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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
Museum Initiative András Szántó LLC completes strategic plan for Clyfford Still Museum
December 2025
We completed a strategic plan for the Denver-based Clyfford Still Museum. The result of one of the most extraordinary acts of generosity by an artist, which saw Still’s almost complete oeuvre donated to a city that would erect a museum for it, the museum will focus its next five years on broadening its reach, advancing scholarship, and strengthening operations. The plan developed new positioning statements for the museum and, through deliberations with staff, board, internal and external stakeholders, mapped out an ambitious next chapter of the museum as an important part of Denver’s vibrant cultural ecology. Among the highlights: the completion of a catalogue raisonné and the containing growth of The Clyfford Still Institute.
Museum Initiative András Szántó LLC completes strategic plan for MIT Museum
December 2025
Through 2026 we worked with the MIT Museum to develop the museum’s new five year strategic plan, which recently launched with a publication titled Becoming MIT’s Public Lab, the culmination of intense collaborative work with the museum’s staff, advisory board, members of its community advisory circle, and colleagues inside and outside MIT. The fulcrum of the plan is the realization of the museum’s vision as MIT’s Public Lab through a unified thematic approach to exhibitions and public programming. The first series, focusing on TIME, kicked off in the fall of 2026.
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
Event Talks Art Basel Conversations: Building the Future of the Art World, moderated by András Szántó
November 2025
With market downturns, institutional strain, climate change, political pressures, and demographic shifts reshaping the landscape, how should the art world evolve? Drawing on voices featured in András Szántó’s latest book, The Future of the Art World: 38 Dialogues, this panel gathers Larissa Buchholz, Pablo León de la Barra, and Mia Locks for an open conversation on the state – and prospects – of the art industry writ large. Moving beyond problem-diagnosing, the discussion will focus on bold proposals, practical strategies, and opportunities for reinvention. Introduced by Noah Horowitz, and moderated by András Szántó. The conversation will take place on Friday, December 5 at 11:30 AM-12:30 PM, followed by a book signing at the Art Basel Shop 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
Event Museum Initiative Talks Artificial Museum? Exploring the Ethical and Creative Future of Museums with AI
November 2025
In collaboration with ICOM Mexico and Museo Tamayo, the event brought together professionals from museums, cultural institutions, technology and academia. Over two days of lectures, dialogues and case studies, participants examined how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping museum management, preservation, mediation, education and communication. The opening day featured presentations by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Javier Pantoja, Horacio Lecona and András Szántó, who explored connections between art, innovation and contemporary thought. Sessions analyzed the creative possibilities of AI and the ethical implications of its integration into cultural institutions.
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 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.
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