It's always worthwhile to keep an eye on what's changing in the upper echelons of the art genre/business - what's changing and what's not.
The turn of the year is a good time to reflect on how things are changing....
ArtReview's Power 100 is an annual ranking of the most powerful people in Art and is always worth a look.
- The core concept of the list revolves around the mechanisms and impact of influence in the art world.
- A lot of what changes tends to filter down over time - so it's a bit like looking into the future.
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| Changes in the ArtReview Power 100: who was at the top in the last 20 years (see FULL TABLE below) |
This post looks at
- who are the Power 100 in 2025
- how the list has changed RADICALLY in the last 20 years.
and gives me an opportunity to give my very analytical brain a work out - and to look at the trends over time.
The Power 100 is ArtReview’s annual portrait of power in the artworld. It is an attempt to describe the individuals and groups that have shaped what art has been seen and how it has been seen over the past 12 months (broadly speaking, the calendar year). And yes, that is an indication that ArtReview views the artworld as, essentially, a social structure: a network of relationships that are triggered by the actions of individuals.
They define this further
The criteria for inclusion are:
- that each person of the Power 100 has had an active influence on the art being made and shown now;
- that influence has to be active
Of course, it really all depends on WHO you ask.....
