András Szántó. The Future of the Art World. 38 Dialogues

The third in a series of books investigating the future of the museum, following on The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues (2020) and Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues With Architects (2022). Rounding out the previous volumes, which examined the "software" and the "hardware" of the museum, the 38 dialogues in the third installment of the trilogy survey the social, cultural, economic, institutional, and technological conditions of the wider ecology in which museums operate. The conversations include leading figures from around the world, engaging voices not heard in the prior volumes: artists, curators, collectors, members of the art trade, sociologists, entrepreneurs, and others. Together, they offer a portrait of an art world seeking to adapt to a rapidly changing society. András Szántó (*1964, Budapest) advises museums, cultural institutions, and leading brands on cultural strategy. An author and editor who oversaw the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, his writings have appeared in The New York Times, Artforum, The Art Newspaper, and many other publications. Szántó, who lives in Brooklyn, has been conducting conversations with art-world leaders since the early 1990s, as a frequent moderator of the Art Basel Conversations series and as the moderator of the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museums of Tomorrow Roundtable at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Cover Half Title Page Title Page Dedication Contents Introduction An Inventory of Conceivable Futures Art World in the Age of AI Art World Networks Immersive Opportunities Globalization International Dialogues Beyond the Legacy Art World Making Space for Digital Art and Its Markets in Asia Art & Spectacle New Alliances Art & Well-being Objects with Roots Art & Indigeneity Brands as Partners Future of Creativity Future of Art Fairs Freedom: No Fear Art & Political Power Museums in the Middle East Fantasizing the Future Updating the Art Gallery Latin American Typologies Borderless Institution Change from the Inside China: The Next Chapter Art & Climate Emergency New Platforms in Asia New African Models Rethinking Business Models Crisis & Opportunity Future of the Gallery What's Next for Media and the Arts? Cultural Diplomacy Reinventing Art Institutions What's Next for Private Museums? In Search of the Sublime Redefining Globalism Art & Science Acknowledgments Imprint