Who Asked for an AI Art Museum?
A Hyperallergic roundup centers on a critical visit by Matt Stromberg to Dataland, an AI-focused art venue in Los Angeles founded by artist Refik Anadol, which he compares to Disneyland and describes as an intense, multisensory environment. The same piece notes additional news items, including that the School of the Art Institute of Chicago placed Savneet Talwar, director of its graduate art therapy program, on leave after she assigned a case study involving a hypothetical client affected by violence against Palestinian civilians. It also reports that a child punctured a René Magritte painting at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem using a pinecone from the museum’s garden, and that a fire in Long Island City left two Queens artists trying to rescue decades of work and find new studios. The roundup also highlights an interview by Lisa Yin Zhang with artist Nayland Blake about eroticism, play, and artistic practice, published as part of Hyperallergic’s queer and trans elders series during Pride.
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