The world’s first AI art museum is designed to challenge our brains

The founders of Refik Anadol Studios are opening an immersive AI art museum in downtown Los Angeles.

The world’s first museum dedicated to artificial intelligence art will open its doors in 2025 at The Grand LA, a Frank Gehry-designed building in the heart of Los Angeles. Founded by Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkiliç of Refik Anadol Studio, Dataland aims to be a place “where human imagination meets machine creativity.”

It’s an important distinction. Anadol once told me that he doesn’t see AI as the artist, but as a way to apply a new type of “pigment,” which is what he calls his data. The project, according to the press release, is set to reshape how we engage with art, technology, and nature, creating a new frontier in the world of artistic expression.