Proceedings from the 57th CIMAM Annual Conference Now Available

CIMAM makes available the Conference Proceedings from the 57th CIMAM Annual Conference at the CIMAM Digital Resources site. The 2025 edition, titled Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making, brought together six speakers and three keynote speakers.

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Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making
CIMAM 2025 Annual Conference, Turin, Italy

The production and organization of the 57th CIMAM 2025 Annual Conference that took place in Turin, Italy, on November 28-30, and was generously supported by Lead Sponsors Fondazione Arte CRT and Fondazione CRT.

It was co-hosted by Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Fondazione Torino Musei, and Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea.

The Content Committee proposed a carefully choreographed three-day program to foster deep engagement and shared reflection. Each day opened with a welcome remark and an artist's intervention, followed by a 40-minute keynote lecture and breakout sessions, which set the tone of bodily and intellectual attention.

This edition invited 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.

The conference program was conceived as an interactive experience, featuring six speakers, three keynote addresses, one plenary Q&A with the audience, two breakout sessions, and – for the first time – three artist performances commissioned by CIMAM to open each day of the conference.

Invited Performers:

• Alessandro Sciarroni, Performing Artist, Choreographer, Director, CORPOCELESTE, Rome/San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
• Abdullah Miniawy Expressionist, Writer, Composer and Performer, Paris, France
• Apertura by Diana Anselmo, Performer and Visual Artist, Milan, Italy. "Pas Moi"

Invited Keynotes: (watch their presentations)

• Françoise Vergès, Senior Fellow, Sarah Parker Remond Center for the Study of Racism and Racialization, UCL, London, UK.
• Elizabeth Povinelli, Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology & Gender Studies, Columbia University, New York City, USA
• Mariana Mazzucato. Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London (UCL), and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose, London, UK.

Invited Speakers: (watch their presentations)

• Karen Archey, Head of Curatorial Department, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
• Rustom Bharucha, International Fellow of the British Academy in London, Kolkata, India
• Onome Ekeh, Writer, Filmmaker, Lecturer, Academy of Art & Design, Basel, Switzerland
• Alessandra Ferrini, Artist, Researcher, Educator, University of the Arts London, Corby, UK
• Francesco Manacorda, Director, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
• Azu Nwagbogu, Founder/Director, African Artists’ Foundation & LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria

CIMAM 2025 Content Committee

The CIMAM 2025 Annual Conference is conceived and organized by the Content Steering Committee, made up of:

• Chus Martinez, (Chair of the Contents Committee), Director of the Institute of Art Gender Nature in Basel.
• Chiara Bertola, Director, GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, Turin, Italy.
• Bernardo Follini, Senior Curator, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy.
• Leevi Haapala, Dean, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Helsinki, Finland.
• Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Ph.D., Museum Management Expert / Freelance Curator / Academic Teacher, Warsaw, Poland.
• Francesco Manacorda, Director, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy.
• Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Davide Quadrio, Director, Museo d’Arte Orientale (MAO), Turin, Italy.
• Kamini Sawhney, Head, Public Arts Projects, BlrHubba, Museum Management Expert, Independent Curator, Bangalore, India.

Each year, CIMAM compiles and publishes the proceedings of its Annual Conference to document the key discussions and contributions that emerge from this global gathering of museum professionals. This online publication serves not only as a record of the event but also as a freely accessible resource for those engaged in the research, production, and dissemination of contemporary art knowledge. This publication is part of CIMAM’s ongoing commitment to building a sustainable and inclusive knowledge platform for modern and contemporary art professionals. By making this resource openly available, we aim to support long-term access to relevant content and promote ethical practices across the sector. This online publication reflects CIMAM’s commitment to sustainability and long-term knowledge accessibility for modern and contemporary art museum professionals around the world.

Access the full proceedings here:

Enduring Game: Expanding New Models of Museum Making
CIMAM 2025 Annual Conference, Turin, Italy

We invite you to explore these insightful texts and revisit the voices and ideas that shaped the 2025 conference, contributions that continue to inform and inspire the future of museum practice.