The CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference is titled Under Pressure. Museums in Times of Xenophobia and Climate Emergency and will be held in Lodz and Gdansk, Poland, November 5-7, 2021.
The conference offers three days of presentations on the most pressing issues facing the contemporary art museum sector, a networking session, and two discussion workshops as well as visits to the most relevant contemporary art venues in Lodz and Gdansk. A great opportunity to strengthen networking in a professional environment that promotes new projects and connections.
List to invited speakers
Day 1: Conflicts, Crises, and the Politics of Growth
Day 2: Museums as Spaces for Recognizing Differences
Day 3: New Perspectives on Climate and Commonality
The conference will address the roles of artists and museums in this dramatically changing global situation. How can artists be agents of change, and museums be places to test proposals for the communities of the future? Can museums guide processes of political and/or technological solutions?
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Around 40 grants to attend the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference, on-site or virtual!
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CIMAM has launched an international Call for Grant Applications to attend the CIMAM 2021 Annual Conference.
We are looking to award around 40 candidates to attend the CIMAM Annual Conference, on-site or virtual.
The Travel Grant Program is an initiative that CIMAM proposes each year for museum professionals and independent curators of modern and contemporary art from emerging and developing countries to attend the CIMAM Annual Conference and strengthen their networks and enrich their curatorial research.
Grants are generously supported by the Getty Foundation, V-A-C Foundation, Byucksan Foundation, Mercedes Vilardell, and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art.
→ Check the list of eligible countries here
→ Application Form
→ The deadline to apply is 22 August 2021 at 18:00 CEST.
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Job opportunities selection by CIMAM
Browse the latest open curatorial and management positions at contemporary art museums and exhibition centers with deadlines in July and August! Read the list of current job opportunities here.
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Paper craft: Getty Foundation grants $1.55m to undersung prints and drawings projects
The Getty Foundation in Los Angeles will award 19 museums as part of its Paper Project initiative that aims to support exhibitions and research centred on prints and drawings. Most of the projects will focus on understudied artists, collections and techniques. Read more here.
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Elvira Dyangani Ose appointed Director of MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Dyangani replaces Ferran Barenblit, who has been Director of MACBA for the past six years and her appointment coincides with an important stage in MACBA’s history, a programme of expansion.
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