Season Greetings from Mami Kataoka 2020. Message from "STARS: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World," Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. Takashi Murakami, Pop Up Flower, 2020
Dear members, and patrons of CIMAM,
It is an honour to address you at the end of my first year as President of CIMAM.
This year has been a challenge for all the professional community dedicated to modern and contemporary art museums. There are new initiatives that started in 2020, and I want to thank the CIMAM board members for their intense implication.
Thank you also to all of you, the members of CIMAM, for contributing with your expertise and professionalism, and with the inspiration that helps us develop CIMAM’s mission and profession more satisfactorily.
And above all, I want to express our special thanks and gratitude to our patrons. Without them, all this would not be possible. Thank you sincerely for your trust and commitment to CIMAM.
I conclude with a message of optimism, hope, and good wishes for you all in this new year. Let’s stay together.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Mami Kataoka
President of CIMAM
Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Fundació “la Caixa”, Barcelona, Spain
Marc and Josée Gensollen, Marseille, France
Fukutake Foundation, Naoshima, Japan
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
A warm welcome to Stefanie Hessler to CIMAM
"Becoming a member of CIMAM is relevant to me, to be part of a network of colleagues, access information available to members only such as the webinars or e-book Smart Tactics, and to humbly contribute to important conversations with the global art community that will shape the future of art institutions."
Whitechapel Gallery is recruiting a Director of Education and Public Programmes
Closes: 3 January 2021. The Daskalopoulos Director of Education & Public Programmes shapes education and interpretation policies, public programmes and the overall direction of the Whitechapel Gallery.
"[There is] the need to change the parameters of art institutions"
Andrea Lissoni, Artistic Director, Haus der Kunst, Munich, and panelist at CIMAM's Rapid Response Webinar #7: Re-examining International Exchange: The Future of a Global Art Community. Watch the video recording here.
Queens Museum partners with La Jornada and Together We Can Community Resource Center Inc. to host an onsite food pantry starting in June 2020
Read this submitted nomination to the CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice in Time of Global Crisis initiative and submit yours to help others through this crisis.
