The 2025 Power 100: A User’s Guide
Staff | ArtReview | 4th December 2025
ArtReview’s Power 100 comes with a warning – it is subjective and prone to favour those with money. With that caveat in mind here are some takeaways from this year’s list. The art world is becoming multi-polar and “old art centres” have lost ground to the Middle East [not by much]. Artists themselves take most of the top 10 spots [good] and artists from Africa are prominent [about time]. The “old gallery model” is struggling [unlikely]. The art world conceals much of its activities [twas ever thus].