIMAM welcomes nominations from its voting members to join the active Board of CIMAM (2023–25). Deadline 31 July 2022.

• 14 June 2022

  About being a CIMAM Board member, by Frances Morris

  

  Stand for election to the CIMAM Board! CIMAM welcomes nominations from its voting members to join the active Board of CIMAM (2023–25). Deadline 31 July 2022.

• 31 May 2022

  CIMAM's new e-cards!

  

  CIMAM joins the museums' green solutions and introduces the e-card! A fully digital and sustainable version of the PVC cards will be available on your smartphone with this environmentally-friendly initiative.

• 19 May 2022

  We are pleased to welcome Victoria Giraudo to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 18 May 2022

  International Museum Day 2022

  

  The power of museums to achieve environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

• 3 May 2022

  CIMAM joins the museums' green solutions and introduces the e-card!

  

  A fully digital and sustainable version of the PVC cards will be available on your smartphone with this environmentally-friendly initiative. In the next few days, CIMAM Members will receive an email with a link to download MuseumAnywhere’s app and save the e-card.

• 14 April 2022

  We are pleased to welcome Nadim Samman to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 7 April 2022

  "We believe that it is crucial to maintain human capital, which in due course, will return to Ukraine"

  

  Piotr Rypson, Adjunct Professor at New Media Department, Polish-Japanese Academy of Computer Technology. Curator at the Jewish Historical Institute, Chair of ICOM Poland, and panelist at CIMAM's online session Mobile, Virtual, Ephemeral: Collections of the Future?

• 17 March 2022

  We are pleased to welcome Gregor Muir to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 16 March 2022

  "There is no one global artistic debate. Global art is over"

  

  Interview with Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Chief Curator, Department of Modern Art, National Museum in Gdansk, Poland, and CIMAM Board Member, for the yearbook publication of Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, Spain. Originally published on February 2022.

• 10 March 2022

  "The museum can play an essential role in enriching the everyday experience in people's lives"

  

  Interview with Suhanya Raffel, Director of M+, Hong Kong, and CIMAM Board Member, for the yearbook publication of Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, Spain. Originally published on February 2022.

• 8 March 2022

  International Women's Day 2022

  

  CIMAM wants to recognize the role of women not only as professionals in the museum field but also for their courage, bravery, and strength to come forward, now more than ever, in protecting their families and their rights, in extreme situations, such as it is a war.

• 2 March 2022

  Statement on the Forced Resignation of Alistair Hudson

  

  The Museum Watch Committee (MWC) expresses our deep concern regarding the forced removal of Alistair Hudson from his post as Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, an institution under the University of Manchester.

• 22 February 2022

  CIMAM 2021 Annual Report

  

  CIMAM is a key generator of content, contacts, and resources for the international modern and contemporary art museum community. We invite you to browse the 2021 Annual Report which highlights the achievements, activities, programs, and finances of CIMAM in the preceding year.

• 28 January 2022

  We are pleased to welcome Jadwiga Charzynska to CIMAM

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 14 January 2022

  Thank you Talbot Rice Gallery for joining CIMAM's Free Admission Program

  

  The Free Admission Program allows CIMAM members to free admission to over 200 modern and contemporary art institutions and biennials worldwide.

• 31 December 2021

  We are pleased to welcome Thomas Eller to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 29 December 2021

  "How can museums respond to the concept of Collapsology"

  

  Jaroslaw Lubiak, Dr. Art College, Szczecin, Poland, spoke during the first day of the CIMAM Conference, within the thematic framework of Conflicts, Crisis and the Politics of Growth.

• 28 December 2021

  "Our communities need to create a new set of patterns for an effective and sustainable cohabitation"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Nicole Rafiki, Artist, and Curator, Oslo, Norway

• 24 December 2021

  "I intend to manage my institution in such a way that the production of exhibitions is sustainable"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Malgorzata Kaczmarska, Art Director, Chief Curator, Associate Professor, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, IMO Gallery of Contemporary Art in Stary Sacz, Kraków, Poland.

• 23 December 2021

  CIMAM wishes you a Happy Holiday Season!

  

  We would like to express our appreciation to all our members, who are suffering the consequences of the crisis marked by the pandemic, and would like to remember the importance of respecting and supporting each other in bearing the load of promoting culture and art in our own unique way.

• 22 December 2021

  "This year's CIMAM conference gave me a more complex and deeper understanding of climate emergencies and growing climate migration"

  

  CIMAM 2021 grantee Seda Shekoyan, Curator and Researcher, Aliq Media Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.

• 21 December 2021

  CIMAM 2021 Highlights

  

  2021 has been a year of opportunities for CIMAM. We are grateful to each and every one of our almost 700 members, both institutional and individual.

• 16 December 2021

  Videos and Reports are now available!

  

  CIMAM's 2021 Annual Conference. Watch the speaker's presentations at CIMAM TV and read the experiences and critical articles from our 50 grantees!

• 15 December 2021

  A warm welcome to Dominik Kurylek to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 29 November 2021

  "A future beyond the Anthropocene"

  

  Binna Choi, Director, Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons, Utrecht, Netherlands, talking on day 3 of the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference, within the theme frame New Perspectives on Climate and Commonality.

• 25 November 2021

  We are pleased to welcome Anne Hilde Neset to CIMAM

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 17 November 2021

  "Xenophobia and climate change constitute the most pressing problems that museums have to face today"

  

  Daniel Muzyczuk, Chief Curator of Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland. Read the full interview with Daniel Muzyczuk and Mami Kataoka, President of CIMAM, Director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo published originally by Télam.

• 16 November 2021

  "We must learn the way of de-pressure, how to relieve pressure from ourselves"

  

  The CIMAM Annual Conference has always been a place where every one of us has been reminded that we are a part of a broad, global, or planetary museum community. Mami Kataoka, President of CIMAM, Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.

• 15 November 2021

  "There is a strong need for a real meeting and being together"

  

  Read this statment from Jaroslaw Suchan, Director, Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz, Poland, regarding the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference.

• 9 November 2021

  Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma appointed to host the CIMAM Annual Conference in 2022

  

  In 2022, CIMAM’s edition will be marked by the 60th anniversary of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern and Contemporary Art.

• 27 October 2021

  A warm welcome to Bei Xi to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 26 October 2021

  "The art industry can act collectively without waiting for the respective governments"

  

  Mami Kataoka, President of CIMAM, Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, talks about sustainability in the art world. Excerpt interview originally published by El País on September 6, 2021.

• 22 October 2021

  We are pleased to welcome Anna Johansson to CIMAM!

  

  Join CIMAM and get involved in a unique networking and inspiring process, which will culminate in a meeting in Poland at the end of the year during our Annual Conference, a unique occasion to strengthen your contacts with key opinion leaders in our sector.

• 5 October 2021

  A 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2023

  

  Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern, CIMAM Board member and chair of CIMAM's Sustainability and Ecology in Museum Practice working group, reflects on the role of museums and artists in responding to the climate emergency and explains the strategies pursued by Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St-Ives to achieve the ambitious target of a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2023.

• 30 September 2021

  Save the date: CIMAM’s 2021 General Assembly

  

  The 2021 General Assembly will be held in Gdansk, on Sunday 7 November, from 15:00–16:00 hrs CET at the conference venue. The session will be streamed live for members who are unable to attend in person.

• 24 September 2021

  We are pleased to welcome Alexis Lowry to CIMAM

  

  Join CIMAM and get involved in a unique networking and inspiring process, which will culminate in a meeting in Poland at the end of the year during our Annual Conference, a unique occasion to strengthen your contacts with key opinion leaders in our sector.

• 13 September 2021

  "The pandemic became an excellent opportunity to increase repression"

  

  Zdenka Badovinac, curator and writer, former director Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, and panelist at CIMAM's webinar, Museums in Easter Europe Under Pressure?

• 13 September 2021

  "Art and culture are the key assets of mankind"

  

  Interview with Bart de Baere, member of the Board of CIMAM, Director, M HKA — Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. Originally published by Tendencias del Mercado del Arte.

• 6 September 2021

  "If art museums are to continue in their most relevant and vital form, they must know where they are and who they are connecting with"

  

  Interview with Rhana Devenport, member of the Board of CIMAM, Director Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. Originally published by Tendencias del Mercado del Arte.

• 24 August 2021

  Join CIMAM's upcoming webinar on September 2!

  

  2 September 2021. The webinar will focus on the recent developments in the cultural landscape in Eastern Europe with a special focus on Poland - the host of the upcoming CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference. It will serve as an introduction to the local context and some of the key issues that will be further elaborated upon in November 2021.

• 4 August 2021

  Museums in Eastern Europe Under Pressure?

  

  2 September 2021. The webinar will focus on the recent developments in the cultural landscape in Eastern Europe with a special focus on Poland - the host of the upcoming CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference. It will serve as an introduction to the local context and some of the key issues that will be further elaborated upon in November 2021.

• 2 August 2021

  Share your CIMAM Memories with us!

  

  This is CIMAM's 2004 in Seoul! How many CIMAM Annual Conferences have you attended? With almost 60 years of existence, CIMAM wants to recall the extraordinary trajectory of an organization founded in 1962 that has witnessed the evolution of modern and contemporary art museums and collections through its more than 50 annual conferences and a growing community of professionals.

• 30 July 2021

  Welcome to CIMAM, ARKO Art Center!

  

  CIMAM is delighted to welcome the ARKO Art Center as a new Institutional Member. Over half a thousand contemporary art museum directors, curators, and professionals working within the contemporary art museum sector are members of this international community.

• 15 July 2021

  CIMAM opens registration and launches the Travel Grant Program for 2021 Annual Conference

  

  This year's CIMAM Annual Conference is titled Under Pressure. Museums in Times of Xenophobia and Climate Emergency, and will be held in Lodz and Gdansk, Poland, November 5-7, 2021.

• 8 July 2021

  Welcome to CIMAM, Yokohama Museum of Art!

  

  CIMAM is pleased to welcome the Yokohama Museum of Art as a new Institutional Member. Over half a thousand contemporary art museum directors, curators, and professionals working within the contemporary art museum sector are members of this international community.

• 6 July 2021

  Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability in the Museum Practice

  

  This CIMAM toolkit aims to help contemporary art museum professionals to start implementing in their institutions and as individuals, the necessary changes to become carbon neutral.

• 6 July 2021

  Contribute to the history of CIMAM

  

  Contribute to the history of CIMAM by sending us your good memories and photos. CIMAM is building its visual history and encourages all its members and followers who have participated in any of the last 52 Annual Conferences to share old photographs and documents that serve as testimony to tell our story.

• 30 June 2021

  We are pleased to welcome Janine Gaëlle Dieudji to CIMAM

  

  Join CIMAM and get involved in a unique networking and inspiring process, which will culminate in a meeting in Poland at the end of the year during our Annual Conference, a unique occasion to strengthen your contacts with key opinion leaders in our sector.

• 14 June 2021

  CIMAM is proud to welcome Stephanie Rosenthal among our members

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 9 June 2021

  "The Museum Watch's actions can have a role to play when the local museum scene is ready"

  

  Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a member of the Board of CIMAM and part of the Museum Watch Committee.

• 3 June 2021

  A warm welcome to Manuel Segade to CIMAM!

  

  Join the only global network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field based on a membership program of over 500 professionals from 66 countries.

• 1 June 2021

  "The pandemic saves us five to ten years of pushing the world to a more sustainable working way"

  

  Desirée Blomberg, Manager, Exhibition Coordination & Loans, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and panelist at CIMAM's online session Sustainability and Environmental Change in Museum Practice.

• 31 May 2021

  Contribute to the history of CIMAM

  

  With almost 60 years of existence, CIMAM wants to recall the extraordinary trajectory of an organization founded in 1962 that has witnessed the evolution of modern and contemporary art museums and collections through its more than 50 annual conferences and a growing community of professionals.

• 28 May 2021

  We are pleased to welcome Remy Jarry to CIMAM

  

  Join CIMAM and have access to a directory of members, who are directors and curators working in modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and archives.

• 20 May 2021

  Welcome to CIMAM, Croatian Museum of Naïve Art!

  

  CIMAM is pleased to welcome the Croatian Museum of Naïve as a new Institutional Member. Over half a thousand contemporary art museum directors, curators, and professionals working within the contemporary art museum sector are members of this international community.

• 18 May 2021

  International Museum Day 2021

  

  On International Museum Day, CIMAM wants to acknowledge and highlight the relevant role and essential function that museums represent for society and their communities.

• 13 May 2021

  Welcome to our newest member Cathrin Mayer!

  

  Be part of the CIMAM community! In such a difficult time for our profession, we encourage you to remain united and to continue learning from each other with optimism and imagination to overcome this crisis.

• 11 May 2021

  Be part of the CIMAM community!

  

  Joining the world's most recognized community of modern and contemporary art museum professionals will allow your institution to expand its international contacts and work within the framework of the best museum practices recognized by the international community.

• 7 May 2021

  Post-COVID, How Can Museums Remain Essential?

  

  About CIMAM's latest roundtable, Affirming the Social Value of Museums. Written by Torey Akers, and published originally by Jing Culture & Commerce.

• 6 May 2021

  We are pleased to welcome Todd Brandow to CIMAM

  

  Join the only global network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field based on a membership program of 600 professionals from 86 countries.

• 27 April 2021

  Save the date: CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference

  

  Due to the pandemic, CIMAM postponed its 2020 Annual Conference to 2021. This important event will now be held on November 5-7, hosted as initially planned by the Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz and the NOMUS Museum of New Art in Gdansk (Poland).

• 22 April 2021

  Earth Day 2021

  

  At the heart of CIMAM's mission, it is to advocate for best practices in modern and contemporary art museums. On Earth Day, we want to continue fostering change and providing our members with the resources, tools, guides, and innovative examples to help reduce the museum's carbon footprint and its negative impact on our planet.

• 22 April 2021

  Welcome to CIMAM, Museum of Brisbane!

  

  CIMAM is delighted to welcome the Museum of Brisbane as a new Institutional Member. Over half a thousand contemporary art museum directors, curators, and professionals working within the contemporary art museum sector are members of this international community.

• 26 March 2021

  We are proud to welcome our newest member Apinan Poshyananda to CIMAM

  

  Join the only global network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field based on a membership program of 600 professionals from 86 countries.

• 9 March 2021

  Five Questions for Ann-Sofi Noring

  

  Read this interview by Jenny Danielsson with CIMAM Board Member, Ann-Sofi Noring. Originally published in February 2021, in the Swedish online journal Konsten.net. It was translated into English by Mostyn de Beer.

• 5 March 2021

  We keep adding members to CIMAM who have been contributing to the excellence of the profession for years. Thank you!

  

  Join the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.

• 3 March 2021

  Fukutake Foundation

  

  Fukutake Foundation is a Founding Patron of CIMAM since 2000. We are glad to share with the members of CIMAM the motivation and purpose of the Fukutake Foundation in supporting the development of art and culture.

• 17 February 2021

  Claudio Engel

  

  Claudio Engel, President of the Fundación de Arte y Cultura, Claudio Engel e Hijos is the first Chilean patron in the history of CIMAM. Claudio has faithfully supported our organization since 2017.