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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
Article Soft Labor Questionnaire
November 2025
Soft Labor—the namesake publication of Sarah Hromack-Chan’s strategic consultancy for organizations, designers, and the culture industry—is a space for reflecting on creative labor: what it is, what it looks like, and how it continues to evolve. In its recurring feature, The Soft Labor Questionnaire, the publication invites colleagues and peers to share insights about their own working experiences in the cultural field. This month’s respondent is András Szántó, who advises museums, foundations, educational institutions, and corporations on cultural strategy and program development around the world. Read More call_made
Article The Future of the Art World di András Szántó
November 2025
In this interview with Giuseppe Simone Modeo for Collezione da Tiffany, conducted on the occasion of the launch of his new book The Future of the Art World, András Szántó discusses how collectors can assess emerging artists, the evolving frameworks for acquiring AI-based artworks, and how foundations and institutions can remain mission-driven within an ever-changing cultural ecosystem. Read More call_made
Architecture & Design Article András Szántó Interviewed by The Architect’s Newspaper About Museum Architecture Competitions
November 2025
The rise of museum consultants is a result of cultural institution projects becoming more nuanced, argues András Szántó, author of the 2023 book Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects and a cultural strategist in Diana Budds’s article: “A look at how architecture competitions are helping museums and cultural institutions approach their capital projects”. Read More call_made
Article András Szántó on hube: “No Such Thing as a Neutral Space”
November 2025
In conversation with Isabella Miceli from hube magazine, Szántó shares his perspectives, ambitions, and concerns about the evolving role of cultural institutions in a rapidly changing world. Read More call_made
Article Publications “Museums in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”: András Szántó in Conversation with Stéphane Aquin, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Magazine
November 2025
In this conversation with Stéphane Aquin, András Szántó talks about the possible futures he envisages for the museum world in an age when artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming as inextricable from artistic creation as the experience from the artwork.
Architecture & Design Article Publications András Szántó in Conversation with Julian Rose on The Architect’s Newspaper
May 2025
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. Read More call_made
Article Immersive Art Is Exploding, and Museums Have a Choice to Make
August 2024
“When it comes to immersive art, established art museums are stuck between staying on the sidelines of a potentially lucrative market or having to make onerous investments and adjustments in their programming approach,” say co-authors András Szántó and Felix Barber in this Op-Ed for ARTnews, where they discuss the challenges museums face as technologic advances continue to expand in the field. Read More call_made
Architecture & Design Article Publications “Imagining the Future of the Museum” Review at Museums Association Journal
April 2024
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. Read More call_made
Article Verbose Magazine
February 2024
Read András Szántó’s interview in Verbose Magazine where he discusses the depth and power required to fully transform and preserve cultural institutions. Read More call_made
Article Publications The View from Up There: a Review of The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues by András Szántó
February 2024
Robert J Weisberg reviews Andras Szanto’s book: “A 2020 leader-focused book on the future of museums is more than meets the eye”. Read More call_made
Article Tipping Point: How New Immersive Institutions Are Changing the Art World
January 2024
In Chris Michaels’s latest article for The Art Newspaper, he delves into the phenomenon of digital art venues that are attracting massive audiences with radical new forms of immersive experiences. He taps into the minds of industry thought leaders, like strategy consultan Andras Szanto, to dissect whether these digital realms pose a threat or offer an exciting opportunity for traditional galleries and museums. Read More call_made