Artist robot Ai-Da was detained for security issues last week. Image Ai-Da.com
Exhibitions at the Victorian & Albert Museum (London), the Design Museum (London), the Giza Pyramid Complex (Egypt), and The University of Oxford’s Barn Gallery (UK) – all within the first year of making art: this is a career trajectory coveted by any artist.
But these are the milestones of a robot, not an artist… Or are they?
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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