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András Szántó As Speaker and Moderator at the NEXT IN Summit in Madrid

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>The NEXT IN Museums Innovation Impact Summit in Madrid organized by Acciona Cultura took place on April 24-25th, 2024. András Szántó was invited as a speaker on the panel “The New Age of storytelling” alongside Clotilde Entrecanales (Head of Experiences, ACCIONA Cultura), Nicolas Helly (Managing Director Iberia, Cartier) and Manuel Román (Senior Marketing Director of Spain and Portugal, NETFLIX). He also moderated the keynote “Can machines dream about art? Refik Anadol on art and technology” with artist Refik Anadol and the panel “Future roles at the museum. New definitions for new roles and audiences”, with speakers Dr. Omniya Abdel Barr (Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum), Dr. Alkindi Al Jawabra (Director, Qatar Auto Museum, Qatar Museums), Borina Andrieu (Managing Director, Wilmotte & Associés Architectes) and Femke Bijlsma (Content Director and Partner, Kossmanndejong). </p>

“Imagining the Future of the Museum” Review at Museums Association Journal

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Owen Hopkins, the director of the Farrell Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, wrote a review of András Szántó’s 2021 book “Imagining the Future of the Museum” for the Museums Association Journal. “This book offers interesting snapshots of the ideas and influences of one set of protagonists shaping the future of museums” wrote Hopkins.</p>

SITE Santa Fe Unveils Its Redesigned Branding and Website

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>SITE Santa Fe, where we completed a strategic planning process in 2022, has launched their new digital platform which conveys their innovative spirit and commitment to contemporary art. The website offers a refreshed interface, streamlined navigation, and enriched content about current and upcoming exhibitions, artist talks, and educational programs.</p>

“Promise of Digital” at First Hong Kong International Cultural Summit

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>András Szántó moderated a discussion at M+ museum in Hong Kong on March 25, 2024, exploring responses to rapidly advancing digital technologies in the arts. The session surveyed how artists and art institutions are engaging with new digital tools. The speakers included the Los Angeles-based AI artist Refik Anadol; Thomas P. Campbell, Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Maholo Uchida, curator at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo; and Centre Pompidou digital curator Marcella Lista.</p>

András Szántó at M+ “Connecting Culture, Bridging Times” Summit

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>On March 24-26, András Szántó will be one of the speakers at a Cultural Summit organized by M+. The event will be one of the largest international cultural conferences ever staged in Hong Kong, bringing together more than 1,000 global arts and cultural visionaries. Over 20 eminent speakers from 12 countries and regions will exchange views on topical issues related to the future development of cultural districts and museums.</p>

András Szántó at the UC San Diego

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>New kinds of art museums are emerging around the world, UC San Diego’s new Strauss Family Meta Gallery among them. Join András Szántó on March 19 at the UC San Diego Faculty Club to learn about how visual-arts institutions are working to assert their relevance in the 21st century through new approaches to exhibitions, advancing a new generation of technologically-based artists, and shaping public discussions on the urgent issues of our time.</p>

András Szántó at the Night of Ideas Jersey City

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>András Szántó will participate on Friday March 1 in Night of Ideas Jersey City, a festival of debates, workshops and performances on the theme of urban life and growth. The session, titled Toward a New Museum Architecture, will be moderated by Centre Pompidou curator Anna Hiddleston and feature Jason Long, of OMA, sharing details of the planned new Centre Pompidou x Jersey City.</p>

SITE Santa Fe International Launches Its Rebranding

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>We are pleased to announce the new branding system implemented by Felicidad, for SITE Santa Fe, where we conducted a strategic plan in 2023. Part of the strategic plan called for revamped communications. We worked with SITE Santa Fe and Felicidad to initiate this project. The new website has special sections showcasing the organization’s major recent initiatives, including its presentation of the artist Jeffrey Gibson in the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the announcement of Cecilia Alemani as curator of the renamed SITE Santa Fe International. </p>

Verbose Magazine

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>Read András Szántó’s interview in Verbose Magazine where he discusses the depth and power required to fully transform and preserve cultural institutions.</p>

“A Model” at MUDAM Luxembourg

Published by Leave your thoughts <p>The audio recording of Renewing the Institution: How do Museums Remain Relevant?, moderated by András Szántó from the Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 Conversations program will be presented at MUDAM Luxembourg within their forthcoming coming exhibition A Model. A Model interrogates the role of museums at the start of the twenty-first century. It affirms the need to think of the museum as an animated space, one that is open to the world and engaged in its contemporary debates. The audio recording will be presented within the Listening Station, a room of the exhibition dedicated to podcasts, conversations and other audio formats that are embracing the many questions regarding the place and role of museums today. </p>