World’s first AI art museum to open in Los Angeles in 2025

Jack Aylmer

THE WORLD’S FIRST MUSEUM DEDICATED TO A-I-GENERATED ART IS GETTING READY TO OPEN ITS DOORS. 

DUBBED ‘DATALAND’ – THE GALLERY SPACE IS SET TO OPEN IN LA NEXT YEAR.

THE DEVELOPERS SAY THE MUSEUM AIMS TO BE MORE THAN A PLACE FOR STATIC DISPLAYS. 

ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS REFIK ANADOL, REFERRING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A NEW KIND OF “PIGMENT”– A TOOL USED TO BRING DATA TO LIFE.

(Museum of Modern Art)

“WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE..THESE ARE NOT REAL …THESE POTENTIAL DREAMS”

Jack Aylmer

FROM WEATHER PATTERNS TO CITY NOISE, ANADOL HAS BEEN TURNING REAL-WORLD INFORMATION INTO ART FOR YEARS.

HIS WORK HAS ALREADY MADE WAVES WITH PROJECTS LIKE UNSUPERVISED AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK.

AND DATALAND IS JUST THE NEXT STEP IN THAT JOURNEY. 

THE MUSEUM’S FIRST MAJOR EXHIBIT IS ALREADY GENERATING BUZZ.

DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, THE LARGE NATURE MODEL USES DATA FROM ECOSYSTEMS LIKE RAINFORESTS AND GLACIERS TO CREATE A MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE CONNECTING VIEWERS TO THE NATURAL WORLD. 

WHILE DATALAND WILL EXPLORE THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF AI, ANADOL IS ALSO AWARE OF THE SOCIETAL CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE TECHNOLOGY. 

AFTER ALL, LOS ANGELES WAS AT THE CENTER OF LAST YEAR’S WRITER STRIKE WHICH CENTERED ON CONCERNS ABOUT THE ROLE OF AI IN REPLACING HUMAN CREATORS. 

BUT ANADOL HAS CLARIFIED THAT, FOR HIM, AI IS A TOOL FOR CO-CREATION. NOT REPLACEMENT. 

FOR SAN , I’M JACK AYLMER.