December 6–8, 2024
The CIMAM 2024 Annual Conference in Los Angeles will address sustainability from an integrated and holistic perspective, beginning with our desire to respond to climate change by reassessing policies around collection care and conservation; rethinking the buildings we occupy and the cities we are part of; while also exploring innovative models for economic sustainability and community building.
Co-hosted by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Hammer Museum at UCLA, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) with lead support from the Getty Foundation and additional support from the Perenchio Foundation and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the conference will bring together museum directors, curators, artists, architects and other visionaries who are transforming the field. CIMAM 2024 will coincide with the Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide—a landmark regional event that explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present.
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Day 1: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Introduction by Clara Kim, CIMAM Board Member; Chair, 2024 Contents Committee.
Keynote: Mark Bradford, artist, Los Angeles
Session: “What is our Agency? The Contemporary Art Museum and Climate Crisis”
–John Kenneth Paranada, Curator of Art and Climate Change, Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia, London
–J Fiona Ragheb, Deputy Director for Curatorial and Exhibitions, LACMA, Los Angeles, in conversation with Kelsey Shell, Environmental & Sustainability Strategist, MOCA, Los Angeles
–Daniel Vega, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Conservation, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao
–Cecilia Winter, Project Specialist, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles
Moderated by Suzanne Cotter, CIMAM Board Member; Member, Contents Committee
Session: “Sustainable Ecosystems: Rethinking Museum Collections and Buildings within the Urban and Social Realm”
–Djon Mundine, artist, curator, writer, activist, Sydney
–Michael Maltzan, Principal, Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc., Los Angeles
–Andrea Lissoni, Artistic Director, Haus der Kunst, Munich
–Sara Zewde, Principal, Studio Zewde, New York
Moderated by Amanda de la Garza, CIMAM Board Member; member, 2024 Contents Committee
Followed by workshops, private visit to the Getty Center, PST ART exhibitions.
Day 2: Hammer Museum
Introduction by Kitty Scott, CIMAM Board Member; Member, 2024 Contents Committee.
Keynote: Zita Cobb, CEO Shorefast, Co-Founder, Shorefast, Ottawa / Joe Batt’s Arm
Session: “Economies of Sustainability: Ethics, Values and Resilience”
–Ibrahim Mahama, artist and Founder, Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art (SCCA) and Red Clay Studio, Ghana, in conversation with Yesomi Umolu, arts leader and curator, London
–Manuel Segade, Director, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
–Andrea Fraser, artist and professor, UCLA, Los Angeles
–Mai Abu ElDahab, Director, Mophradat, Brussels
Moderated by Aram Moshayedi, member, Contents Committee
Interlude presentation: Artist talk by Walid Raad
Followed by workshops and private visits to PST ART exhibitions.
Day 3: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Introduction by Joselina Cruz, CIMAM Board Member; Member, Contents Committee.
Keynote: Candice Hopkins, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Forge Projects, Taghkanic
Session: “Sustainable Communities: Indigenous Perspectives and Worldviews”
–Edgar Calel, artist, San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala
–Pablo José Ramírez, curator, Hammer, Los Angeles
–Taloi Havini, artist, Brisbane
Moderated by Rita Gonzalez, member, Contents Committee.
Followed by private visits including PST ART exhibitions.
Post-tour to Palm Springs, Joshua Tree, and the High Desert (December 9–10, 2024)
Contents Committee 2024
Clara Kim (Chair) Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, LA; Suzanne Cotter, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; Joselina Cruz, Director/Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila; Amanda de la Garza, Artistic Deputy Director, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (MNCARS), Madrid; Rita Gonzalez, Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), LA; Aram Moshayedi, Interim Chief Curator, Hammer Museum, LA and Kitty Scott, Independent Curator, Toronto.
Travel Grant Funders 2024
The Getty Foundation, Saastamoinen Foundation, Mercedes Vilardell, Aimée Labarrere de Servitje, Eloisa Haudenschild, Fernando Zobel de Ayala, OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway, SAHA – Supporting Contemporary Art from Turkey, Consulate General of Brazil in Los Angeles, and Byucksan Cultural Foundation.
