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Jobs for Ukraine
jobsforukraine.net is a new initiative to help Ukrainians and those fleeing from war find job opportunities worldwide.
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Office Ukraine. Shelter for Ukrainian Artists
A platform for the coordination of various initiatives by civil society as well as by institutions and acts as a liaison between the institutions in Austria and cultural workers from Ukraine.
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Ukraine edition of Culture of Solidarity Fund
The Culture of Solidarity Fund is set up by the European Cultural Foundation as a partnership instrument open for contributions by philanthropic, public and private donors. The Fund is our concrete contribution to a Cultural Deal for Europe and today to a Cultural Deal for Ukraine.
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The Prince Claus Fund in solidarity with Ukraine
Our Cultural Emergency Response programme is on standby to offer expert advice and first aid to cultural heritage that has been damaged or is under threat.
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Join ICOM Georgia to support Ukraine
ICOM Georgia and Blue Shield Georgia unite efforts and launch a fundraising campaign to support our Ukrainian colleagues in the Heritage Rescue Emergency Initiative (HERI).
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Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden Baden stands with Ukraine
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden Baden stands with Ukraine, and in solidarity with all those who speak out against this invasion, violence and war politics.
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Petition and letter from L’Internationale against the invasion of Ukraine
Letter and petition by l'Internationale condemning the military invasion in Ukraine.
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Donate Funds to help museum workers in Ukraine
Responsible of the initiative: Olha Honchar, Director of Lviv’s Museum “Territory of terror”
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VV Foundation in support for artists and other creatives from Ukraine
VV Foundation, Latvia, has decided to support artists and other creatives from Ukraine, offering PAiR residency space.
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The Izolyatsia Cultural Center in Donetsk, Ukraine, has been occupied
July 2014. On Monday morning 9th June 2014 the premises of the Izolyatsia foundation were forcibly occupied by the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), a terrorist organization operating illegally and without sovereign authority within the city of Donetsk.
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ICOM Call for Donations to Support Museums and Museum Professionals in Ukraine
This Call for Donations is intended to support Ukrainian museums and museum professionals, it is a supplementary action by ICOM to support the protection of heritage, one which ICOM hopes will lay the groundwork for future actions to protect heritage around the world.
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Malmö Art Museum offers storage for artworks from Ukraine
Cultural heritage has no borders. Malmö Art Museum, Sweden, offers a safe and secure storage of artworks from Ukraine.
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Morpho and Extra City are working together on an initiative to support Ukraine
We are joining forces and resources to invite an artist and/or curator from Ukraine to a fully funded three-month residency in April-June 2022.
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No to War organizes auction of architectural drawings to aid Ukraine
The organizers will buy humanitarian aid (medicines, hygiene materials, etc.) and will directly send it to the Ukrainian border.
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CAC Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius calls for action against the war in Ukraine
Dear CAC’s partners, artists, colleagues and friends in every country of the world, this is a call for action against the war in Ukraine.
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The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Norway stand in solidarity with Ukraine
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, Norway offers safe storage and conservation for art and cultural heritage from Ukraine.
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List of contacts for Ukrainian citizens to find support outside Ukraine
https://www.contactsforukrainians.art/
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Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund
Financial and operational administration of the fund is done by the (MOCA) Museum of Contemporary Art NGO, in partnership with Zaborona, The Naked Room and Mystetskyi Arsenal.
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Artists at Risk: List of Emergency Temporary Relocation Resources for artists and cultural workers
A list of cultural institutions offering support to Ukrainian professionals. The list has been compiled by concerned cultural workers for our colleagues in Ukraine.
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BMKÖS provides funding and creates contact point for Ukrainian artists
The Department of Culture is providing special funding of 300,000 euros for work grants and project funding for Ukrainian artists.
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A Message from CIMAM in support to Ukrainian museum professionals
25 February 2022. CIMAM expresses its absolute condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine by military forces from the present Russian regime. We ask all members of CIMAM to actively consider ways they can act to show their solidarity with our colleagues.
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A Message from CIMAM in support to Ukrainian museum professionals
25 February 2022. CIMAM expresses its absolute condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine by military forces from the present Russian regime. We ask all members of CIMAM to actively consider ways they can act to show their solidarity with our colleagues.
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From Outstanding Practices to Future Possibilities
22 May 2025. "From Outstanding Practices to Future Possibilities: Shaping the Museum of Tomorrow with OMPA" with Kamini Sawhney and presentations from the 2024 winners. How do we move beyond our traditional roles as institutions to innovate, inspire, and renew? Can museums build a network of support that encourages the sharing of innovative practices amongst one another?
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From Outstanding Practices to Future Possibilities
Thursday, May 22, 2025. Join the upcoming webinar "From Outstanding Practices to Future Possibilities: Shaping the Museum of Tomorrow with OMPA" with Kamini Sawhney and presentations from the 2024 winners. How do we move beyond our traditional roles as institutions to innovate, inspire, and renew? Can museums build a network of support that encourages the sharing of innovative practices amongst one another?
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Lada Nakonechna
Lada Nakonechna, artist, Method Fund, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Speakers' Abstracts and Biographies
The three-day program includes 3 keynote speakers, 10 perspective presentations, 3 panel discussions, a networking session, and workshops as well as organized visits to the art institutions and galleries in Palma.
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Petition from Cultural Workers Against War
Cultural Workers in Berlin and other places, have initiated this petition addressed to Offener Brief/Open Letter.
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Lada Nakonechna
Lada Nakonechna, artist, Method Fund, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Goethe Institute scholarships for Cultural Workers
The scholarships are open to partners of the Goethe-Institut Ukraine or the Federal Cultural Foundation in Ukraine. These can be independent artists as well as employees of partner institutions.
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Outstanding Museum Practice Award Winners 2024
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art (Turkey), the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art in Kyiv, (Ukraine) have been named OMPA 2024 winners for their progressive models and practices that can inspire museums worldwide
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CIMAM Announces Three Recipients of the 2024 Outstanding Museum Practice Award
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art (Turkey), the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art in Kyiv, (Ukraine) have been named OMPA 2024 winners for their progressive models and practices that can inspire museums worldwide.
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Heritage Rescue Emergency Initiative (HERI)
List of Ukrainian museums' needs - Donate to help.
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Art residencies for artists and cultural workers in Finland
Four Finland-based art organisations are offering residencies and accommodation for artists and art professionals who are fleeing from Ukraine or who have been displaced due to the war in Ukraine
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CIMAM Announces Three Winners of the 2024 Outstanding Museum Practice Award for Programs Driving Long-Term Systemic Change in Museums
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art (Turkey), the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art in Kyiv (Ukraine) have been named OMPA 2024 winners for their progressive models and practices that can inspire museums worldwide.
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ICOM Poland launches fundraiser for museum professional refugees
ICOM Poland is asking for your support in our efforts to help Ukrainian museum professionals.
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Art residencies for artists and cultural workers in Poland
RE:RESIDENCY offers residencies at the Institute of Design Kielce for designers and curators from Ukraine. We provide accommodation and salary.
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Yuliya Vaganova
The Getty Foundation 2015, Yuliya Vaganova, Deputy Director in Exhibitions, Partnership and International Projects, The National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Daryna Yakymova
2018 V-A-C Foundation. Daryna Yakymova, Senior Research, Fellow National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Nominations 2022
Explore the 16 modern and contemporary art initiatives that have been submitted a nomination for the CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award 2022 edition.
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Signs of Troubling Times: Recent Developments at the State Tretyakov Gallery
13 March 2023. While spirituality is one of the key lines of modern and contemporary art, art will always resonate with the society in which it acts and with its values. Art can never be an instrument for politicians and regimes to steer societies.
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Marianna Dobkowska
CIMAM 2022 grantee Marianna Dobkowska, Curator, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland.
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Artists in War. Program to support Ukrainian art and culture
Jam Factory is asking organizations and individuals to help them to support more people. One week after launching the program they received more than 350 applications with devastating stories asking for help.
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Stop the genocide in Europe! A petition from the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Read more and sign this petition for an effective halt to the assault on Ukraine.
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AiR Tilburg - SEA Foundation, Netherlands. Emergency residency
Funded emergency residency of 3 months to an Ukrainian curator, curator collective, or a curator/artist duo, who are displaced or who are fleeing the war.
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Kyiv Biennial launches an emergency support initiative
The main goal is to help people who stayed in Ukraine and to provide them with immediate financial support for their basic needs in the conditions of occupation and/or relocation.
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Es Baluard offers accommodation and artworks storage in Mallorca for artists and cultural workers
Es Baluard Museum offers support to the country's cultural sector as well as in the conservation and protection of its cultural heritage, offering accommodation to two artists or professionals from the artistic sector and reception of material: archives or works.
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Call for Support in Evacuation of Art Archives
The team of the Asortymentna kimnata, is going to support the evacuation of artistic material values (art works, archives, books) from all over Ukraine and to preserve them in safe space in Ivano-Frankivsk.
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Krisztián Gábor Török
CIMAM 2021 grantee Krisztián Gábor Török, Curator, Budapest, Hungary.
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Oleksiy Radynski
"Museum of Extraction". Oleksiy Radynski, Filmmaker and Writer, Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Museum Without Walls Call for curators
Closes: 13 June. The British Council is offering an opportunity for three candidates from Georgia, Turkey and Ukraine to jointly curate the fourth edition of our digital exhibition platform "Museum without Walls"
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Ukrainian Museum Director Destroys Critical Painting Ahead Of President’s Visit
July 2013. Natalia Zabolotna’s primary job as director of the Mystetskyi Arsenal art museum in Kyiv was to oversee the pieces under her roof.
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The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts
The braveness of the institution to radically change its activities for serving the society during the war, presenting new practices, serving as an example of resilience and care at the same time.
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Joachim Friis
CIMAM 2022 grantee Joachim Friis, Fellow University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
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Conference Program
Here you will find a preliminary schedule for the three-day conference. The three-day program includes 3 keynote speakers, 10 perspective presentations, 3-panel discussions, a networking session, workshops as well as organized visits to the art institutions in Palma.
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The Historical Archive of the City of Cologne Cologne, Germany
Support for Cultural Institutions, Archives, Libraries and Museums in Ukraine.
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SomoS Arts Berlin in support of Ukrainian artists
SomoS Arts in Berlin offers a temporary refuge to any artist or cultural professional from Ukraine affected by the unlawful invasion of their country by Russia.
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Karne Kunst: Financial aid for Ukrainian artists' residencies
We are looking for financial help for food costs and general expenses.
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Kunsthall Trondheim and Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder's artist-in-residency program, Norway
These organisations are prepared to help culture workers who need to leave Ukraine because of war.
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Accommodation at Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts for persons in need
Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts on the Curonian Spit in Lithuania has space to host art institutional teams from Ukraine.
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"Our Space to Help" is supported by Berlin art institutions
Berlin art institutions are calling for a joint fundraising campaign at the Neue Nationalgalerie – for people fleeing Ukraine and arriving in our city.
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Docudays UA and NGO Docudays team are raising money for Ukrainian filmmakers
You can support the film community by donating funds for Ukrainian filmmakers who are now bravely and daringly documenting the events of the war in Ukraine.
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Urgent appeal from Lviv to receive materials for cultural heritage protection
The Center for the Salvation of Cultural Heritage, Ukraine, appeals to international organizations, museums, and cultural institutions for help with equipment and materials that are presently lacking, protection and preservation of historical and cultural monuments, sacred objects, and museum collections during the war.
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Dutch Art Institute offers priority enrollment for Ukrainian to study/research at DAI
Dutch Art Institute is creating priority track for Ukrainian and other non-eu passport holders forced to leave the country.
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MNAC Bucharest is offering two of its venues facilities for Ukrainian citizens
Co-working, meeting points for family and friends reunions, places for education and for children. Furniture, wi-fi, assistance for making contacts, tea, coffee, snacks are available.
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Petition from the Ukrainian Institute to impose cultural sanctions on Russia
Ukrainian artists and cultural activists, highly value the stance taken by some Russian cultural influencers who have openly condemned the Russian aggression and military action against Ukraine.
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Inga Lace
CIMAM 2021 grantee Inga Lace, C-MAP Central and Eastern Europe Fellow, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Riga, Latvia.
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Anna Karpenko
CIMAM 2021 grantee Anna Karpenko, Curator, Minsk, Belarus.
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Meet CIMAM's 50 grant beneficiaries!
CIMAM is proud to announce the names of the 50 contemporary art professionals awarded support to take part at the Annual Conference!
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International Call for Grant Applications to attend the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference
PR 18 June 2021. CIMAM offers around 40 grants to support the attendance of contemporary art curators and museum directors to CIMAM’s 2021 Annual Conference generously supported by Getty Foundation, V-A-C Foundation, Byucksan Foundation, Mercedes Vilardell and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Oleksiy Radynski
Filmmaker and writer, Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Tetiana Zhmurko
2019 Getty Foundation. Senior Scientific Researcher for Department of Modern Art, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Tetiana Zhmurko
2019 Getty Foundation. Senior Scientific Researcher for Department of Modern Art, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Tetiana Zhmurko
2019 Getty Foundation. Senior Scientific Researcher for Department of Modern Art, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Svitlana Tsurkan
2017 The Getty Foundation. Svitlana Tsurkan, Curator of Education, National Art and Culture Museum Complex “Mystetskyi Arsenal”, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Meet our 2018 Travel Grantees
36 contemporary art museum professionals have been awarded support to attend the Annual Conference funded by the Getty Foundation, MALBA–Fundación Costantini, Alserkal Programming, V-A-C Foundation, Samdani Art Foundation and Byucksan Foundation.
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CIMAM releases a new Best Practices Initiative
20 November 2025 – Barcelona, CIMAM launches a landmark position paper that aims to redefine how museums and living artists collaborate, introducing the ‘Memorandum of Care and Understanding‘ (MoCU).
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Best Practices for Museums Working with Living Artists
20, November, 2025. CIMAM launches a landmark position paper that aims to redefine how museums and living artists collaborate, introducing the ‘Memorandum of Care and Understanding‘ (MoCU).
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CIMAM releases a new Best Practices Initiative
Thursday, 20 November 2025. CIMAM launches a landmark position paper that aims to redefine how museums and living artists collaborate, introducing the ‘Memorandum of Care and Understanding (MoCU).
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Statement in support of M HKA. L’Internationale
9 October 2025. L’Internationale is appalled by the Flemish government's recent announcement regarding M HKA. Following the decision to cancel the museum’s new building, on Monday, the culture minister further outlined the intention to enact a radical restructuring of the Flemish museum landscape, dissolving M HKA’s status as a national museum and handing its collection and function to S.M.A.K in Ghent.
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Welcome to CIMAM to Mirela Baciak!
Mirela Baciak, Director, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria. Join CIMAM, the most renowned international network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field.
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Museums as Agents of Change: The Importance of Sharing Outstanding Practices
Article written by Suzanne Cotter, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, Australia, CIMAM Board Member and founding Chair of the OMPA Steering Committee, for theICOM's "Sharing is Caring" editorial platform, on May 14, for the occasion of International Museums Day, May 18, 2025.
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Registration Fees to CIMAM 2025
The Annual Conference is CIMAM’s most important meeting throughout the year. It is attended by directors and curators of modern and contemporary art museums and collections and independent professionals.
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International Call for Travel Grant Applications (now closed)
The 2025 CIMAM Travel Grant Call is now closed. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the program, which has supported the participation of modern and contemporary art museum professionals from around the world since 2005. To celebrate this milestone, the 2025 grantees will be invited to attend the 57th CIMAM Annual Conference in Turin, Italy, from November 28–30, 2025.
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Getty Foundation
In 2025, the Getty Foundation will support modern and contemporary art curators, directors, and museum professionals residing in countries with emerging and developing economies.
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CIMAM's 2025 Rapid Response Webinar Program
Discover the program of CIMAM's Rapid Response Webinars for this year 2025, with contents that address urgent and current issues facing modern and contemporary art museums.
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How was CIMAM 2024 in Los Angeles?
From December 6 to 8, 2024, Los Angeles became the epicenter of dialogue and collaboration as CIMAM's 56th Annual Conference brought together over 270 international delegates, including 34 travel grant grants, under the theme "Sustainable Futures: How? Where? For Whom?"
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How was CIMAM 2022?
The highlights of the conference can be found here. Check out the video and photos of the CIMAM 2022 Annual Conference, hosted by Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma, Mallorca, Spain.
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Find the list of 350 museums, collections, and biennials on the Free Admission Program
CIMAM Free Admission Program offers you free access to more than 350 modern and contemporary art museums, collections, and biennials worldwide. Free access is offered as a matter of professional courtesy and benefits only CIMAM Members carrying a valid CIMAM membership e-card. Museums allow free admission to both permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, while biennials allow free access during openings and preview days.
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Individual Membership Fees
CIMAM levies an affiliation fee that covers part of the administrative costs as well as the production of CIMAM projects, publications, conference organization, travel grant programs, and activities. Find out more here.
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Institutional Membership Fees
CIMAM levies an affiliation fee that covers part of the administrative costs as well as the production of CIMAM projects, publications, conference organization, travel grant programs, and activities. Find out more here.
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Registration Fees to CIMAM 2024
The Annual Conference is CIMAM’s most important meeting throughout the year. It is attended by directors and curators of modern and contemporary art museums and collections and independent professionals.
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List of eligible emerging and developing economies for CIMAM Travel Grants
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Institutional Membership Payment
To ensure a seamless payment process, kindly follow the payment procedure using the link on this page, selecting the appropriate fee for your membership.
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Individual Membership Payment
To ensure a seamless payment process, kindly follow the payment procedure using the link on this page, selecting the appropriate fee for your membership.
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How was CIMAM 2022?
The highlights of the conference can be found here. Check out the video and photos of the CIMAM 2022 Annual Conference, hosted by Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma, Mallorca, Spain.
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Clémentine Deliss
Clémentine Deliss, Associate Curator, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
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Julio Cesar Vazquez
CIMAM 2022 grantee Julio Cesar Vazquez-Ortiz, Independent Curator and Cultural Manager, Caceres, Spain.
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Ulya Soley
CIMAM 2022 grantee Ulya Soley, Curator, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sebastian Cichocki
CIMAM 2022 grantee Sebastian Cichocki, Chief Curator and Head of Research, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland.
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Amanda Bonan
CIMAM 2022 grantee Amanda Bonan, Curator, MAR - Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
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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.
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Clémentine Deliss
Clémentine Deliss, Associate Curator, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
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Three historical facts that will mark the debates of TheAttentiveMuseum
Agustin Perez Rubio, Chair of this year's CIMAM Annual Conference Contents Committee, explains the three historical facts that will mark the debates of TheAttentiveMuseum
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CIMAM's evolution from a mainly European “club" to a worldwide organization
5 July 2022. On July 5, 1962, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) was founded by 23 European members at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague (The Netherlands) under the original French acronym CIMAM – Comité de l'ICOM pour les Musées d'Art Moderne (ICOM Committee for Museums of Modern Art).
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The 54th edition of the CIMAM Annual Conference celebrates the 60th anniversary of CIMAM
PR 8 June 2022. The 54th edition of the CIMAM Annual Conference celebrates the 60th anniversary of the International Committee of Museums and Collections of Modern Art exploring how museums can actively listen to remain relevant to a quickly changing world.
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CIMAM addresses the issues of xenophobia and climate emergency
PR 23 September 2021. CIMAM addresses the issues of xenophobia and climate emergency at the celebration of its 53rd Annual Conference in a hybrid format.
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PR CIMAM 2022 Annual Conference
The 54th edition of the CIMAM Annual Conference celebrates the 60th anniversary of the International Committee of Museums and Collections of Modern Art exploring how museums can actively listen to remain relevant to a quickly changing world.
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The Attentive Museum. Permeable Practices for a Common Ground
All information about the event can be found on this page.
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Portuguese Association of Museology
Welcoming museum professionals and their families.
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Staromiejski Dom Kultury and the City of Warsaw: scholarship
Staromiejski Dom Kultury and the City of Warsaw announce a scholarship programme for women artists in danger.
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Sokołowsko Laboratorium Kultury: practice for Ukrainian professionals
Sokołowsko International Cultural Laboratory in Poland offers 4 internships including accommodation and salary from now on.
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Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)
We are a group of cultural heritage professionals – librarians, archivists, researchers, programmers – working together to identify and archive at-risk sites, digital content, and data in Ukrainian cultural heritage institutions while the country is under attack.
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Budapest Gallery’s residency opportunity for artists or curators
Budapest Gallery’s residency opportunity for artists or curators and their families to spend two months in Budapest in April and May.
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Association of Romanian Contemporary Art Galleries: Solidarity Action for Ukrainian Artists
We will provide accommodation and financial support during the stay. Each artist will be supported according to their individual needs.
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Yuliya Sorokina
CIMAM 2021 grantee Yuliya Sorokina, Curator, Tutor, Ph.D., Asia Art+ Public Foundation, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Alice Scope
CIMAM 2021 grantee Alice Scope, Art Curator, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Tatiana Kochubinska
CIMAM 2021 grantee Tatiana Kochubinska, Curator, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Rebeen Hamarafiq
CIMAM 2021 Rebeen Hamarafiq, Artist, Curator, Researcher, Directory of Fine Art, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
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Panel Discussion Day 2
Panel discussion moderated by Malgorzata Ludwisiak, CIMAM Board Member and Chief Curator of the Department of Modern Art at the National Museum in Gdansk with TJ Demos, Hilke Wagner, and Oleksiy Radynski.
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22 August is the last day to submit grant applications!
Don't miss the deadline! CIMAM offers around 40 grants to support the attendance – physical or virtual – of contemporary art museum directors, curators, and independent curators to CIMAM’s 2021 Annual Conference that will be held in Lodz and Gdansk, Poland 5–7 November 2021.
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Conference Program
Here you will find a preliminary schedule for the three-day conference. It includes the speaker presentations' timetable and the afternoon visits to a number of Poland's foremost contemporary art institutions.
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Call for Travel Grant Applications!
CIMAM offers around 22 travel grants to support the attendance of contemporary art museum professionals to CIMAM’s 2019 Annual Conference "The 21st Century Art Museum: Is Context Everything?" that will be held in Sydney, Australia 15–17 November 2019. Deadline is 5 May!
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Krisztina Szipocs
The Getty Foundation 2015, Krisztina Szipocs, Chief Curator, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
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Marton Orosz
The Getty Foundation 2015, Marton Orosz, Director, Vasarely Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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Alisa Lozhkina
The Getty Foundation 2016, Alisa Lozhkina, Deputy Director, Curator of Contemporary Art Laboratory, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine
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Hanna Samarskaya
2017 The Getty Foundation. Hanna Samarskaya, Curator, Manager of Culture, Month of Photography in Minsk Minsk, Belarus
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Tatiana Kochubinska
2017 The Getty Foundation. Tatiana Kochubinska, Curator of the Research Platform, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine
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CIMAM supports Hedwig Saxenhuber and Georg Schöllhammer, curators of Kiev’s biennale
March 2015. CIMAM wishes to express its support to Hedwig Saxenhuber and Georg Schöllhammer and their team in their efforts to hold the biennial despite the withdrawal of Mystetskyi Arsenale, which was supposed to serve as key organizer and main venue.
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Emerging Market and Developing Economies
List of Emerging Market and Developing Economies by country, according to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) of every State.
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2018 Eligibility and Purpose of the Grant
Supported by the Getty Foundation, MALBA–Fundación Costantini, Alserkal Programming, V-A-C Foundation, Samdani Art Foundation and Byucksan Foundation.
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Voices for Ukraine: The museum as a refuge
Today! Panel discussion organized by MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona.
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Kaleidoscope of (Hi)stories. Art from Ukraine
We are currently intensively looking for further venues for the exhibition "Kaleidoscope of (Hi)stories. Art from Ukraine". This project not only provides insights into Ukraine’s art scene and the eventful history of the country. It is – of course – also about securing and protecting cultural assets from the National Museums in Ukraine (mainly Kyiv and Odesa) outside the war zone.
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This Group Is Helping Museum Workers in Ukraine
The founders of Museum Crisis Center discuss what they are doing to help safeguard museum staff and save Ukraine’s cultural heritage. Written by Lisa Korneichuk. Originally published by Hyperallergic, 24 March 2022.
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Statement by the organizers of Ukraine’s Venice Biennale
We call for the international artistic community to use all our impact in order to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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The Rescue Mission to Save Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage
Museum curators and volunteers in Ukraine are trying to relocate or protect artworks, cultural artifacts and public monuments as the Russian invasion grinds on. Written by Taras Kaidan, Mariana Matveichuk and Feargus O'Sullivan. Originally published by Bloomber CityLab, 26 March 2022.
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How Artists and Museums Are Responding to Russia’s War in Ukraine
New York’s Guggenheim Museum and the Royal Academy of Arts in London are among the institutions distancing themselves from Russian benefactors. Written byMaxwell Adler and Kriston Capps. originally published by Bloomberg CityLab+ Pursuits, 11 March 2022.
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Emergency and Resilience Funds for Ukrainian Visual Artists Ukraine
PEN America's Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) has launched a special call for applications for emergency assistance and resilience assistance to Ukrainian visual artists affected by the ongoing war, through emergency and resilience funds created with the support of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts.
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Special Grants: Support to Museums and Museum Professionals in/from Ukraine
ICOM is offering a Special Grants round in response to the war in Ukraine and its impacts on neighbouring countries. It is open to those countries which are supporting, or wanting to support, Ukrainian museums and museum professionals.
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The War in Ukraine Has Seeped Into Venice’s Glamorous Art Biennale
As the world’s most important art event opens to VIPs, some things can’t be ignored. Written by James Tarmy. Originally published by Bloomberg, 20 April 2022.
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Ukraine’s leading art museum transforms into busy volunteer hub
Operating 24 hours a day, Lviv National Art Gallery sends out food, medicine, toys and other supplies to troops and Ukrainians in cities under Russian bombardment. Written by Lazar Barman, originally published by The Times of Israel, 5 March, 2022.
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"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?
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How Tech Experts in the West Are Rushing to Save the Digital Archives of Ukraine’s Museums
Crucial servers and networks are at risk. Written by Sarah Cascone. Originally published by artnet, March 14, 2022
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As Russians ‘Pillage’ Ukraine’s Museums in Annexed Territories, Artifacts Are Turning Up in Moscow and on the Black Market
The illegally annexed territories are home to many major museums. Written byEileen Kinsella. Originally published by artnet, October 3, 2022 .
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The Muses Are Silenced: Russian Arts Community Targeted As State Imposes Conformity Over Ukraine War
Written by Robert Coalson. Originally published by RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, 27 April 2022.