Seeing Art Through the Eye of the Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence in the Museum

Anders Sundnes Løvlie; Louie Søs Meyer; Christian  Sivertsen; Peter Kun; Matthias Freiberger; Sebastian  Risi

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-89521-0_12

Seeing Art Through the Eye of the Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence in the Museum

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are currently receiving much attention in art and curatorship—and in museum experience design. This chapter asks: How can AI affect the experience of art in a museum? Can seeing art through the eye of the algorithm show us something new? We present a range of examples of applications of AI in museum experience design and discuss three main approaches: image analysis, generative AI and critiquing AI. Based on insights from testing and evaluation of former designs, we reflect on the ways in which AI can highlight details and interpretations, synthesise the aesthetics of a large collection or even all of art history—and what it might also obscure and distort.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transformative Museum Experiences
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	18 Jul 2025
Pages	227-246
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-89520-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-89521-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89521-0_12
Publication status	Published - 18 Jul 2025

Series	Springer Series on Cultural Computing
ISSN	2195-9064

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ArtNet: Algorithmic Ways of Seeing: Improving Image Recognition by Training on Art Images
Risi, S. (PI), Løvlie, A. S. (CoI), Freiberger, M. (CoI), Kun, P. (CoI), Engel Aaen, J. (CoI) & Meyer, L. S. (CoI)
Villum Foundation
01/05/2022 → 31/12/2024
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Transformative Museum Experiences. Springer, 2025. p. 227-246 (Springer Series on Cultural Computing).

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