Category: Philanthropic Initiative
Event Talks András Szántó As Moderator at Acciona Cultura’s NEXT IN Summit
May 2025
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. Read More call_made
Event Museum Initiative Talks Second Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable Participants Announced
April 2025
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. Read More call_made
Architecture & Design Museum Initiative Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Architects Selected
April 2025
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. Read More call_made
Event Talks András Szántó as Speaker on “The Future of the Museum, Part Two” at the School of Visual Arts
February 2025
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. Read More call_made
Museum Initiative Talks András Szántó at the MIT Museum
January 2025
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. Read More call_made
Event Museum Initiative András Szántó to Attend Digital Canvas Summit at Beeple Studios
January 2025
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. Read More call_made
Philanthropic Initiative Video & Audio Art Classes for Older Adults: Video with Jane Fonda Supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy
December 2024
András Szántó LLC has been working for the past three years with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy on advancing opportunities for older Americans to participate in arts activities in art museums. The foundation has supported a video about the benefits of art classes for older adults which aired on December 1, 2024 on CBS Sunday morning. Produced by Smartypants Pictures, and featuring Jane Fonda and aging expert Ashton Applewhite, the film highlights the role of arts in improving quality of life and addressing increasing loneliness among older adults. Read More call_made
Event Talks András Szántó in Conversation with Laurence des Cars and Souleymane Bachir Diagne at Reid Hall in Paris
December 2024
To mark the 60th anniversary of Columbia University’s Global Center in Paris, András Szántó moderated a discussion with Louvre President Laurence des Cars and Columbia University philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne on November, 27, 2024, on the future of museums in general and universal museums in particular. The discussion opened up hopeful spaces of opportunity for the museum, notably by suggesting that there can be a more lateral, less zero-sum approach to universalism, based upon complementarity and reciprocal exchange between cultures across the globe. Read More call_made
Talks András Szántó on “How Do Museums Succeed in the 21st Century?” at House of Robb during Miami Art Week
December 2024
András Szántó participated in a talk with Madeleine Grynsztejn (MCA Chicago) and Christopher Bedford (SFMOMA) about recent and future challenges art museums contend with, organized by Robb Report. A follow-up article summarized the discussion: “Over the past several years, museums have been at the center of many inflection points, whether it’s the pandemic, efforts to advance diversity and inclusion, or the recent war in Gaza. They’ve dealt both internally and externally with those topics, and have served as locations for both protest and resistance.” Read More call_made
Architecture & Design Event Talks András Szántó As Speaker on “Cultural Transformations: Rethinking Spaces & Places for Art” Panel at the Goethe-Institut New York
October 2024
András Szántó participated in a panel discussion on adaptive reuse for cultural institutions at the Goethe-Institut New York on October 10. Moderated by The Architect’s Newspaper Executive Editor Jack Murphy, speakers included Jhaelen Eli-Hernandez (VP Capital Projects. The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Jeanne Gang (Founding Principal and Partner, Studio Gang), Stephan Schütz (Managing Partner, gmp Architects). The standing-room-only discussion reflected the urgency architects of all kinds, and particularly those tasked with building cultural institutions, feel about the fast approaching climate crisis. Such institutions, museums among them, need to embrace adaptive reuse much more systematically. The most significant impact institutions can have, however, is to shape public perceptions about our climate future. Photo: Detlef Jessen-Klingenberg Read More call_made
Talks Video & Audio Beyond Artifacts: The New Face of Museums
September 2024
Museums have evolved from what are often seen as elitist, exclusive, object-focused spaces to vibrant hubs for community, culture, and tech to shine. In this video, based on his talk at IE University in Madrid, András Szántó details aspects of this transformation and pinpoints where museums are heading in the age of technology. Read More call_made
Architecture & Design Event Talks András Szántó on Adaptive Reuse for Cultural Institutions at the Goethe-Institut New York
September 2024
On Oct. 10th at 6:30 pm, András Szántó will participate in “Cultural Transformations: Rethinking Spaces & Places for Art,” a panel discussion at the Goethe-Institut New York, tied to an exhibition on adaptive reuse by the gmp Architects. Cultural institutions are rethinking approaches to delivering visual and performing arts resources to their audiences. How does this integrate new assumptions into museum design? Moderated by Jack Murphy (Executive Editor, The Architect’s Newspaper), the panel will also feature gmp Managing Partner Stephan Schütz (Berlin), Jeanne Gang (Founder, Studio Gang), Jhaelen Eli-Hernandez (VP Capital Projects. The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Read More call_made