Category: Video & Audio
Event Publications Talks Berlin Art Weekend Talk: The Future of Art at Neue Nationalgalerie
April 2026
In a time of accelerating change – fueled by ongoing geopolitical and economic crises, shifting discourses and audience expectations, strained cultural funding systems and the implementation of artificial intelligence to name but a few parameters – arts institutions and markets are looking to adapt to new realities. But how? Drawing on András Szántó’s book, The Future of the Art World: 38 Dialogues, this panel discussion will launch Gallery Weekend and explore an art world in flux, posing new challenges for its institutions as they chart a path to the future. Panelists: Marion Ackermann, President of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Grace Yao, Founder and CEO of ARTLAS; and Thomas Girst, Global Head of BMW Group Cultural Engagement, in conversation with András Szántó.
Article Publications Final book in trilogy asks: What is the future of the art world?
April 2026
In a recent article for The Art Newspaper, Georgina Adam examines András Szántó’s latest book, The Future of the Art World: 38 Dialogues, the concluding volume in a trilogy exploring the evolution of art institutions and ecosystems. Drawing on conversations with leading figures across the global art world, the book gathers perspectives from artists, curators, and cultural leaders to assess the forces reshaping the field and the challenges institutions face in a moment of profound change. Read More call_made
Event Philanthropic Initiative Creative Aging Series Supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy
April 2026
András Szántó LLC has been working for the past four years with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy on advancing opportunities for older Americans to participate in arts activities in art museums. The Creative Aging Series, supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy at the AAM 2026 Annual Meeting, examines how cultural institutions are responding to this shift, with a focus on program models that foster participation, wellbeing, and social connection among older adults. Sessions explore how museums are designing programs for older adults, collaborating with healthcare partners, using music and intergenerational dialogue to build community, and demonstrating the measurable health benefits of creative participation.
Event Publications Talks SALON: The Future Of Art
April 2026
Hosted by Sree and Roopa, cultural strategist András Szántó joins Carrie Rebora Barratt to discuss the future of art in a context shaped by rapid technological, commercial, and institutional change, including the growing impact of artificial intelligence on cultural production and interpretation. Drawing on themes from Szántó’s The Future of the Art World: 38 Dialogues, the conversation explores how museums, artists, and cultural organizations are responding to shifting expectations, new modes of engagement, and evolving frameworks for value and relevance in the contemporary art world.
Publications Video & Audio András Szántó and Megan Fox Kelly in Conversation: Reading the Art World Podcast
March 2026
In the latest episode of Reading the Art World, Megan Fox Kelly spoke with András Szántó about his new book, about the scale of today’s art world—some 300 art fairs, more than 100,000 museums, and a market approaching $60 billion—and whether that expansion has changed the system in kind, not only in size. They also address the role of the art advisor within this growing complexity, why criticism remains essential to sustaining the values the market depends on, and whether artificial intelligence may become a new connective tissue for engagement with art. Read More call_made
Event Museum Initiative Talks Popular Memory and Cultural Institutions
March 2026
In Ingrid Guardiola’s recent essay for ARA, she reflects on the evolving role of museums as sites where collective memory and cultural identity are actively constructed and contested. Drawing on a talk delivered by cultural strategy advisor András Szántó at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), he discusses how museums have undergone more transformation in the past two decades than in the previous century, shifting from object-centered institutions toward people-centered spaces focused on experience, knowledge, and social connection. Read More call_made
Art Award Shortlisted Artists for the Blue Arts Award
March 2026
REEFLINE announced the shortlisted artists for the Blue Arts Award, for which András Szántó LLC designed the award process. The award builds on REEFLINE’s mission by commissioning an ambitious, site-specific underwater sculpture that doubles as a functional hybrid reef, championing collaboration between artists, scientists, and experts, and forging new pathways between art and environmental impact. Read More call_made
Publications A Dialogue: The Future of the Art World, hosted by The Guggenheim Director and CEO’s Office
February 2026
On January 21, Mariët Westermann and András Szántó celebrated the publication of András’ latest book, The Future of the Art World, with a public dialogue with the artist Agnieszka Kurant and Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor Emeritus of French and of Philosophy at Columbia University, in the Guggenheim’s Peter B. Lewis Theater.
Publications The Future of the Art World: 38 dialogues by András Szántó featured in Matahef Reads
January 2026
Matahef is the Arab world’s first bilingual digital magazine dedicated to museum excellence, featuring original articles in Arabic and English alongside key translations. The Future of the Art World: 38 dialogues by András Szántó was spotlighted in the ‘Matahef Reads’ section of the January 2026 issue as a valuable resource for the field, alongside five other books: Museum Flack: A Public Relations Guide for Museums, by Steve Lott; Curatorial Voice: The Gatekeeping of Culture, by Laura-Edythe Coleman; The Rise of Arab Art, edited by Andrée Sfeir-Semler; Digital Asset Management for Museums, edited by Margaret McKee and Jessica Herczeg-Konecny; and The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Creative Practice, edited By Nick Cass, Anna Powell, Sarina Wakefield.
Corporate Art Initiative Talks Art Basel Conversations | Building the future of the art world
December 2025
On December 5, during Art Basel in Miami, András Szántó acted as moderator for Art Basel Conversation “Building the future of the art world”, addressing market downturns, institutional strain, climate change, political pressures, and demographic shifts reshaping the landscape. Featuring speakers Dr. Larissa Buchholz, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Pablo León de la Barra, Curator, Guggenheim, New York , and Mia Locks, Executive Director, Museums Moving Forward, Los Angeles. Read More call_made
Article “The worlds of analogue and digital art may be splintering” by András Szántó for The Art Newspaper
December 2025
“Was this art as a last stand for humanity? In this year of feverish anxiety about artificial intelligence (AI), the art world seemed to be staging a rally for art created by flesh-and-blood people” writes author András Szántó in his latest op-ed for The Art Newspaper. Read More call_made
Publications Talks Futurespaces Session “About the Book: Inside The Future of the Art World with András Szántó”
December 2025
Join us for this Futurespaces session — a special conversation with András Szántó, as he takes us inside the final volume of his newly completed trilogy on the future of art museums: The Future of the Art World: 38 Dialogues. Building on The Future of the Museum (2020) and Imagining the Future Museum (2022), this concluding book turns outward, examining the cultural, technological, organizational, and market forces shaping the art ecosystem in which museums now operate. In this 30-minute, no-slides talk, Szántó will reflect on what the trilogy reveals when taken as a whole: how museums are reimagining their missions, what futures are opening for cultural institutions, and how the art world’s shifting conditions are reshaping the possibilities ahead. Read More call_made