Zimdaily Journal Reporter
Zimbabwe will host the 58th CIMAM Annual Conference at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe from November 20–22.
This will be history in the making as Zimbabwe will be the first African country to host this conference.
Running under the theme “Museums Beyond Limits: Imagining Repair Across Cultures, Ecologies and Knowledges,” the conference marks the first time CIMAM’s annual gathering will be held on the African continent.
The conference is expected to attract more than 300 museum directors, curators, art collectors, and other international delegates.
According to the programme, keynote speakers will include Gabi Ngcobo, director of Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Meleko Mokgosi, a contemporary artist and associate professor at Yale University in the United States; David Teh, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore; and Neema Githere, a writer, artist, and relational architect associated with Studio Nkisi in Nairobi, Kenya.
Other speakers include Inga Lāce, curator at the Almaty Museum of Arts in Kazakhstan, and Hamza Walker, director of The Brick in Los Angeles, United States.
The conference will also feature co-moderators Fadzai Muchemwa and Stephanie Rosenthal, members of the 2026 Content Steering Committee.
Esther Chipashu, curator of ethnography at the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe in Harare, will also participate, alongside Dr Thembinkosi Goniwe, a historian, curator, and writer from Rhodes University in South Africa.
Zimbabwean scholar Professor Mandivamba “Mandi” Rukuni is also among the participants, bringing his expertise to discussions on museums, culture, and knowledge systems.
The conference is expected to provide an important platform for international museum professionals and art collectors to engage with Zimbabwean artists, collections, and institutions, strengthening dialogue between local and global cultural communities.
