How Future Art Institutions Support Artists

For this episode of the CHART Talks podcast, we are happy to share a recording of a discussion exploring how future art institutions can evolve to better support artists through new structures, resources and practices. It addresses shifting institutional models, sustainability and care, and how programming, funding and curatorial approaches can be rethought to strengthen artistic production and long-term practice, from art-life matter to what the curator can do on the long trajectory and confidence building between artists and institutions.

For CHART 2026 we were delighted to present a conversation moderated by Fatoş Üstek, curator, writer and co-founder of FRANK Fair Artist Pay, in dialogue with Krist Gruijthuijsen, Director and CEO of EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art and Curator at Large at Kunsthaus Zürich; Marie Laurberg, Artistic Director and CEO of Copenhagen Contemporary and founder of CC Commissions and the Beckett-Prize; and Jakob Kudsk Steensen, artist working with environmental storytelling through virtual world building, video games and large-scale installations.