Yanjiv Avirmed

I attended the CIMAM Annual Conference for the first time. It was one of the greatest experiences in my professional life. I am grateful to the CIMAM organizing team and Byucksan Foundation for inviting me and more importantly awarding me a travel grant without which I would not have been able to take up this opportunity.

The conference helped me broaden my perspectives on the role of art in museums and further the role and responsibilities of museums in civil society.

I would like to express my thanks for the very well-organized conference both content-wise and technically. The conference has shown an optimal balance between lecture and theory part and workshop and visiting locations.

One of the activities I profited most from was the group discussion about how can art institutions navigate in this fast-changing world and maintain their ethical positions? Indeed, I find the issue highly problematical. A few months ago, I lost my position illegal. Before the conference I thought only Mongolia has in an unstable political landscape. During the conference, my mind changed.

I liked first day’s lecturer Katya García-Antón, Director, Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway. Because Mongolia has 21 small ethnic groups. Katya García-Antón mentioned several ideas how to pay attention to local indigenous cultures.

The first day we visited Moderna Museet’s collection and exhibitions, ArkDes, the Royal Institute of Art and Nationalmuseum. Nationalmuseum or the National Gallery of Sweden has opened other angle me and widened my European art history. I recognized the gallery’s timetable very suitable for visitors. Every day opens at 11 am and Thursday it works until 09 pm. Our Mongolian gallery opens at 09 am closes at 6 pm.

Finally, three days of discussion during the CIMAM 2018 Annual Conference was an exceptional experience that provided me with knowledge and impression toward activities and institutional practices among the professionals coming from different socio-political contexts and professional surroundings.

The possibility of constituting connections with colleagues and galleries at the international level, which led to future collaborations, was a great impact from the conference.