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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 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
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.
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
Event Publications Book presentation at Museo Kaluz
November 2025
On Monday, November 10, 2025, Museo Kaluz in Mexico City will host a special presentation of The Future of the Art World: 38 Dialogues, the latest book by András Szántó. The Future of the Art World continues Szántó’s series of conversations with leading museum directors and cultural innovators from around the globe. In this new volume, he explores how art institutions are redefining their missions and navigating transformation in an era of social, political, and environmental change. 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.
Publications Want To Know the Future of the Art World? This Book Has You Covered
October 2025
In a recent review, Sarah Douglas for ARTnews highlights András Szántó’s The Future of the Art World as a sweeping exploration of the cultural ecosystem through 38 dialogues with artists, curators, collectors, technologists, and other leading voices. Published by Hatje Cantz, the book extends the inquiry begun with The Future of the Museum (2020) and Imagining the Future Museum (2022), tracing how art and its institutions are adapting to new technologies, values, and global dynamics. The ARTnews piece praises the book’s ability to reveal a field in transformation—one that remains, in Szántó’s words, “endlessly inventive, self-reflective, and globally entangled.” Read More call_made
Publications New Release: The Future of the Art World
October 2025
András Szántó’s new book, The Future of the Art World: 38 Dialogues, is now out. Building on his acclaimed conversations with museum directors and architects, this volume turns to the wider cultural ecosystem—artists, curators, collectors, technologists, and beyond—to explore how the art world is evolving in an era of rapid change.Through 38 dialogues with leading voices, the book offers a panoramic view of the challenges and opportunities shaping culture today—from digital transformation and new geographies to shifting values and global interconnectedness. Read More call_made
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