History of Art for Tomorrow
The New York Times has been convening the Art conference since 2015, as Art for Tomorrow from 2015 to 2017 and the Art Leaders Network in 2018. We decided that, for the future growth and development of this conference, we needed to form a nonprofit structure around it and take it out of the commercial structure of The New York Times’s conference division.
Former New York Times vice president of international conferences Achilles Tsaltas established the Democracy & Culture Foundation to take Art for Tomorrow forward, maintaining strong links with The Times and the paper’s senior journalists who help to curate and develop the agenda and moderate the event.
Previous speakers have included: H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa, Ai Weiwei, Jeff Koons, Amy Cappellazzo, Glenn D. Lowry, Dr. Tristram Hunt, Christo, Olafur Eliasson, Ann Temkin, Alicja Kwade, Michael Govan, Elif Shafak and many more.
The Democracy & Culture Foundation also organizes the Athens Democracy Forum.
Find out more about our previous events here.
2015
The inaugural Art for Tomorrow (then conceived by The New York Times) is first run in Doha, Qatar.
2015
Qatar Museums becomes the founding supporter of Art for Tomorrow.
2016
Art for Tomorrow runs again in Doha.
2017
The third instalment of Art for Tomorrow runs in Doha.
2018
The event is renamed Art Leaders Network and runs in Berlin, Germany.
2019
Former New York Times vice president of international conferences Achilles Tsaltas establishes the Democracy & Culture Foundation to take Art for Tomorrow forward.
2021
Art for Tomorrow is relaunched in Doha in November 2021.
2022
Art for Tomorrow moves to Athens and Hydra in Greece in June.
Art for Tomorrow Talks take place in Doha in November.
2023
Art for Tomorrow is held in Florence and Solomeo, Italy.
2024
Art for Tomorrow is held to Venice, Italy.
2025
Art for Tomorrow is heading to Milan, Italy.
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