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New Release: The Future of the Art World
Leave your thoughts <p>András Szántó’s new book, The Future of the Art World: 38 Dialogues, is now out. Building on his acclaimed conversations with museum directors and architects, this volume turns to the wider cultural ecosystem—artists, curators, collectors, technologists, and beyond—to explore how the art world is evolving in an era of rapid change.Through 38 dialogues with leading voices, the book offers a panoramic view of the challenges and opportunities shaping culture today—from digital transformation and new geographies to shifting values and global interconnectedness.</p>
2025 Rabkin Prize Winners Announced
Leave your thoughts <p>The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, where András Szántó serves as Advisor, has announced the eight recipients of the 2025 Rabkin Prize, which celebrates the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s arts writers with an unrestricted $50,000 award. This year’s winners are Tempestt Hazel, co-founder of Sixty Inches from Center; Jessica Lynne, writer, critic and co-founder of ARTS.BLACK; Nicole Martinez, critic and deputy director of Fountainhead Arts; Brandy McDonnell, features writer for The Oklahoman; America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), writer and publishing editor of First American Art Magazine; Eva Recinos, an arts and culture journalist; Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche Nation), author, essayist, and curator; and J Wortham, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.</p>
András Szántó at the Museum of Art And Photography (MAP) Bangalore
Leave your thoughts <p>On September 10-11, Andras Szanto, a member of the US Board of the Museum of Art And Photography (MAP) Bangalore, moderated a workshop with senior museum leaders from India and the Southeast Asia region. Participants included Keri Ryan (Associate Director, Learning and Interpretation, M+), Lourdes A Samson (Deputy Director, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila), Meera Curam (Director, Hampi Art Labs), Priyanka Mary Francis (Director, NGMA, Bangalore), Roobina Karode (Director and Chief Curator, KNMA, Delhi), Ruchira Das (Artistic Director, Arthshila), Sharmini Pereira (ChiefCurator, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Colombo), Stephanie Rosenthal (Project Director, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi), Dr. Alkindi Aljawabra (Director, Car Museum, Doha), Hari Marar (CEO, BIAL), and the Senior Team at MAP. At a time of accelerated change for museums, and as museum activity is scaling up across the region, the discussion examined the unique challenges and opportunities of arts institutions — particularly private museums — in India and the surrounding region. </p>
András Szántó in Conversation with Julian Rose on The Architect’s Newspaper
Leave your thoughts <p>Julian Rose’s Building Culture, published last year by Princeton Architectural Press, contains 16 in-depth interviews with leading architects who have designed museums around the world. In 2022, András Szántó’s Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects, published by Hatje Cantz, offered a complementary glimpse into the sensibilities of a new generation of voices. (The titles share four interviewees: David Adjaye, David Chipperfield, Elizabeth Diller, and Kulapat Yantrasat.) Rose and Szántó sat down with AN’s executive editor Jack Murphy to discuss the museum’s inexhaustible spatial variety and its capacity to shape civic and cultural space today.</p>
Second Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable Participants Announced
Leave your thoughts <p>The San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts has announced the 2025 participants of the Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable (MTR). Fourteen international museum directors will join five art museum directors from the Bay Area to participate in a weeklong series of closed-door meetings and discussions focusing on museum leadership and in particular how museum can engage with emerging technological innovations. ASLLC co-developed the program with FAMSF, and Andras Szanto will moderate the MTR as its consulting director. A public session is planned on Tuesday, May 13, on the theme of “Future Proofing the Museum,” to include a public conversation with AI artist Refik Anadol. </p>
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Architects Selected
Leave your thoughts <p>The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City announced the winner of its architectural competition for its upcoming expansion. Weiss/Manfredi has been selected to design a complex series of interventions aiming to create a more open, accessible, and welcoming museum — a “Nelson for All.” ASLLC undertook a year-long process of listening, analysis, retreats and workshops to help lay the conceptual underpinnings of the project. We collaborated with Cooper Robertson in the spacial planning phase, paving the way for the competition led by Malcolm Reading. </p>
András Szántó As Moderator at Acciona Cultura’s NEXT IN Summit
Leave your thoughts <p>András Szántó moderated four sessions at the NEXT IN Summit 2025, hosted by Acciona Cultura in Madrid, April 23–24. The two-day forum convened leading cultural figures from around the world to exchange insights, showcase pioneering initiatives, and explore how public spaces can shape and enhance visitor experiences. The conversations with influential voices from museums, design, and architecture explored recent innovations at the intersection of culture, technology, and public engagement.</p>
András Szántó as Speaker on “The Future of the Museum, Part Two” at the School of Visual Arts
Leave your thoughts <p>For the second panel in this special in-person series of discussions, cultural strategist András Szántó, author of The Future of the Museum, Sara Reisman, Chief Curator and Director of National Academician Affairs at the National Academy of Design and MA Curatorial Practice faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and Ruba Katrib, Chief Curator at MoMA PS1, consider new models for museums, touching on politics, ecology, economic inequity, inclusion, ethical funding, curating, and more. Moderated by Işın Önol, Director of Curatorial Research of the MA Curatorial Practice program. The panel will take place on Wednesday, February 19, from 6:30 – 8pm ET, in-person at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and via Zoom.</p>
András Szántó at the MIT Museum
Leave your thoughts <p>On February 6 at 2 PM, join András Szántó and Michael John Gorman, Director of the MIT Museum, in a conversation about how visual-arts institutions are working to assert their relevance in the 21st century through new approaches to exhibitions, programming, audience engagement, organizational innovation, and architecture and design. The event is free with museum admission.</p>
András Szántó to Attend Digital Canvas Summit at Beeple Studios
Leave your thoughts <p>On January 13-15, Beeple Studios and the Toledo Museum of Art will be hosting a Digital Canvas Summit. Featuring speakers such as Christiane Paul, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Michael Govan, Noam Segal, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, the Summit will provide a platform for creative exchange through presentations, studio tours, and collaborative sessions.</p>