55th Annual CIMAM Conference at the Modern BA

City of Buenos Aires. Argentina. From November 9 to 11, 2023.

The Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires will host the 55th Annual Conference of CIMAM (International Committee of Museums and Collections of Modern Art)

250 museum directors from around the world will attend this Annual Conference that will be held in our country, in a unique opportunity for the international projection of Argentine art.

The Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, dependent on the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, has the honor of announcing the 55th Annual Conference of CIMAM (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art) “The museum, a shared creation: Ethics, social transformation and cultural legacy”, which will be held at the Museo Moderno, as host venue, from November 9 to 11, 2023.
The holding of this CIMAM Annual Conference in Buenos Aires is an initiative of Victoria Noorthoorn, director of the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires and member of the CIMAM Board of Directors since 2019, and has the structural support of the City Government and that of the host partners Fundación Proa, Fundación Ama Amoedo, Coleccion Amalita, MALBA (Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires), and Andrea Arditi Schwartz. Likewise, Arthaus contributed by providing a travel scholarship fund for 23 Argentine professionals. The Modern Museum has the support and accompaniment of the Friends of the Modern Association.
250 museum managers from around the world, including directors, curators, researchers and art professionals, will attend the CIMAM Conference at the Museo Moderno to discuss the challenges and priorities of museums, exchange information, projects and good practices, and strengthen the international network of museums.

THE MUSEUM, A SHARED CREATION: ETHICS, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND CULTURAL LEGACY
The Annual Conference “The museum, a shared creation: Ethics, social transformation and cultural legacy” will address the issue of the social and educational responsibility of modern and contemporary art museums.
“This Conference will be the first in the history of CIMAM to fully address the social and educational role of modern and contemporary art museums. Museums in this part of the world have extensive experience in working to create effective micro-policy development to promote social justice, cultural and social transformation and community development. We are working towards a museum concept that we build together, in partnership, in dialogue with our audiences. This is why we are going to address during the Conference a holistic conception of museums, that is, how this museum can be seen as living, dynamic, social, fully in dialogue with the community. Likewise, we are going to point out specific aspects related to education, accessibility, community construction and the development of heritage and collections from the point of view of social responsibility, so that these collections that we are building can reflect the concerns of humanity towards the future,” says Victoria Noorthoorn, director of the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires and member of the Board of Directors of CIMAM.
In the current edition of the Conference, the presentations will be brief, lasting an average of twenty minutes each and leaving enough time for dialogue. For the first time, simultaneous English-Spanish interpretation will be offered to facilitate communications between local and visiting professionals, and a childcare space will be available for children during Conference sessions.
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