Cultural consultant András Szántó has published the third volume of his museum-focused trilogy, *The Future of the Art World*, based on 38 interviews conducted between April 2024 and June 2025 with artists, curators, collectors, dealers, auctioneers, sociologists, philosophers, and policymakers. The book follows his earlier works *The Future of the Museum* (2021) and *Imagining the Future Museum* (2022), and this time includes more artist voices who offer critical and speculative visions for the art world's evolution.
The book matters because it captures a moment of profound uncertainty and transformation in the art ecosystem, with contributors like Agnieszka Kurant and Joshua Citarella questioning whether museums will survive in their current form and urging artists to look beyond traditional art school training. Szántó's compilation of diverse perspectives—from dystopian scenarios of museums becoming private playgrounds for the ultra-wealthy to utopian visions of collective and non-human intelligence in art—provides a timely, provocative snapshot of the debates shaping the future of visual art institutions and practice.