This inaugural list celebrates 40 artists, thinkers, businesspeople and patrons to watch in 2026
London
New York/Dubai
Johannesburg
Berlin
Curator, High Line Art
Itá
Director, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi
Los Angeles/London
New York
Director, Victoria and Albert Museum
Artist
Director and chief curator, Renaissance Society, Chicago
Senior lecturer in art history, Courtauld Institute, London
Independent curator and writer, La Rochelle
Director, Toledo Museum of Art
Senior curator, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
Chair and curator of Applied Arts of Europe, Art Institute of Chicago
Associate curator in European sculpture and decorative arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Writer and director of content, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Director, Autotelic Foundation, London
