01
Gulf
Founder-built museums, state ambition and new cultural infrastructure.
The study
04 · Projected route
Seven regions. Room to follow the story.
37 cities, December 2026 – June 2027. A direction, not a fixed itinerary.
02
West Africa
Biennials, fairs and institutions shaped by local and diasporic networks.
03
South + East Africa
Artist-led spaces, museums and networks across distinct regional ecosystems.
04
South Asia
Living traditions and a fast-forming collector class.
05
East and Southeast Asia
Public and private institutions at a changing scale.
06
Oceania
Institutions renegotiating their relationship with First Nations practice.
07
Latin America
A long history of institutional experiment, still evolving.
The route stays open to invitations, unexpected connections and the questions that emerge along the way.
Method
12–15
Salon dinners
Artists, gallerists, museum leaders, patrons and cultural officials in each hub city.
37
Cities of fieldwork
Interviews and visits to museums, studios, galleries and fairs.
1
AI adoption survey
Of galleries and institutions in every city.
A comparable dataset across seven regions, not a travelogue.
Deliverables
During the study
City dispatches, private partner briefings, salon dinners
Autumn 2027
The published report, “Culture, Capital and Code”
Autumn 2027
Launch convening in London or New York