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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
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
Museum Initiative The Joslyn Museum in Omaha Reopens With a New Strategic Plan
September 2024
Today, September 10, 2024, marks the official reopening of The Joslyn, Omaha’s leading art museum, with an expansion by Snøhetta, a new brand system by Pentagram, and a strategic plan spearheaded by ASLLC. The museum is reopening after a prolonged closure that has produced in a completely re-conceived institution, surrounded by lush gardens, filled with luminescent galleries, and boasting an expanded collection, including a deeper selection of contemporary art thanks to a major gift. It’s is part of a billion-dollar cluster of investments in new cultural infrastructure across the city of Omaha. The strategic plan includes fresh strategic declarations for the museum and an action plan for making the most of its updated campus. Read More call_made
Museum Initiative The Joslyn Has Launched Its New Branding and Website
May 2024
The Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska — now renamed simply, The Joslyn — where we recently completed a new strategic plan, has concluded their rebranding project. The updated website features a fresh design with custom typography, improved navigation, and comprehensive information about The Joslyn’s collections, exhibitions, and events. Read More call_made
Event Museum Initiative Talks András Szántó at the RISD Museum
April 2024
On Tuesday May 7 at 7-8 pm, RISD Museum’s Strategic Planning Partner András Szántó will share information on trends in the museum field as well as ways in which museums are responding with innovative programs and initiatives, including in the crucial digital domain. The in-person program is free. Registration is requested. Read More call_made
Museum Initiative SITE Santa Fe Unveils Its Redesigned Branding and Website
April 2024
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. Read More call_made
Museum Initiative Philanthropic Initiative Video & Audio Creative Aging: Life Doesn’t Stop
March 2024
In this initiative from E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, learn about how art museums across the United States are creating new opportunities for older adults to create, find purpose and build community. Read More call_made
Museum Initiative SITE Santa Fe International Launches Its Rebranding
February 2024
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. Read More call_made
Exhibition Museum Initiative Video & Audio “A Model” at MUDAM Luxembourg
January 2024
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. Read More call_made
Art Award Article Event Museum Initiative Jeffrey Gibson, Co-Presented by SITE Santa Fe, To Represent the United States at La Biennale di Venezia
July 2023
SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico, in cooperation with the Portland Art Museum, Oregon, and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has announced that Jeffrey Gibson, will represent the United States at La Biennale di Venezia, the 60th International Art Exhibition. We assisted both Jeffrey Gibson Studio and SITE Santa Fe in past planning work, and congratulate them on this landmark endeavor. Read More call_made