András Szántó

András Szántó is cultural strategy advisor and author that advises museums, foundations, educational institutions, and corporations on cultural strategy and program development, worldwide. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University. A widely published author, his writings have appeared in The New York Times, Artforum, Artnet News, and The Art Newspaper, among other publications. As a consultant, he advises some of the world’s leading cultural institutions and corporate art programs. He has lectured on art business at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and has directed the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he helped launch and oversee the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium, a series of seminars for museum directors. He is a frequent moderator of the Art Basel Conversations series. Born in Budapest, he has curated exhibitions on Hungarian art of the 1960s and 70s. His most recent books are The Future of the Museum (2020) and Imagining the Future Museum (2022).

András Szántó was invited to Vienna in 2022 to hold a talk on the challenges museums and institutions face today and the opportunities that lie ahead.

Portrait of András Szántó. Photo: Patrice Casanova