CIMAM 2025 Travel Grant Beneficiaries

CIMAM is pleased to announce the names of the 39 modern and contemporary art museum directors, artistic directors, curators, and researchers from 20 different countries who have been awarded travel grants to attend CIMAM's 57th Annual Conference, which will take place in Turin from November 28-30, 2025.

Organized by CIMAM, the conference is supported by Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT and Fondazione CRT and co-hosted by Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Fondazione Torino Musei, and Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, involving museums and cultural institutions of the city.

Titled Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making, with the guiding mantra “Of Necessity Virtue”, this year’s edition 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 is profoundly grateful to the institutions and individuals that have made possible this year's Travel Grant Program through the generous support of:

• Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
• Saastamoinen Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
• Teresa A.L. Bulgheroni, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC), New York, USA / Caracas, Venezuela
• Mercedes Vilardell, London, UK / Mallorca, Spain
• Aimée Labarrere de Servitje, Mexico City, Mexico
• Eloisa Haudenschild, La Jolla, California, USA
• Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Manila, Philippines
• Chitra Talwar, New Delhi, India

→ Learn more about who are CIMAM's 2025 Travel Grant Funders

CIMAM looks forward to welcoming these outstanding museum professionals to a convening grounded in critical inquiry and collective imagination, exploring how contemporary art institutions can navigate an increasingly complex world.

Check the list of the 39 CIMAM Travel Grant beneficiaries who will attend the Annual Conference:

Getty Foundation (Los Angeles, USA)

• Soukaina Aboulaoula, Independent Curator and Researcher, Marrakesh, Morocco.
• Catalina Bergues, Curator, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Milica Bezmarević, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.
• May Lyn Cruz, Professor, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines.
• Gabriel da Silva Reis, Cultural Manager and Independent Curator, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Senka Ibrisimbegovic, Director, Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo (Public Institution City Museums of Sarajevo); Associate Professor, University of Sarajevo-Faculty of Architecture, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Kuzhali Jaganathan, Independent Curator and Researcher, Chennai, India.
• Ruchika Jain, Curator, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, India.
• Leanne Decca Lumanglas, Gallery Manager/Senior Museum Specialist, UP Fine Arts Gallery, University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, Quezon City, Philippines.
• Khanyi Mawhayi, Curatorial Assistant, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Juliana Mendonça do Vale, Researcher, Collection Department, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Roshan Mishra, Director and Curator, Taragaon Next / Saraf Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Thuli Mlambo-James, Curatorial Program Developer, Water For The Future, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Michelle Mlati, Independent Curator, Nairobi, Kenya & Pretoria, South Africa; Curatorial Assistant, Palazzo Grassi.
• Patricio Orellana, Curator, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Shreya Sharma, Curator, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, India.
• Anusha Vikram, Collections Specialist, Museum of Art and Photography, Bangalore, India.

Saastamoinen Foundation (Helsinki, Finland)

• Omar Id Tnaine, Curator, Agadir Museum of Art, Agadir, Morocco.
• Roshan Mishra, Director and Curator, Taragaon Next / Saraf Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Riason Naidoo, Independent Curator, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Vivaldi Ngenzi, Director, Rwanda Art Museum - Rwanda Cultural Heritage Academy, Kigali, Rwanda.

Teresa A.L. Bulgheroni (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

• Ana Paula Cohen, Independent Curator, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Sairah Espinoza, Curator of Public Programs, Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI, Lima, Peru.
• Jimena Galán, Curator and Feminist Cultural Worker, La Revuelta, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) (New York, USA / Caracas, Venezuela)

• Alfonsina Martínez, Coordinator, Fundación Alberto Cruz, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• Ileana Ramirez, Independent Curator, Tráfico Visual, Caracas, Venezuela.
• Torrivilla, Independent Curator, Writer and Art Historian, Mexico City, Mexico.

Mercedes Vilardell (London, UK / Mallorca, Spain)

• Yves Jonathan Makongo Nsobley, Curator, Doual'art, Douala, Cameroon.
• Dominique Petit-Frère, Founder and Director, Limbo Museum, Accra, Ghana.
• Suzana Sousa, Independent Curator, Luanda, Angola.

Aimée Labarrere de Servitje (Mexico City, Mexico)

• Daniel Brena, Director, Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (CaSa), Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.
• Julio García Murillo, Deputy Director for Public Programs, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Fabiola Garza Talavera, Curator, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico.

Eloisa Haudenschild (La Jolla, California, USA)

• Daniel Brena, Director, Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (CaSa), Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.
• Don Handa, Curator, Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
• Dominique Petit-Frère, Founder and Director, Limbo Museum, Accra, Ghana.
• Andrea Torreblanca, Director, Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.

Fernando Zobel de Ayala (Manila, Philippines)

• John Paul Diciembre, Independent Curator and Educator, NEST, Taytay, Philippines.
• Leanne Decca Lumanglas, Gallery Manager/Senior Museum Specialist, UP Fine Arts Gallery, University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, Quezon City, Philippines.
• Portia Placino, Gallery Administrator and Curator, JCB Gallery, Philippine Women's University, Quezon City, Philippines.

Chitra Talwar (New Delhi, India)

• Vaishnavi Kambadur, Independent Curator and Assistant Professor, Pearl Academy, Kala Hubba, Bengaluru, India.
• Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, Curator, Visual Arts, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India.
• Shaleen Wadhwana, Independent Curator, Arts Educator and Researcher, New Delhi, India.

→ Meet the CIMAM 2025 Travel Grant Beneficiaries!

The 2023-25 Travel Grant Committee consists of five CIMAM Board members:

• Agustin Perez Rubio (Chair), Independent Curator, Madrid, Spain.
• Clara M. Kim, Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA.
• Joselina Cruz, Director/Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manila, Philippines
• Amanda de la Garza, Artistic Deputy Director, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid, Spain.
• Kamini Sawhney, Head, Public Arts Projects, BlrHubba, Museum Management Expert, Independent Curator, Bangalore, India.

About the Travel Grant Program

In 2025, CIMAM celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Travel Grant Program, which this year supports 39 directors, curators, and researchers from 20 countries to attend the Annual Conference.

The program ensures inclusivity and diversity by supporting professionals from emerging economies, empowering them to contribute their perspectives to these global debates and strengthening their professional development through dialogue and exchange. We look forward to meeting them in Turin!

→ Read more about the Travel Grant Program

→ Read more about the 20th years anniversary of the Travel Grant Program